2023-07-10 22:59:37
United States of America – During the days spent in the city of Baltimore, the Argentine Navy training ship received hundreds of people who toured the outer decks guided by the on-board personnel. Visitors were able to interact with the crew and learn regarding the mission, characteristics and activities carried out on this emblematic ship.
“I am Argentine and it has been more than 5 years since I went to my country. Being able to visit the Libertad frigate and greet our sailors makes me feel like I’m in Argentina. I wish good winds to our brave girl.”expressed María Marta who was in the bow with her husband Ricardo and their two daughters, Camila and Valentina.
For his part, Renato and his family, natives of Glen Burnie (Maryland), stated: “It is the first time that we have traveled a ship of these characteristics; we knew very little of its history. The crew was very kind to us. They also explained the unit’s mission and the importance it has for the training of Argentine Navy personnel. In the United States they will always be welcome.”.
The closure of each open day was given with the lowering of the national pavilion, accompanied by a respectful silence on the part of the attendees.
This morning, the frigate ARA “Libertad” set sail for a new port, Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, where it will participate in the events scheduled for the Bicentennial of the National Navy of that country.
In the port city
During its almost five days of stay, the Argentine Navy training ship left behind the Inner Harbor pier, West Wall, in the city of Baltimore; the third foreign port of it in the framework of the 51 ° Voyage of Instruction.
These days involved a number of activities that included receiving on board the Argentine Ambassador to the United States of America, Dr. Jorge Martín Arturo Argüello, who was accompanied by the Argentine Representative at the Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Carlos Raimundi, and the Naval Attaché to the Argentine Embassy in the United States of America, Navy Commodore Horacio Jorge Calafell, while the ship was anchored in Chesapeake Bay, off the city of Annapolis, in the state of Maryland .
On that occasion, Midshipmen in the Commission of the 152nd promotion of the Naval Military Academy visited the Naval Academy of the United States of America upon disembarking in Annapolis, to meet and tour that military institution where the commissioned officers of the Navy and the Navy are trained. Marine Corps of the United States of America.
Once moored, they were received by the authorities of Sail Baltimore, representatives of the Argentine Armed Forces, the United States Navy and the Coast Guard of that country, as well as government and civil organizations of the State of Maryland.
There they made a floral offering in front of a plaque that remembers the greatest hero of the Argentine Navy, Admiral Guillermo Brown.
Yesterday, on the deck of the school ship, the ceremony for the 207th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was held, which was presided over by the Argentine Ambassador to the United States of America who was accompanied by the Consul General in New York City, Ambassador Santiago Villalba and the Naval Attaché to the Argentine Embassy in the United States of America, together with the Commander of the frigate ARA “Libertad”, Captain Gonzalo Horacio Nieto.
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