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ARA San Juan (S-42) was a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine in service with
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On 15 November 2017, San Juan went missing during a routine patrol in the South
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malfunction, and a multi-nation search operation was mounted. Within hours of San
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On 16 November 2018, just over a year after the vessel went missing, the Argentine ARA San Juan (S-42) in 2007
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Name: San Juan
The submarine’s imploded wreckage was strewn up to 70 metres (230 ft) from the
Special pages Namesake: San Juan Province, Argentina
hull.[3][4]
Permanent link Builder: Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden, West
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Wikidata item Completed: 28 June 1983
1 Design
Cite this page Commissioned: 19 November 1985
2 Name
Out of service: 15 November 2017
Print/export 3 Operational history

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 Create a book 4 Disappearance and rescue efforts Refit: 2014
Download as PDF 4.1 Wreck discovery Struck: 2017
Printable version 5 Gallery Homeport: Mar del Plata
6 See also Identification: Pennant number S-42
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7 References Fate: Imploded; Sunk in the Atlantic
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8 Further reading Ocean[1]

Languages 9 External links General characteristics

Deutsch Class and type: TR-1700-class submarine
Español
Displacement: 2,140 tonnes (surfaced)
Français Design
한국어 Main article: TR-1700-class submarine
2,336 tonnes (submerged)

Italiano Length: 67.30 m (220.8 ft)

Bahasa Melayu Built by Thyssen Nordseewerke,[5][6] San Juan was laid down on 18 March 1982 and Beam: 8.36 m (27.4 ft)
Português launched on 20 June 1983. It had a single-hull design, with a lightweight bow and Draught: 7.34 m (24.1 ft)
Русский Propulsion: 1 shaft 4 × MTU diesels
stern and a watertight superstructure in the central part. Her sister vessel,
Tiếng Việt 1 × Siemens electric motor
ARA Santa Cruz, is the only other one of her type, though the program originally
12 more sought to produce a larger number of submarines.[7] Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h) surfaced
Edit links 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
Range: 12,000 nmi (22,000 km) at 8 kn
Name (15 km/h) surfaced
The submarine's name derives from the province of San Juan; the names of all Endurance: 30 days
Argentine submarines begin with the letter S. Past ships with the same name are a Test depth: 300 m (980 ft)
destroyer (1911), a surveyor (1929), and a torpedo boat (1937).[8] Complement: 37
Sensors and Radar Thomson-CSF Calypso
The prefix ARA is the acronym of the Argentine Navy in Spanish (Spanish: Armada
processing Sonar Atlas Elektronik CSU 3/4,
de la República Argentina).[9][10] systems: Thomson Sintra DUUX-5
Armament: 6 × 533 mm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes
Operational history 22 torpedoes

The submarine entered service on 18 November 1985.[11]

In 1994, during the FleetEx 2/94 "George Washington" exercise with the United States Navy, San Juan avoided detection by United
States anti-submarine forces for the entire duration of the war game, penetrating the destroyer defense and "sinking" the command ship

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 USS Mount Whitney.[12][13] The submarine has taken part in other exercises including Gringo-Gaucho and UNITAS.[11]

The vessel underwent a mid-life update between 2008 and 2013, taking longer than expected due to budget constraints.[14][15] The
upgrade cost around 100 million pesos (US$12.4 million) and comprised more than 500,000 work hours during which the submarine was
cut in half and had her four MTU engines and batteries replaced.[16] The updates were carried out at the Argentine Industrial Naval
Complex's (CINAR) Tandanor and Storni shipyards.[7] Later, San Juan was tasked with carrying out surveillance exercises in the
exclusive economic zone around Puerto Madryn, particularly in the role of combating illegal fishing.[17][18]

Disappearance and rescue efforts

Main article: Disappearance of ARA San Juan

On 17 November 2017, it was announced that San Juan had not been heard from since 15 November when the vessel was 430
kilometres (270 mi) from the coast, off San Jorge Gulf on its way to Mar del Plata from Ushuaia following a military exercise, and that a
search and rescue operation had been launched in the same area.[20][21][22][23] There were 44 servicemen on board the missing
submarine,[24] including Argentina's first female submarine officer, Eliana María Krawczyk.[25] The submarine carried oxygen for no more
than seven days when submerged.[26][25]

The search and rescue operation was carried out under the auspices of the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office,
an organisation of over 40 countries set up in 2003[27] following the Kursk submarine disaster.[28] The search area was 482,507 square
kilometres (186,297 sq mi) in size[29] and weather conditions throughout the search and rescue period changed, making the task far more
difficult on days with large waves and high winds.[30][31]

On 23 November the Argentine Navy said an event consistent with an implosion had been detected[32] at 46.12°S 59.69°W[33] by the
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization listening posts on Ascension Island and Crozet
Islands on the day the submarine stopped communicating.[34][32][35][36]

By 24 November, the search and rescue operation involved more than 30 aircraft and ships from Argentina, the United Kingdom, Brazil,
the United States, Chile and other countries. In all, more than 4,000 personnel from 13 countries assisted the search, scouring an area
the size of Spain.[37]

On 27 November, it was revealed to the press that according to the submarine's last report from 15 November, San Juan's snorkel had
leaked water into the forward storage batteries the day before, which ignited a fire. After quenching the fire, the crew disconnected the
forward batteries. The submarine continued to move powered by the aft batteries.[38]

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 On 30 November, 15 days after San Juan went missing, the Navy declared that the
rescue phase of the operation was over, but the search for the submarine on the
seabed would be continuing.[1] The loss of 44 crewmen constitutes the largest loss
of life aboard a submarine since the Chinese submarine 361 malfunctioned in April
2003,[39] surpassing the K-152 Nerpa accident of 2008. A criminal investigation
was launched into the disappearance.[3]

Wreck discovery
On 16 November 2018, ARA San Juan was found at a depth of 907 metres
(2,976 ft), at 45°56′59″S 59°46′22″W[19] (20 km or 12 mi NNW from the seismic
anomaly previously reported by the CTBTO) and nearly 270 nautical miles (500 km;
310 mi) from Comodoro Rivadavia, by Ocean Infinity, a private maritime company
Mar del
hired by the Argentine government. The area was previously assigned 90 percent Plata
of probability of locating the wreck, but previous searches failed to find it due to
insufficient technology and presence of numerous submarine canyons.[40] A
"hydro-acoustic anomaly" consistent with an implosion had been detected 30
nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) north of the submarine's last known position at 10:31 Comodoro
(13:31 UTC) on 15 November 2017. Photographs were released showing the Rivadavia Wreck

shattered remains of the submarine broken up on the seabed. Ocean Infinity will
receive a reward of US$7.5 million for finding the missing vessel.[3][4] Argentine
Navy spokesman Captain Jorge Balbi presented close-up photos of the wreck in a
press briefing. The pictures show the imploded pressure hull, with the bow section,
sail and propellers scattered in an area of 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft).[41][42] Ushuaia

Gallery Location of the wreck[19]

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 Submarines San Juan Submarine San Juan, San Juan,
and Santa Cruz, Mar del Buenos Aires naval dock, front view,
Plata naval base, 2007 May 2017 Mar del
Plata

See also
Argentina portal Nautical portal War portal Submarine portal

List of ships of the Argentine Navy

List of submarines of Submarine Force Command
List of submarine incidents since 2000

References
1. ^ a b "Submarino ARA San Juan: la Armada dio por finalizado el
operativo de rescate y ya no busca sobrevivientes" . La Nacion (in
Spanish). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. ^ "Ocean Infinity Locates the Missing Argentinian Submarine, ARA
San Juan" . Ocean Infinity. 17 November 2018. Retrieved
21 November 2018.
3. ^ a b c "Argentine submarine: Missing ARA San Juan imploded,
navy confirms" . BBC News. 17 November 2018. Retrieved
17 November 2018.
4. ^ a b Politi, Daniel (17 November 2018). "Argentine Submarine That
Vanished With 44 Aboard Is Found, Navy Says" . The New York
Times. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
5. ^ Latinoamericana, Comunidad Submarinista. "Reparación de
Media Vida Submarino Tipo TR1700 ARA San Juan S-42 (Segunda
Parte)" . Retrieved 17 November 2017.
6. ^ Miller, David (2002). The Illustrated Directory of Submarines.
Zenith Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-7603-1345-8.
7. ^ a b Castro, Pablo (5 March 2009). "Reparación de Media Vida
Submarino Tipo TR1700 ARA San Juan S-42 (Primera Parte)" .
www.elSnorkel.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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 8. ^ "Por qué se llama San Juan el submarino que es intensamente 19. ^ a b "ARA San Juan: el clima adverso le dio dramatismo a un
buscado" . Diario de Cuyo. 17 November 2017. Retrieved hallazgo con el último aliento" . La Nacion. Retrieved
19 November 2017. 18 November 2018.
9. ^ F. A. Buttress; H. J. Heaney (6 December 2012). World Guide to 20. ^ "Argentine navy loses contact with submarine" . BBC. Retrieved
Abbreviations of Organizations . Springer Science & Business 17 November 2017.
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Falkland Islands, 1974-79 . Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 10. Spanish). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
ISBN 978-1-137-32956-1. 22. ^ "La Flota de Mar despliega su esplendor en Ushuaia" . Zona
11. ^ ab Latinoamericana, Comunidad Submarinista. "Submarino Militar (in Spanish). 7 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November
Argentino ARA San Juan vuelve a estar en el agua" . 2017.
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Unidos" . La Nacion. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 24. ^ Melgar, Ana; Gallón, Natalie & Hanna, Jason. "Argentine navy
2017. says its lost contact with submarine" . CNN. Retrieved
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"Ejercicio Fleetex 2/94 "George Washington" " . 25. ^ a b Politi, Daniel & Londoño, Ernesto (17 November 2017).
www.elSnorkel.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2017. "Search Underway for Argentine Navy Submarine With 44" . New
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submarinos" . Pagina 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 26. ^ Uki Goñi (20 November 2017). "Missing Argentinian submarine
2017. running out of air as search enters 'critical phase' " . The
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modernización del submarino TR-1700 ARA Santa Cruz-noticia 27. ^ "An officer of Italian Navy at the head of ISMERLO" . Marina
defensa.com" . Defensa.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Militare. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
16. ^ "Argentine Navy receives refurbished TR1700 class submarine 28. ^ "Qué es Ismerlo, el sistema internacional que alertó al mundo
ARA San Juan" . MercoPress. 19 June 2014. Retrieved sobre el ARA San Juan" . La Nacion. 21 November 2017.
17 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
17. ^ "How Did Argentina Lose a Submarine And Its Crew?" . Telesur. 29. ^ "Submarino ARA San Juan: qué se sabe hasta ahora sobre su
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ARA San Juan que es intensamente buscado" . Infobae (in
Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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 30. ^ "Con las mejoras meteorológicas, se intensifica la búsqueda del 37. ^ "U.S. Navy plane scours South Atlantic in search for Argentine
submarino" . Telam. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November sub" . 24 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017 – via
2017. Reuters.
31. ^ "El fuerte viento demora el operativo y complica las tareas de 38. ^ Clarin.com. "Submarino ARA San Juan: cómo fue el principio de
rescate" . La Nacion (in Spanish). 26 November 2017. Retrieved incendio en las baterías" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November
26 November 2017. 2017.
32. ^ ab " 'Explosion' dashes sub crew survival hopes" . 23 November 39. ^ Politi, Daniel; Londoño, Ernesto (30 November 2017). "Hope for
2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk. Argentina Submarine Crew Fades" . The New York Times.
33. ^ "Exclusivo: detalles del informe que recibió el Gobierno sobre la Retrieved 13 July 2018.
explosión en el submarino ARA San Juan" . InfoBAE. InfoBAE. 40. ^ "Argentina minister says country without means to rescue
Retrieved 19 November 2018. submarine" . Toronto Star. 17 November 2018. Retrieved
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podría significar" . La Nacion. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 41. ^ Rogoway, Tyler. "Argentina's Lost Submarine Has Finally Been
23 November 2017. Found (Updated)" . The Drive. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
35. ^ "Vocero de la Armada: "Hubo un evento singular consistente con 42. ^ "La Armada Argentina dice que el submarino San Juan
una explosión" en el ARA San Juan" . Telam. 23 November 2017. implosionó y se partió en varias partes" [Argentine Navy says
Retrieved 23 November 2017. that the submarine San Juan imploded and broke into several
36. ^ "Búsqueda del ARA San Juan: cómo se detectó la explosión y pieces]. RTVE.es (in Spanish). 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
por qué se conoció una semana después" . Infobae (in Spanish).
23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

Further reading
Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005–2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos
Aires. ISBN 9874394005.
Burzaco, Ricardo (1999). Submarinos de la Armada Argentina 1933–2000 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Eugenio B. ISBN 978-
9879676417.

External links
Submarine Shipyard Nordseewerke official site (in German) Wikimedia Commons has
CN (RS) Carlos A Zavalla. "La Entrega del Submarino San Juan" (in Spanish). Fundacion media related to ARA San
Juan (S-42).
Histarmar. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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 Carlos Mey. "TR-1700, Imagenes del Interior" [ARA San Juan, interior pictures] (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved
10 December 2017.

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