and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, airlift equipment from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. Air Force C-17s and C-5s from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The Bluefin 12D is capable of conducting search operations at 3 knots (3.5 mph) at a maximum operating depth of almost 1,500 feet for up to 15 hours, while the Iver 580s can operate at a depth of up to 325 feet, traveling at 2.5 knots (2.8 mph) for up to 5 hours. Navy’s recently-established Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1, based in Keyport, Washington.īoth types of UUVs are capable of deploying quickly and searching wide areas using Side-Scan Sonar, a system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor. These remotely-operated mini-subs are operated by the U.S. The additional search equipment includes one Bluefin 12D (Deep) Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) and three Iver 580 UUVs. Navy also announced on Sunday that it has deployed unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) to join in the search for the A.R.A. 19, the Argentine Navy released details about the rescue efforts and search area. The aircraft are temporarily based in El Salvador in support of ongoing anti-narcotics operations. The two P-8A Poseidons flew from a deployment at El Salvador’s Comalapa Air Base to Bahia Blanca, Argentina to support the search and rescue effort. Navy P-8As join a large number of search aircraft and ships from several nations already on station in the southern Atlantic conducting the urgent search. military operations in the Caribbean, Central American and South American theatre.Ī second P-8A aircraft was added to the search on Sunday. military’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) conducts combined U.S. Navy P-8A was dispatched on Saturday as part of the U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft from Maritime Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45), “The Pelicans” have joined the search for the A.R.A. It contains sensors that can detect magnetic anomalies in the ocean, monitor undersea communications and deploy specially equipped sonobuoys by parachute that sink into the ocean and send sonar signals into surrounding seawater then transmit findings back to the aircraft. Navy’s newest and most advanced anti-submarine surveillance and attack aircraft. Their home base when not deployed to the region is Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. Navy’s search assets dispatched to the area in the increasingly urgent search are two Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft from Maritime Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45), “The Pelicans”. It is among the fastest diesel-electric submarines in the world and boasts a strong safety record.Īmong the U.S.
The TR-1700 is a proven undersea warfare platform operated by Israel, South Africa and Argentina. She was manufactured by Thyssen Nordseewerke of Emden, Germany and commissioned in November, 1985. Her crew includes the first-ever female naval officer on board a submarine in the Argentine navy. San Juan is a TR-1700 class diesel-electric submarine with a crew of 44. Its destination was Mar Del Plata, 2,800 kilometers farther north along the Argentine coast. The area is considered among the most dangerous seas in the world. She was patrolling from a naval base in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost point of South America and the gateway to the Straits of Magellan. San Juan (S-42) was on an ecological surveillance mission to interdict illegal fishing boats off the coast of Patagonia. Bad weather with waves of 26 feet and 45 MPH winds initially hampered search efforts both on the surface and with sensors searching underwater for the submarine. The submarine was last seen over 200 kilometers off the Patagonian coast of Argentina.
Following the report, the submarine was ordered back to port. The first problems were reported that morning around 7:30 AM when the captain radioed that the submarine was having “battery problems” in heavy seas. The submarine disappeared on Wednesday, Novemwhen last communication was received. San Juan (S-42) off the southeastern coast of South America. Navy have dispatched a large number of transport and maritime surveillance aircraft along with specialized personnel and submarine rescue equipment in an attempt to help locate the missing Argentine submarine A.R.A. Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft along with several other assets race against time in dramatic search.
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