Overview
- The national government marked the date with a Casa Rosada post calling for “eternal memory” of the 44 sailors who died in the 2017 sinking.
- The Navy lost contact with the submarine on November 15, 2017 near the Golfo San Jorge after a reported battery-tank fire, according to contemporaneous reports.
- Search teams located the wreck on November 17, 2018 at 907 meters depth, roughly 597 kilometers from Comodoro Rivadavia.
- Federal Judge Marta Yáñez previously ordered the processing of senior naval officers in the case, reflecting ongoing judicial scrutiny.
- Local coverage profiles nine crew members from Jujuy and notes a court-ordered 7 million–peso indemnity for the family of sailor Aníbal Tolaba.