NEPTUNO (A-20) class

 1 NEPTUNO-class SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP (ASR)

 Name         Pendant   Commissioned     Status
 NEPTUNO      A-20      Dec. 14, 1988    Active
   (ex-Spanish navy MAR ROJO, A-102; ex-Spanish M/V AMAPOLA)

This ship was originally completed on March 24, 1975, as a commercial oilfield supply tug. Then-MAR ROJO was purchased by the Spanish navy in 1988, along with her sister MAR CARIBE (A-101), a salvage and rescue tug.

She replaced POSEIDON (A-12 ) as the fleet submarine rescue...