Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System

{{short description| Remotely operated vehicle for rescue of personnel from sunken submarines }}

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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 submarine crew members. Based on the Royal Australian Navy Submarine rescue vehicle Remora,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MwyTX-iA2wC&q=remora+srdrs&pg=PA103|title=The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet|first=Norman|last=Polmar|date=2005|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=9781591146858|access-date=4 May 2019}} the system is capable of rapidly deploying to a designated location, mounting to a vessel of opportunity, detecting and preparing the area around a downed submarine and submerging to depths of up to {{convert|2000|ft|m}} to retrieve members of its crew.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-srdrs-submarines-rescue-drone-2012-10|title=This Underwater Drone Can Dive 2,000 Feet And Rescue 155 People At Once|first=Robert|last=Johnson|website=Business Insider|access-date=4 May 2019|date= October 13, 2012}} The SRDRS then allows for the decompression of the crew.{{Cite web|url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/systems/srdrs.htm|title = Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS)|access-date = 2009-02-17|last = Pike |first=John |date=7 July 2011}}