Submarine rescue ship

USS Pigeon, submarine rescue ship

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Chiyoda (left) and Chihaya (right)

Italian ship Anteo, submarine rescue ship

HSwMS Belos (A214) of the Swedish Navy

Guillobel of the Brazilian Navy

A submarine rescue ship is a surface support ship for submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage operations. Methods employed include the McCann Rescue Chamber, deep-submergence rescue vehicles (DSRV's) and diving operations.^[1]

List of active submarine rescue ships

Royal Australian Navy (DMS Maritime)^[2]

• Besant
• Stoker

Brazilian Navy

• Guillobel (K120)

Chinese Navy

• Dajiang class
• Dalao class

Italian Navy

• Italian ship Anteo (A5309)^[3][4]

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

• JS Chihaya (ASR-403)
• JS Chiyoda (ASR-404)

Royal Malaysian Navy

• MV Mega Bakti

Republic of Singapore Navy

• MV Swift Rescue

South Korean Navy

• ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR 21)

Spanish Navy

• Neptuno (A-20) (to be replaced in 2024 by the BAM-IS 45)

Royal Swedish Navy

• HSwMS Belos (A214)

Russian Navy

• Kommuna

Turkish Navy

• TCG Alemdar (A-582)

Vietnam People's Navy

• Yết Kiêu (927)^[5][6][7]

List of decommissioned submarine rescue ships

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

• JDS Chihaya (ASR-401) (Retired)
• JDS Fushimi (ASR-402) (Retired)
• JS Chiyoda (AS-405) (Retired)

Spanish Navy

• Kanguro (Retired in 1943)
• Poseidón (A-12) (Ceded to Mauritania in 2000. Sunk in 2011)

United States Navy

• USS Widgeon (ASR-1)
• USS Falcon (ASR-2)
• USS Chewink (ASR-3)
• USS Mallard (ASR-4)
• USS Ortolan (ASR-5)
• USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
• USS Chanticleer (ASR-7)
• USS Coucal (ASR-8)
• USS Florikan (ASR-9)
• USS Greenlet (ASR-10)
• USS Macaw (ASR-11)
• USS Penguin (ASR–12)
• USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)
• USS Petrel (ASR-14)
• USS Sunbird (ASR-15)
• USS Tringa (ASR-16)
• USS Verdin (ASR-17) - cancelled in 1945
• USS Windhover (ASR-18) - cancelled in 1945
• USS Bluebird (ASR-19)
• USS Skylark (ASR-20)
• USS Pigeon (ASR-21)
• USS Ortolan (ASR-22)

See also

• India-class submarine – Underwater rescue submarine class
• Mystic-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle

References

1. Tim Guest (11 November 2024). "Knowing there's hope". European Security & Defence.
2. Burton, Guy (16 July 2015). "Submarine search and rescue capability boosted". Navy Daily. Royal Australian Navy. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
3. "Anteo - Marina Militare".
4. "File:US Navy 050628-N-1464F-001 The Italian submarine rescue vehicle SRV-300 is launched from the Italian salvage ship Anteo.jpg". 28 June 2005.
5. "Vietnam launches new submarine rescue vessel". www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
6. Dominguez, Gabrel (June 7, 2018). "Vietnam begins work on first submarine rescue vessel". Jane's Information Group. Vietnam's state-owned Z189 shipyard has begun assembly work on the first submarine rescue vessel for the People's Army of Vietnam Navy (PAVN). A keel-laying ceremony for the ship, known as MSSARS 9316 (multipurpose submarine search-and-rescue ship 9316), was held on 24 May at Z189's facilities in the northern coastal city of Haiphong, said the shipyard in a statement.
7. "Việt Nam starts building its first submarine rescue ship". Việt Nam News. May 2018. A model image of the MSSARS 9316, Việt Nam's first submarine search and rescue ship, which begins construction on Thursday in Hải Phòng.