Rivadavia-class
An item referred to the German magazine Schiffbau dated 8 October 1925 no. 4 reported that the Argentinean battleships Rivadavia (1) and Moreno (2) were to be modernized in the USA. Especially the armament was modernized and the boilers converted to be oil-fuelled.
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1. Of the Rivadavia-class consisting of the Rivadavia and the Moreno. Laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 25 May 1910, launched on 26 August 1911, finally broken up at Savona, Italy in 1959 onwards. Original armament 12-30,5cm/12” guns, 12-15,2cm/6” guns, 16-10,2c,/4” guns and 2-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes.
2. Of the Rivadavia-class consisting of the Rivadavia and the Moreno. Laid down by the New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, USA on 9 July 1910, launched on 23 September 1911, completed on 15 February 1915, part of the reserve in 1923, modernized in the USA 1923-1924 including from coal to oil fuelling, decommissioned in 1949, served as barracks, prison ship in 1955, stricken on 1 October 1956, sold on 11 January 1957 to the Yawata Iron and Steel Company, towed by the Dutch tugs Clyde and Ocean Moreno towards Japan where she arrived on 17 August 1957.
