Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiarra Brown | Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 | 11.19.2024
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA (Nov. 20, 2024) Rear Adm. Robert Wirth, right, commander, Submarine Group 10, presents a Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) completion certificate to Cmdr. Alonso Mori, commanding officer of the Peruvian Navy Submarine BAP Pisagua (SS 33) during the 2024 DESI closing ceremony held onboard Naval Base Point Loma, Nov. 20, 2024. Pisagua is in San Diego as part of......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiarra Brown | Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 | 11.19.2024
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA (Nov. 20, 2024) Cmdr. Alonso Mori, left, commanding officer of the Peruvian submarine BAP Pisagua (SS 33) and Capt. Will Wiley, commander of Submarine Squadron 11, salute during official playing of the nation’s anthems as part of the 2024 DESI closing ceremony held onboard Naval Base Point Loma, Nov. 20, 2024. Pisagua is in San Diego as part of the DESI program was......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiarra Brown | Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 | 11.19.2024
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA (Nov. 20, 2024) Rear Adm. Robert Wirth, center, address crewmembers from the Peruvian Navy Submarine BAP Pisagua (SS 33) during the 2024 DESI closing ceremony held onboard Naval Base Point Loma, Nov. 20, 2024. Pisagua is in San Diego as part of the DESI program was established in 2001 by U.S. Fleet Forces Command and partners the U.S. Navy with South American......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 12.19.2019
191219-N-ZZ513-1018 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 19, 2019) Vice Adm. Scott D. Conn, commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, gives remarks at the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) closing ceremony, Dec. 19. The ceremony marked the conclusion of the 2019 program in which Peruvian submarine BAP Angamos (SS-31) participated. DESI training evolutions allows partner navies to work together to train and test......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Starr | U.S. Navy | 07.10.2009
The Peruvian submarine Buque Armada Peruana Arica (SS-36) and its sailors begin their journey home from Naval Base Point Loma with tug assistance by Navy Region Southwest. Arica was participating in the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative with the U.S. Navy. Arica acted as the primary opposing submarine force for the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group's Composite Unit Training Exercise and Joint......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Starr | U.S. Navy | 07.10.2009
Manuel Rivadeneira, commanding officer of Peruvian submarine Buque Armada Peruana Arica (SS-36), stands watch with Peruvian sailors as they begin their journey home from Naval Base Point Loma. Arica was participating in the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative with the U.S. Navy. Arica acted as the primary opposing submarine force for the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group's Composite Unit......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 04.30.2009
Sailors look on as the first Peruvian navy submarine BAP Arica moors to a pier at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma. Arica is the first Peruvian submarine to pull into San Diego bay and is participating in a three-month multinational, anti-submarine warfare exercise called Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative. The DESI Program is a U.S. Navy partnership with South American countries and supports......
