webfact Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 The Thai and US navies launched a joint operation today, to search for the remains of five crew missing from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai corvette, to salvage some weaponry and to disable some US-made military equipment. A US navy ship, the “Ocean Valor”, from the US naval base in Hawaii, and a flotilla of Royal Thai Navy (RTN) vessels, including the Rattanakosin, two mine sweepers, two frigates and one mid-sized troop carrier, 17 American and 40 Thai divers are involved in the operation. The US navy ship is part of the US military presence in the Cobra Gold military exercise, involving military personnelfrom Thailand, the US and some allies. Thai and foreign reporters will observe the operation from one of the RTN vessels, which left the port in Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan early this morning. Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-22 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtlger Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 10 minutes ago, webfact said: The Thai and US navies launched a joint operation today, to search for the remains of five crew missing from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai corvette Godspeed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dibbler Posted February 22 Popular Post Share Posted February 22 The ship sunk in December 2022. Surely the wreck has already been dived on? It would make an excellent deep recreational dive but who else might already have been down there to take a look at equipment lying around on the sea floor? What might be left to salvage now? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 4 hours ago, webfact said: US naval base in Hawaii Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Oahu. Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet. Includes Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, home of 18 nuclear submarines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 HTMS Sukhothai Salvage to Take 19 Days: Navy PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Feb 22 (TNA) – The operation to search for five missing crew members and remove hazardous materials from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai will take 19 days, said Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy Admiral Adung Phan-iam. Giving an interview on the commencement of the joint operation between Thai-US navies, the Thai navy chief said the US. navy personnel of Ocean Valor participated in the light salvage mission. “The first thing we will bring up today is the nameplate of HTMS Sukhothai. Over the next five days, there will be and search operations for missing crew and photo documentation of the sunken warship to be included in the investigation,” he said. Full story: Thai News Agency 2024-02-22 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 12 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Over the next five days, there will be and search operations for missing crew After all this time will there be anything left of the crew to find? Why wasn't the sunken vessel thoroughly searched months ago? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Quote As for the budget of 200 million baht allocated for the salvage operation, 90 million baht will be returned to the treasury to be utilized by the government in helping the people. Hm. I wonder which people will be helped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Let’s hope they don’t kill anybody doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyLouie Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Lucky the Yanks had the tech to find it and the lads to deep dive the wreck, Bless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still kicking Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 2 hours ago, NickyLouie said: Lucky the Yanks had the tech to find it and the lads to deep dive the wreck, Bless... Let the yanks find MH 370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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