Macri honored and celebrated the 40th anniversary of Irizar's icebreaker | Chronic

President Mauricio Macri On Thursday, he shared a lunch with the crew of the navy icebreaker "Admiral Irizar", which is moored at Pier E of the Metropolitan Port, in tribute to the largest ship in the Navy, which celebrated its 40 years of sailing last December.

The Chief of State, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, was received by the Chief of Staff of the Navy, the Admiral José Luis Villán; the commander of "Irízar"captain Maximiliano Mangiaterraand personnel from this naval unit, which has recently replenished the 13 permanent and temporary bases of the country, as well as the replacement of personnel, after 14 months remaining in Antarctica and the recovery of waste produced on the mainland. White.

Irizar is the largest icebreaker in the southern hemisphere and has been converted into a hospital ship with a 160-bed crew, an intensive therapy room, an operating room and a hospital. other means. the health

After the fall of Puerto Argentino, during the Falklands War, the ship transferred 420 wounded to action and was put out of service by repair from April 2007 to October 2017 by a fire when she returned from the countryside. Antarctic this season.