Since 2010, the ship Commander General Irigoyen, which has a unique historical trajectory, functions as a museum in the city of San Pedro, which is located in the province of Buenos Aires on the banks of the Paraná River.And is that, in addition to being used in the Falklands War, the ship belonged to the United States and served as a support ship in World War II , before being sold to Argentina.However, the tugboat began to sink last week due to fledgling water inwterings into the fleet.
Now, members of the Argentine Navy, in conjunction with various sectors of the San Pedro community, are working to get the water out of the ship and recover it as soon as possible.” We have highlighted on site the multipurpose ship ARA Ciudad de Rosario, with its 34 crew members, to which are added members of the Rescue and Diving Service of Puerto Belgrano, Diving Station of Buenos Aires and staff of the Naval Base Zárate. Another 19 people in total. It is not a minor fact that this work is carried out precisely today that it is the Day of the Navy’s Rescue Diver”, detailed Ariel Fernando Gómez Mombello, the frigate captain, to Infobae.The greatest fear is that the sinking is such that it destroys the moorings with land, since, if it happens, the paraná current would cause the tugboat to drag and it would be adrift , meaning a great danger.
At the time, the authorities say that most of the openings through which the water entered have already been covered, but that “tasks have not yet been completed and that much work remains to be done.”
