U.S. Navy Transitions to Search and Recovery in Search for ARA San

MAYPORT, FL, UNITED STATES

11.30.2017

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Hendricks 

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet

Continuing with the transition of operations to search and recovery, the U.S. Navy
deployed the Cable operated Unmanned Recovery Vehicle (CURV) 21 to support the
ongoing Argentine search efforts onboard R/V Atlantis.
The CURV-21 is a 6,400-pound Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that is designed to
meet the U.S. Navy's deep ocean salvage requirements down to a maximum depth of
20,000 feet of seawater, and is due to arrive in Argentina on Dec. 01.
The two P-8’s, along with sailors from the Patrol Squadron (VP) 5, VP-10, VP-45, VP-
26, and Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11, arrived in Bahia Blanca,
Argentina Nov 17 and Nov 19. VP-5 will return to El Salvador’s Comalapa Air Base and
resume the counter-illicit trafficking maritime patrol operations they were conducting
prior to responding to Argentina’s request for help. VP-10, VP-26, VP-45, and CPRW-
11 personnel will return to their home station at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in
Jacksonville, Florida.
The URC deployed two independent rescue assets, the SRC and the PRM, Nov. 18. URC
will return to their home station in San Diego, California.
For more information, visit http://www.southcom.mil/Media/Special-Coverage/USMilitary-
Support-to-Argentina-Submarine-Search/

• Date Taken: 11.30.2017
• Date Posted: 12.01.2017 11:54
• Story ID: 257075
• Location: MAYPORT, FL, US