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The ARA ''Almirante Irízar'' is a large icebreaker of the Argentine Navy. She was built in Finland in 1975.〔 The ship has been out of service since 2007, when a fire broke out in the auxiliary generator compartment. , the repairs should be completed by the end of 2013 at a cost of over US$100m. ==Background== The ship was named after Julián Irízar. In 1903, when he held the rank of Lieutenant, he commanded the Argentine corvette ARA ''Uruguay'' during a successful mission to rescue the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of Professor Otto Nordenskjöld, after the expedition had been trapped by the Antarctic winter.〔 The vessel was built at the Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard in Finland, under a contract signed in 1975 between the Argentine Navy and the shipyard. ''Irízar'' was launched in February 1978 and was formally commissioned on December that year, arriving in Argentina on 1979-3-23. She replaced the elderly icebreaker ARA ''General San Martín'', which was then retired from active service. ''Almirante Irízars peacetime missions include annual campaigns to resupply and rotate the personnel assigned to the Argentine Antarctic outposts, as well as conducting and supporting scientific endeavors in Antarctica. She has also conducted several passenger tours to Patagonia and the Antarctic. The ship's homeport is at the Argentine Navy's Buenos Aires Naval Anchorage ((スペイン語:Apostadero Naval Buenos Aires)) in the capital city of Buenos Aires. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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