Argentina

Argentina (ARG) Ship Namelists

Source file: common/units/names_ships/ARG_ship_names.txt

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Overview

The Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) stood as one of the premier naval forces of the Americas, actively participating in the fierce late-19th and early-20th-century South American ABC dreadnought race alongside Brazil and Chile. Argentina commissioned two state-of-the-art dreadnoughts (Rivadavia and Moreno) built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, Italian-built Garibaldi-class armored cruisers (Garibaldi, San Martín, Belgrano, Pueyrredón), Livorno-built Veinticinco de Mayo-class heavy cruisers (Veinticinco de Mayo and Almirante Brown), British-built cruisers and destroyers (La Argentina, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires classes), Italian-built Tarantinos submarines (Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Salta), and post-war Colossus-class aircraft carriers (Independencia and Veinticinco de Mayo).

In vanilla Hearts of Iron IV, Argentina's ship namelist file (ARG_ship_names.txt) suffered from noticeable historical and structural issues:

• Corvette & Cruiser Confusion: The light cruiser list inappropriately featured modern 1970s corvettes (Drummond / MEKO 140 classes) named after junior naval officers rather than traditional light cruiser names.
• Copy-Paste Duplication: The heavy cruiser list duplicated the entire tail of the light cruiser list, including modern corvettes and an internal duplicate entry for "Rosales".
• Typographical Errors & Patrol Vessels: Armored cruiser Pueyrredón was missing its accent mark (Pueyrredon), and river patrol gunboats (King, Murature) were grouped under heavy cruisers.
• Provincial Duplication: The destroyer list contained duplicate references for the same province ("La Rioja" and "Rioja").
• Capital Ship Stubs: Battleships and battlecruisers were represented by identical, reversed 5-ship stubs, erroneously designating gunboats and schooners (Azopardo, Sarandí, Espora) as capital ships.
• Carrier & Submarine Exhaustion: Carrier and submarine pools were capped at just 3 and 6 entries respectively, exhausting immediately under wartime dockyard expansion.

ISNE comprehensively redesigns Argentina's naval namelists into two balanced tiers: dedicated ship-type categories grounded in authentic Armada de la República Argentina doctrines, and expansive universal thematic pools covering Argentine geography, provinces, historical battles, founding statesmen, rivers, and native fauna.

Class separation & scope (audit 2026-09-29): the cruiser, battleship, battlecruiser and carrier rosters share no names. Historic names sit in the class that carried them: Nueve de Julio in CL, Libertad (the 1890s coastal battleship) and the Garibaldi-class armored cruisers in CA, Independencia and Veinticinco de Mayo in CV. Heavy cruisers honor independence-era and civil-war generals and caudillos, while battleships honor civilian founders, presidents and constitutional compacts. Battle names are limited to attested engagements. Destroyer officer names are limited to documented Argentine Navy vessels or officers. The Provinces pool covers Argentina's 23 provinces, with no invented or historical padding.

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Namelist Groups

Ship-Type Specific Category

Dedicated namelists tied to specific ship hulls and naval classifications:

Group Tag	Type	Ship Types	Sample Names
ARG_DD_HISTORICAL	Destroyers & Escorts	ship_hull_light destroyer	Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, Almirante Brown, Espora, Rosales, Bouchard, Seguí, Py, Audaz, Intrépido, Pampero
ARG_SS_HISTORICAL	Submarines	ship_hull_submarine submarine	Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Salta, San Luis, Santa Cruz, San Juan, San Antonio, Tiburón, Orca, Delfín, Catriel, Namuncurá
ARG_CL_HISTORICAL	Light Cruisers	ship_hull_cruiser light_cruiser	La Argentina, Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Rosario, Bahía Blanca, Mar del Plata, Puerto Belgrano, Santa Fe, Nueve de Julio, La Plata
ARG_CA_HISTORICAL	Heavy Cruisers & Coastal Defense	ship_hull_cruiser heavy_cruiser	Almirante Brown, Pueyrredón, General Belgrano, Garibaldi, San Martín, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Juan Gregorio de Las Heras, El Plata, Los Andes, Libertad
ARG_BB_HISTORICAL	Battleships & Dreadnoughts	ship_hull_heavy battleship	Rivadavia, Moreno, Julio Argentino Roca, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Bartolomé Mitre, Justo José de Urquiza, Nicolás Avellaneda, Carlos Pellegrini
ARG_BC_HISTORICAL	Battlecruisers	ship_hull_heavy battle_cruiser	San Lorenzo, Chacabuco, Maipú, Suipacha, Salta, Tucumán, Vuelta de Obligado, Martín García, Juncal, Los Pozos, Quilmes, Ituzaingó
ARG_CV_HISTORICAL	Aircraft Carriers	ship_hull_carrier carrier	Independencia, Veinticinco de Mayo, Cóndor, Águila, Halcón, Patria, Sol de Mayo, Mar Argentino, Antártida Argentina, Islas Malvinas

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Universal Thematic Topic Category (Ship Designer)

Universal selection pools available for any ship hull or squadron in the Ship Designer:

Group Tag	Topic Name	Ship Types	Sample Names
ARG_PROVINCES	Provinces	Universal	Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Mendoza, Tucumán, Entre Ríos, Salta, Corrientes, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Jujuy, Río Negro
ARG_CITIES	Cities	Universal	Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca, Puerto Belgrano, Salta, Santa Fe, Corrientes, Paraná, Ushuaia
ARG_HEROES	Heroes	Universal	San Martín, Belgrano, Brown, Güemes, Pueyrredón, Moreno, Rivadavia, Sarmiento, Mitre, Urquiza, Bouchard, Espora, Rosales, Seguí
ARG_BATTLES	Historic Battles	Universal	San Lorenzo, Chacabuco, Maipú, Suipacha, Salta, Tucumán, Vuelta de Obligado, Martín García, Juncal, Los Pozos, Quilmes, Ituzaingó
ARG_RIVERS	Rivers & Waterways	Universal	Paraná, Uruguay, Río de la Plata, Paraguay, Bermejo, Pilcomayo, Río Negro, Río Colorado, Chubut, Deseado, Santa Cruz, Iguazú
ARG_FAUNA	Native Fauna	Universal	Cóndor, Águila, Halcón, Yaguareté, Puma, Zorro, Carancho, Gavilán, Albatros, Petrel, Orca, Tiburón, Delfín, Ballena, Hornero