page_title: Port Belgrano Naval Base
hierarchical_section_title: Port Belgrano Naval Base
caption_attribution_description: Español: Vista general de la Base Naval de Puerto Belgrano en 1943 Русский: Панорама военно-морской базы Пуэрто-Бельграно в 1943. Справа видны ангары Авиации ВМС Аргентины
context_page_description: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about 560 km south of Buenos Aires. It is named after the brigantine General Belgrano which sounded the area in late 1824.
  Home of the Argentine Seas Fleet, it concentrates the major ships and arsenals; and is close to the main bases of other Argentine Navy organisations: Marine's camp Baterías and Naval aviation's air base Comandante Espora.
context_section_description: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta,  near Bahía Blanca, about 560 km (348 mi) south of Buenos Aires. It is named after the brigantine General Belgrano (named after Manuel Belgrano) which sounded the area in late 1824.
  Home of the Argentine Seas Fleet ((in Spanish) Flota de Mar), it concentrates the major ships and arsenals; and is close to the main bases of other Argentine Navy organisations: Marine's camp Baterías and Naval aviation's air base Comandante Espora (Spanish: Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora - BACE) .
caption: Air view of Puerto Belgrano, 1943
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