Italian ship USSP

USSP is a planned Submarine rescue ship of the Marina Militare, financed with 2017's balance law. It is expected to replace Italian ship Anteo (A 5309).

Functions

USSP will be a multipurpose ship, thought to accomplish different missions:

Submarine Rescue, through a deployable Submarine Rescue System, embarked on the stern portion of the weather deck. The ship is also fitted to host, as an alternative, either NATO Submarine Rescue System or US Navy SRDRS; DRASS Galeazzi SRV-650 is expected as SRS
Diving Support, through an organic saturation system, located amidships, which includes two hyperbaric chambers, one transfer under pressure system, one hyperbaric boat, one working bell, 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.
Gruppo Operativo Incursori support, by hosting and deploying special forces and relevant equipment.

History

USSP program beginning on 2010 when parliamentary defence commission approved the act "". ARS/NAI vessel was fitted for a cost of € 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.

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
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
1 x Ventilation system for damaged
1 x submarine control of depressurization included
1 x ADS - Atmospheric diving suit
1 x ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle working
1 x ROV watching
1 x ROV light working
1 x AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle