![]() The Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System (FADOSS) was brought into the search effort to assist with the recovery or salvage of the vessel once it was located. The Navy sent subject matter experts in conjunction with the salvage system. The removal of the system means the Navy will no longer have vessels or equipment as part of the recovery effort, the official said, though Navy personnel are still assisting. ![]() The move comes as fewer ships and assets are needed in the ongoing efforts around the Titan submersible search. John’s, Newfoundland, according to a defense official familiar with the matter. The Navy is removing a deep ocean salvage system from St. The listening array also helped in the search for two missing US nuclear submarines in the 1960s, the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion. The mission was partially successful, and it began with the detection of the implosion by the same type of array that picked up on the implosion of the Titan submersible. In the mid-1970s, the US would attempt to raise the ballistic missile submarine from the ocean floor using a cover story that involved eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes and a project to harvest minerals off the sea floor. In reviewing the data collected by the system, the US picked up on the acoustic signature of an implosion and were able to pinpoint the location of the noise, far away from the Soviet search efforts. The US noticed increased Soviet naval activity and concluded they may be searching for a submarine. ![]() In 1968, the Navy used the system to pinpoint the location of a missing Soviet submarine, K-129, in the North Pacific. Though the system itself is not classified, according to a Navy official, its operation and collection capabilities are secret. “The Integrated Undersea Surveillance System mission is multi-faceted, encompassing not only the operations of detection, localization and tracking of submarines and the collection of acoustic and hydrographic information, but also the maintenance of processing and communications equipment necessary to carry out the operational mission,” according to the Navy.īecause sound travels so well underwater, the sensors can be used to triangulate the position of an enemy submarine or an underwater noise picked up by the array. ![]()
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