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            <div class="image-caption">171126-N-HS500-005 COMODORO RIVADAVIA, Argentina (Nov. 26, 2017) Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and Argentine construction workers prepare the motor vessel Sophie Siem for the installation of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) which operates the deep diving rescue vehicle, the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM). Undersea Rescue Command, the U.S. Navy's only submarine rescue unit, mobilized to support the Argentine government's search and rescue efforts for the Argentine Navy diesel-electric submarine ARA San Juan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Christopher Lange/Released)</div>
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    <div><b>By Lt. Lyndsi Gutierrez, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs</b> <span class="date">/ Published Dec. 1, 2017</span></div>
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    <p>MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft, the Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) from the Undersea Rescue Command that were assisting Argentina in the search for Argentine submarine, ARA San Juan, completed operations Nov 30.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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, Dec. 1.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>For more information, visit http://www.southcom.mil/Media/Special-Coverage/US-Military-Support-to-Argentina-Submarine-Search</p>
<p>For more information, visit www.navy.mil, www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy.</p>
<p>For more news from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command & U.S. 4th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/cusns/. </p><br />
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