According to the ESSA Web site, in 1897 the "Escuela de Aprendices Mecánicos de la Armada" (Navy Apprentice Mechanics School) was founded in premises that are now the Historical Naval Museum of Tigre, in Buenos Aires Province. In 1900 the School moved to naval workshops in Dársena Norte; in 1902 it became "Escuela de Aprendices Mecánicos y Foguistas" (Apprentice Mechanics and Stokers School). Two years later it became "Escuela de Mecánicos de la Armada", and in 1911 "Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada". In 1928 it moved to its later notorious premises, designed by the architect Raúl J. Álvarez, on Blandengues street (now Avenida del Libertador), between Arroyo Medrano and the extension of Deheza street. Once again a legitimate educational establishment, it was renamed "Escuela de suboficiales de la Armada" in 2001, and moved to Puerto Belgrano in 2005, merging the NCO schools of the Argentina Marines and the Argentine Naval Aviation in the process into one institution.