Now that it's confirmed that this object is the tail propeller part of an Ohio-class nuclear submarine, the next step is to continue searching for the remaining submarine parts.
Catching one part here indicates a possibility that this may be the location where the submarine met its accident.
If the submarine didn't have an accident here, then why would there be a submarine's tail propeller part in this area?
It couldn't possibly have been carried here by ocean currents from some other place.
Regardless of the cause of the accident, the importance of an Ohio-class nuclear submarine is very high.
As a world-class nuclear submarine, and furthermore a strategic one, the value of this submarine is self-evident.
If the remaining submarine wreckage parts can be found, the significance would be completely different.
Thus, the orders from the higher-ups were for Captain Han and his team to continue searching for the remaining submarine parts, preferably finding the complete wreckage.