The frigate ARA President Sarmiento became in 1897 the first modern school ship that Argentina had built specifically for that purpose and is a testimony of the days in the naval formation of the Argentine youth.

Built in England, he made 39 trips around the world, traveling a total of 1,100,000 nautical miles, always on a mission of peace.

Currently it is moored in Dique III of Puerto Madero, in the City of Buenos Aires, converted into a museum.