Foreign Navies Crucial to U.S. Anti-Submarine Warfare Training
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS070803-06
Release Date: 8/3/2007 10:41:00 AM
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Holly Boynton, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Public Affairs
MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- Peruvian submarine Buque Armada Peruana (BAP) Chipana (SS-34) arrived in Mayport July 20 during training exercises with U.S. Navy ships as part of the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) off the coast of Florida and Georgia.
DESI is a program instituted by the U.S. Navy in 2001 to provide training for surface and sub-surface ships to combat diesel-electric submarines. With the U.S. Navy’s all-nuclear submarine fleet, training with foreign navies such as the Peruvian Navy allows the U.S. access to vessels like Chipana, a German-made Type 209 submarine. U.S. Navy assets practice their anti-submarine warfare tactics on diesel-electric submarines because their electric batteries make them nearly undetectable to sonar.
Chipana, homeported in Callao, is a return visitor to Mayport. Chipana stayed in Mayport following the completion of SUBDIEX, a U.S.- Peruvian bilateral exercise part of DESI.
“Participation in this program by foreign navies, such as Peru, continues to be invaluable to everyone involved,” said Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Rear Adm. James W. Stevenson Jr.
Chipana’s port visit to Mayport was sponsored by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (NAVSO) to further partner nation relations in support of Theater Security Cooperation.
“The DESI program continues to yield much benefits and it is so greatly due to NAVSO's team cooperation and support,” said Juan Fernandez, Tactical Development, Director/DESI Program Manager.
For more information on the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative, visit www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_30/desi.html
For more information on the Peruvian Navy, visit www.marina.mil.pe/.
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