Also, the reception ceremony was held at the end of the voyage of the Captain of the Ship (R), Guillermo Tibaldi in tribute to his deceased companions.
In principle, after Tibaldi’s arrival, a commemorative memorial was discovered with the names of the 44 crew members and their last military hierarchies reached post-mortem. Besides, A time capsule was placed containing messages from the students, teachers, relatives of the 44, a list of people and institutions that were part of the project.
The capsule has a lock whose key will be in a sealed wooden box inside the educational establishment and carries the message: “To be opened on November 8, 2067 – 50 years after the passage of the ARA San Juan Submarine through the place.” Likewise, it has a metal plate with a QR code that will give access to a web page with historical data about the Submarine.
The legislator Natalia Gracianía (LLA) participated; also relatives of the crew members; provincial officials; municipal and judicial; Malvinas combatants, representatives of the armed and security forces, residents of the town.
After singing the verses of the national anthem, the head of the Southern Naval Area, rear admiral, José Martí Garro, offered words in honor of the “National Day in Memory of the 44 Heroes and Heroines of the Submarine ARA San Juan.” Finally, a religious invocation was carried out by the chaplain of the Ushuaia Naval Base, Guido Casillo, and wreaths were laid at the memorial.
After the ceremony, legislator Natalia Gracianía said: “With deep emotion we are representing the Legislature in Puerto Almanza, accompanying this heartfelt tribute in memory of our ARA San Juan heroes.”
“Here lies the photo of the last moment in which they could be seen from this place,” he remarked, in relation to the portrait that is in a room at school 49. “Also being able to share the arrival of Captain Tibaldi and see the tribute that he paid and share this memory, which is really in the hearts of each of the Argentines, but especially in that of the Fuegians”hill.
It should be remembered that on November 8, 2017, the ship left the Ushuaia roadstead heading to the Argentine Sea. Seven days later, the Argentine Navy lost contact with the ship after a fire broke out in the battery tank. “At the time of its disappearance, the ship was sailing off the San Jorge Gulf, in the middle of a strong storm, while patrolling the area. His remains were found on November 17, 2018, 597 kilometers from Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut).
On July 6, at the age of 69, Guillermo Tibaldi began his journey with the goal of traveling 3,000 kilometers on foot from Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires) to Puerto Almanza, the place where the submarine was last seen off Gable Island. at Mackinlay Pass.
The Captain (R) sailed for 10 years aboard submarines and although he held various positions, he was commander of the ARA San Juan for two years; and for that reason, The disappearance of the ship with 44 crew members on board left it “a deep void“he told a national news web portal.
In the afternoon, legislator Natalia Gracianía delivered Presidential Resolution No. 374/24 to Guillermo Tibaldi, which declares the expedition of provincial interest.
