February 4, 2020 (Google Translation) – After almost 3 months out of its natural station, the ARA warning “Strait of San Carlos” returned last week to the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base.
The ship had sailed in November to the Ushuaia Naval Base to perform the functions of a station ship, with the mission of moving personnel and supplying the surveillance and control posts of maritime traffic in the south.
“We carried out the relay of the posts of Puerto Parry, on the Island of the States, and Buen Suceso, at the eastern end of the Miter Peninsula,” explained the Commander of the notice, Corvette Captain Sebastián Campi.
In addition, between relief and relief, they transported construction materials for remodeling and improvement of living conditions in the posts.
They also participated in the search for the C130 aircraft of the Chilean Air Force that fell into the sea in the Drake Passage in December, with 38 crewmembers.
“We were arriving just from a boating relay and we were ordered to sail again to Drake to find the plane and possible survivors. It was 5 days of searching, ”said Captain Campi.
It is that one of the functions of a station ship is to keep the SAR (Search and Rescue) guard within the area of responsibility of the Southern Naval Area.
The ARA warning “Strait of San Carlos” has a stable crew of 40 people, but in this mission of more than 80 days embarked officers and non-commissioned officers that will integrate the endowment 2020.
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