![]() ![]() The Argentine Navy brought in a team of mental health professionals to aid the families a team to keep them updated on the search and rescue effort had also been set up. The Argentine Armed Forces set up a centre of operations at the naval base in Mar del Plata, with family members of the submariners also present at the base. On the same day, Argentine president Mauricio Macri moved to the official residence at Chapadmalal, near Mar del Plata, in order to follow the search and rescue operation more closely. The submarine carried oxygen for no more than seven days when submerged. There were at least 44 servicemen on board the missing submarine, including Argentina's first female submarine officer, Eliana Krawczyk. On 17 November 2017, it was announced that she had not been heard from since 15 November, and that a search and rescue operation had been launched 200 nautical miles (370 km 230 mi) southeast of San Jorge Gulf. With the war game completed and after a short visit to Ushuaia open to the public, the submarine got underway to her home base at Mar del Plata. ![]() In early November 2017, San Juan was part of a navy exercise in Tierra del Fuego which included the sinking of the ex ARA Comodoro Somellera as a target. San Juan underwent a mid-life update from 2008 to 2013, which included replacing all battery elements. She was laid down on 18 March 1982 and launched on 20 June 1983. Background ĪRA San Juan (S-42), a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine in service with the Argentine Navy since 19 November 1985, was built in West Germany by Thyssen Nordseewerke. On 16 November 2018, a year after the disappearance of the submarine, her wreck was found in the South Atlantic by the private company Ocean Infinity at a depth of 907 metres (2,976 ft) at 45★6′59″S 59☄6′22″W / 45.94972°S 59.77278°W / -45.94972 -59.77278. It was the worst submarine disaster since the accident on Chinese submarine 361 in 2003, and the second worst peacetime naval disaster in Argentina after the 1949 sinking of the minesweeper ARA Fournier. After a search lasting 15 days, the Argentine Navy downgraded the operation from a rescue mission to a search for the submarine's wreck, implying they had given up any hope of finding survivors among its crew of 44. ![]() On 15 November 2017, the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan disappeared off the coast of Argentina while on a training exercise. ![]()
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