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U.S. Navy ROV Deployed to Recover Argentine Sub

RV Atlantis, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, departs today on a mission to locate and recover the Argentine submarine, ARA San Juan, which went missing Nov. 15 with 44 crew members aboard. Atlantis was equipped this week with the U.S. Navy’s cable-operated underwater recovery vehicle (CURV), a 6,400-pound ROV that is equipped with high-resolution camera systems and sonar to detect targets in

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RV Atlantis is Redirected to Help Search for Missing Argentine Submarine

RV Atlantis, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), was diverted Nov. 21 to help search for the missing Argentine submarine, ARG San Juan, which went missing Nov. 15 while traveling from the port of Ushuaia to the city of Mar del Plata, with 44 crew members aboard. Atlantis was en route to a planned oceanographic mission in the South Atlantic

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