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SRDRS Gives Navy Improved Sub Rescue Capability

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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein Exercise Bold Monarch 08 not only offered the Navy an opportunity to collaborate with international navies on honing submarine rescue skills, but the two-week event enabled the Navy to conduct operational evaluation of the Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System (SRDRS). SRDRS is the newest platform for evacuating and rescuing sailors from downed submarines. It is replacing the more than 30-year-old Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV). Unlike DSRV, which was an autonomous system, SRDRS will be tethered to…

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