ARA Presidente Sarmiento made thirty seven annual training cruises including six circumnavigations of the globe.

It is now maintained in its original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires.

In addition to its sailing rig this ship includes a large triple expansion steam engine supplied by two coal-fired boilers exhausting through the rear stack.

A single coal bunker is positioned between the main and auxiliary boiler rooms A three-wheel chain drive allows up to six helmsmen to control the rudder.

It is moored in Puerto Madero close to the Bicentennial Plaza and is now the ARA Presidente Sarmiento Frigate Museum.