• A member of the U.S. Navy remains at Comodoro Rivadavia harbor as the Sophie Siem vessel departs, after U.S. Navy Undersea Rescue Command (URC) installed its deep diving rescue vehicle — the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) — to support the search and rescue efforts for the Argentine missing submarine ARA San Juan in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut province, Argentina, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI
    A member of the U.S. Navy remains at Comodoro Rivadavia harbor as the Sophie Siem vessel departs, after U.S. Navy Undersea Rescue Command (URC) installed its deep diving rescue vehicle — the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) — to support the search and rescue efforts for the Argentine missing submarine ARA San Juan in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut province, Argentina, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI

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BUENOS AIRES – The hunt for an Argentine submarine missing since Nov. 15 pressed on through gusting South Atlantic winds on Sunday while families of the 44 crew members tried to cling to hope despite tough search conditions and worries about the sub’s air supply.

The ARA San Juan had only seven days worth of oxygen when it reported its last position nearly 300 miles (483 km) off the coast. Relatives of crew members tried to focus on the possibility that the vessel may have been able to rise to periscope depth at some point after its disappearance, allowing it to refill its air tanks.

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