On 31 December 2014 , '' Fort Worth '' was dispatched from Singapore to the Java Sea to take part in the search for Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed on 28 December . On 3 January 2015 she arrived in the area to commence search efforts alongside the destroyer at the request of the Indonesian government . The maneuverability and shallow draft of the design allowed her to conduct expeditious visual and radar searches in the congested , shallow water environment . Both ships concluded search efforts on 15 January 2015 after performing 650 combined search hours . '' Fort Worth '' provided unique capabilities over the larger '' Sampson '' , and employed her two RHIBs in 107 hours of operations . A team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One was embarked on the ship , operating three Tow Fish side scan sonar systems to search for wreckage during 78 hours over , the AN/PQS -2 A passive sonar to listen for black box pings during 17 hours over , and a remotely operated vehicle to investigate objects
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
USS Fort Worth