''USSP'' is a planned

Submarine rescue ship 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. List of active subm ...

of the

Marina Militare "Fatherland and Honour" , patron = , colors = , colors_label = , march = ( is the return of soldiers to their barrack, or sailors to their ship after a ...

, financed with 2017's balance law.
It is expected to replace

Italian ship Anteo (A 5309) ''Anteo'' (A 5309) is a submarine rescue ship of the Italian Navy, assigned to Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei" ( COMSUBIN). ''Anteo'' is the third ship to bear this name in the Italian Navy. The ship's design was developed b ...

Functions

''USSP'' will be a multipurpose ship, thought to accomplish different missions: * Submarine Rescue, through a deployable Submarine Rescue System (SRS), embarked on the stern portion of the weather deck. The ship is also fitted to host, as an alternative, either

NATO Submarine Rescue System The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) is a tri-national project to develop an international submarine rescue system. The system provides a rescue capability primarily to the partner nations of France, Norway and the United Kingdom, but also to ...

(NSRS) or

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

SRDRS The Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System (SRDRS) is a remotely operated underwater vehicle and its associated systems intended to replace the Mystic class deep submergence rescue vehicle as a means of rescuing United States Navy submarin ...

; DRASS Galeazzi SRV-650 is expected as SRS * Diving Support, through an organic saturation system (SAT), located amidships, which includes two hyperbaric chambers (up to 6 persons each), one transfer under pressure (TUP) system, one hyperbaric boat (up to 16 persons), one working bell (300 m beneath the surface), operated through a dedicated moon-pool * Hydro-Oceanographic activities, by means of specific sensor suite and hardware, including echo-sounder, Doppler log, Sub bottom profiler, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, etc. * Navy Seals Support, by hosting and deploying special forces and relevant equipment.

History

''USSP'' program beginning on 2010 when parliamentary defence commission approved the act
''Programma pluriennale di A/R n. SMD 02/2010, relativo all'acquisizione di un'unità navale di supporto subacqueo polivalente di ARS/NAI''
(Multi-year program for multi-purpose Submarine support naval unit).
ARS/NAI vessel was fitted for a cost of € (EUR) 125 million, then updated to 300 and, finally, to 434 million Euros. In June 2021 the contract was awarded to the Mariotti shipyard in Genoa.
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Sensors

* 2 x High Precision Acoustic Positioning * 1 x Single Beam Echo-Sound * 3 x Multi Beam Echo-Sound * 3 x Side Scan Sonars * 1 x Sub Bottom Profiler * 1 x Underwater Telephone * 2 x Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers * 3 x Current Profilers * 1 x Wave Buoy * 1 x Gradiometer * 1 x Marine

Magnetometer A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment. Different types of magnetometers measure the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location. A compass is one such device, o ...

* 1 x Gravimeter System * 1 x Vibrocorer * 3 x Grab Samplers * 1 x Box Corer * 1 x Corer * 1 x CTD Sounder * 1 x Doppler Log * 1 x Expendable Bathythermograph

Deployable equipment

* 1 x

McCann Rescue Chamber The McCann Submarine Rescue Chamber is a device for rescuing submariners from a submarine that is unable to surface. History During the first two decades of the United States Navy Submarine Force, there were several accidents in which Navy submar ...

* 1 x Ventilation system for damaged * 1 x submarine control of depressurization included * 1 x ADS -

Atmospheric diving suit An atmospheric diving suit (ADS) is a small one-person articulated submersible which resembles a suit of armour, with elaborate pressure joints to allow articulation while maintaining an internal pressure of one atmosphere. An ADS can enable di ...

* 1 x ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle working * 1 x ROV watching * 1 x ROV light working * 1 x

AUV An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot that travels underwater without requiring input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned underwater vehicles, a classification that includes ...

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

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