International Argentine submarine missing with 44 aboard: ARA San Juan's imploded wreckage has been found.

have they offered a reward because they think someone stole it? very weird...
 
Russia ends search of missing Argentina submarine
by Almudena Calatrava | AP April 4

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The ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric submarine, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Navy’s spokesman said Wednesday, April 4, 2018, that the Russian Federation has stopped its assistance in the hunt for the wreckage of the Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s navy says Russia has ended its help in the search for an Argentine submarine that disappeared in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members aboard.

Russia was the last of more than a dozen foreign countries that assisted in searching some 1,500 square miles (4,000 square kilometers) of the South Atlantic for the ARA San Juan. The multinational search for the submarine employed some of the latest technology in one of the largest efforts of its kind.

An explosion occurred near the time and place where the sub went missing on Nov. 15. Argentina has given up hope of finding survivors, but the navy has continued searching for the vessel.

Argentine Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi confirmed the end of Russia’s collaboration to The Associated Press late Tuesday. He said that that Russia’s Yantar oceanographic research ship will return to the port of Buenos Aires on April 7, and the Argentine ship Islas Malvinas will carry on with the search.

Families of the crew gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires earlier this year asking Russia to continue searching for their loved ones with ships that carry remotely operated vehicles capable of deep seafloor searches.

“The Russians have withdrawn ... and the Argentine ships don’t have the technology to find it,” Luis Tagliapietra, the father of 27-year-old crew member Alejandro Tagliapietra, told the AP.

Tagliapietra has joined a judicial investigation into the sub’s disappearance as a plaintiff. He said that other relatives of the crew are also asking Argentina’s government to hire a private company based in Miami, Florida, to carry on with the deep-ocean search.

President Mauricio Macri has vowed a full investigation and offered a $5 million reward for information to find the vessel. Argentina is also probing whether there were irregularities in sub’s midlife retrofitting that was carried out between 2008 and 2014.

But relatives of the crew say it’s not enough.

“Our government is spinning its wheels,” Tagliapietra said. “We’re in a state of apathy.”

The San Juan, a German-built TR-1700 class submarine, vanished as it was sailing from the southernmost port of Ushuaia to Mar del Plata after a patrol.

The navy says that the captain reported on Nov. 15 that water entered the snorkel and caused one of the sub’s batteries to short-circuit. The captain later communicated that it had been contained.

Some hours later, an explosion was detected near the time and place where the sub was last heard from. The navy says the blast could have been caused by a “concentration of hydrogen” triggered by the battery problem reported by the captain.

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Is a sub supposed to have barnacles and shit like that? That thing looks like a death trap welded from metal pieces of other death traps
 
Is a sub supposed to have barnacles and shit like that? That thing looks like a death trap welded from metal pieces of other death traps

Each time they go in dry-dock for maintenance, the bottom of modern American warships are painted with a new coat of anti-fouling paints that would prevent any barnacles from attaching to the hulls.

Our Navy saves a lot of money too, since a ship with a clean & smooth hull can cut through water with ease and have up to 40% better fuel efficiency compare to one that's being dragged back by barnacles.
 
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Russia ends search of missing Argentina submarine
by Almudena Calatrava | AP April 4

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The ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric submarine, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Navy’s spokesman said Wednesday, April 4, 2018, that the Russian Federation has stopped its assistance in the hunt for the wreckage of the Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic.


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s navy says Russia has ended its help in the search for an Argentine submarine that disappeared in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members aboard.

Russia was the last of more than a dozen foreign countries that assisted in searching some 1,500 square miles (4,000 square kilometers) of the South Atlantic for the ARA San Juan. The multinational search for the submarine employed some of the latest technology in one of the largest efforts of its kind.

An explosion occurred near the time and place where the sub went missing on Nov. 15. Argentina has given up hope of finding survivors, but the navy has continued searching for the vessel.

Argentine Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi confirmed the end of Russia’s collaboration to The Associated Press late Tuesday. He said that that Russia’s Yantar oceanographic research ship will return to the port of Buenos Aires on April 7, and the Argentine ship Islas Malvinas will carry on with the search.

Families of the crew gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires earlier this year asking Russia to continue searching for their loved ones with ships that carry remotely operated vehicles capable of deep seafloor searches.

“The Russians have withdrawn ... and the Argentine ships don’t have the technology to find it,” Luis Tagliapietra, the father of 27-year-old crew member Alejandro Tagliapietra, told the AP.

Tagliapietra has joined a judicial investigation into the sub’s disappearance as a plaintiff. He said that other relatives of the crew are also asking Argentina’s government to hire a private company based in Miami, Florida, to carry on with the deep-ocean search.

President Mauricio Macri has vowed a full investigation and offered a $5 million reward for information to find the vessel. Argentina is also probing whether there were irregularities in sub’s midlife retrofitting that was carried out between 2008 and 2014.

But relatives of the crew say it’s not enough.

“Our government is spinning its wheels,” Tagliapietra said. “We’re in a state of apathy.”

The San Juan, a German-built TR-1700 class submarine, vanished as it was sailing from the southernmost port of Ushuaia to Mar del Plata after a patrol.

The navy says that the captain reported on Nov. 15 that water entered the snorkel and caused one of the sub’s batteries to short-circuit. The captain later communicated that it had been contained.

Some hours later, an explosion was detected near the time and place where the sub was last heard from. The navy says the blast could have been caused by a “concentration of hydrogen” triggered by the battery problem reported by the captain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b5d643338ef7

Is that Russian submarine leaving Argentina to head to the Mediterranean?
 
First photos of submarine emerge as families implore Argentine government to recover wreck
November 18, 2018

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New images have emerged of the wreckage found deep in the Atlantic of an Argentine submarine that vanished a year ago with 44 crew members aboard.

The photographs were released by Argentina’s Navy Press Office and show parts of the ARA San Juan submarine vessel underwater.

The haunting images come after relatives were shocked to hear just hours after the submarine’s discovery that the government said it is unable to recover the vessel, drawing anger from missing sailors’ relatives who demanded that it be raised.

Defence Minister Oscar Aguad said at a press conference that the country lacks “modern technology” capable of “verifying the seabed” to extract the ARA San Juan which was found at 907 metres of depth, some 500 km from the southern city of Comodoro Rivadavia.

Earlier in the morning, the navy said a “positive identification” had been made by a remote-operated submersible from the American company Ocean Infinity. The company, commissioned by the Argentine government, began searching for the missing vessel September 7.

It remained unclear what the next steps could be.

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In a statement to The Associated Press, Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Plunkett said authorities would have to determine how to advance.

“We would be pleased to assist with a recovery operation but at the moment are focused on completing imaging of the debris field,” he said.

Navy commander Jose Luis Villan urged “prudence,” saying that a federal judge was overseeing the investigation and would be the one to decide whether it was possible to recover a part or the entirety of the ship.

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Relatives of crew members were determined to fight for the submarine to be quickly surfaced.

Isabel Polo, sister of crewman Daniel Alejandro Polo, told the AP that the discovery was just the beginning.

She said families need to recover the remains of their loved ones to know what happened and help prevent similar tragedies.

“We do know they can get it out because Ocean Infinity told us they can, that they have equipment,” said Luis Antonio Niz, father of crew member Luis Niz.

“If they sent him off, I want them to bring him back to me.”

Yolanda Mendiola, the mother of missing sailor Leandro Cisneros, 28, said families of the crew had been brought together by the navy.

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“We are with the other relatives. They are going to show us the photos. They say that our youngsters are inside,” she said.

“We are all destroyed here.

“If we don’t see it, we can’t have closure. Therefore we’re going to demand that the president (of Argentina) finds a way to get (them) out, because it’s possible, the company said so.”

The sub’s discovery was announced just two days after families of the missing sailors held a one-year commemoration for its disappearance on November 15, 2017. The San Juan was returning to its base in the coastal city of Mar del Plata when contact was lost.

On the anniversary Thursday, President Mauricio Macri said the families of the submariners should not feel alone and delivered an “absolute and non-negotiable commitment” to find “the truth.” On Saturday, Aguad said that the vessel was found to be in an area that investigators had deemed “most likely.” Officials showed images of the submarine, which was located on a seabed with its hull totally deformed. Parts of its propellers were buried and debris was scattered up to 70 metres away.

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The Ocean Infinity in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut province, Argentina​


The German-built diesel-electric TR-1700 class submarine was commissioned in the mid-1980s and was most recently refitted between 2008 and 2014. During the $12 million retrofitting, the vessel was cut in half and had its engines and batteries replaced. Experts said refits can be difficult because they involve integrating systems produced by different manufacturers, and even the tiniest mistake during the cutting phase can put the safety of the ship and crew at risk.

The navy said previously the captain reported on November 15, 2017, that water entered the snorkel and caused one of the sub’s batteries to short-circuit. The captain later communicated that it had been contained.

Some hours later, an explosion was detected near the time and place where the San Juan was last heard from. The navy said the blast could have been caused by a “concentration of hydrogen” triggered by the battery problem reported by the captain.

Macri promised a full investigation after the submarine was lost. Federal police raided naval bases and other buildings last January as part of the probe, soon after the government dismissed the head of the navy.

Argentina gave up hope of finding survivors after an intense search aided by 18 countries, but a few navy units have continued providing logistical support to Ocean Infinity.

On Saturday, Plunkett tweeted: “Our thoughts are with the many families affected by this terrible tragedy. We sincerely hope that locating the resting place of the ARA San Juan will be of some comfort to them at what must be a profoundly difficult time.”

He also said: “This was an extremely challenging project and today’s successful outcome, following the earlier search operations, firmly endorses our technology.”

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How does a submarine sink? I guess if it goes too deep the pressure can implode it? Is that what likely happened here?
 
Relatives keep up fight to uncover truth about ARA San Juan sinking

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Three investigations are currently underway in Argentina into the tragedy, as experts strive to find out fully what happened to the submarine and how it sank.

Last year, a bicameral congressional committee delivered an extensive report on the sinking. Most of its members pointed to the Navy for the damage the vessel suffered leading up to the tragedy of the ARA San Juan. A minority, made up of deputies and senators from Macri’s Cambiemos coalition, sought to separate Aguad and the former president from the legal investigation.

Within the Navy, an administrative investigation is now underway, which will lead to the holding of military councils to determine where responsibility lies. Rossi has asked that these proceedings be accelerated, sources at the Ministry confirmed to the Times.

On Thursday, the government announced its long-trailed renewal of the leadership of the Armed Forces. That was a measure which had been pending, ever since Fernández took office on December 10.

Villán, who was on good terms with the relatives of the submarine crew, has been replaced by Rear-Admiral Julio Horacio Guardia, currently Fleet commander, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1985. Like the rest of the chiefs appointed by Fernández, he did not join the Armed Forces during the last military dictatorship.

Caleta Olivia Federal Judge Marta Yáñez is overseeing the criminal case for the sinking of ARA San Juan. On January 31, the judge indicted six Navy officers for malfeasance and culpable negligence. Yañez did not consider it necessary to question Marcelo Srur, who headed the Navy at the time of the sinking, nor Macri or Aguad, as the plaintiffs had requested.

“From the evidence collected so far, it does not emerge either that engineer Mauricio Macri or lawyer Oscar Aguad were aware of the defects that the ARA San Juan had, or that the military authorities who depended on them had been acting in an illegal manner or through abuses of authority,” Yañez wrote in a ruling at the time.

Shortly after taking office, Rossi contacted the judge to make himself available and express interest in the investigation. According to Tagliapietra, who is directly involved in the proceedings as a lawyer for several families, it is likely that further expertise will be required in the case. The Defence Ministry will need to provide resources to make this happen, he added.

Lawyers for the families appealed Judge Yáñez’s decision, arguing that they consider it insufficient. The relatives show no sign of letting up in their quest to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones on November 15, 2017.

In the coming weeks, we will learn how the case will unfold.

https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/arg...ncover-truth-about-ara-san-juan-sinking.phtml
 
How does a submarine sink? I guess if it goes too deep the pressure can implode it? Is that what likely happened here?

More.than likely a explosion from the batteries. All the extra pressure popped the hull, water flooded in, down she went. Horrible way to go.
 
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