USS Greenlet leaves Pearl Harbor, Hawaii circa 1963
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Greenlet |
Laid down | 15 October 1941 |
Launched | 12 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 29 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 12 June 1970 |
Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 12 June 1970 |
Turkey | |
Name | TCG Akin |
Acquired | 12 June 1970 |
Decommissioned | 17 November 2017 |
Status | decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship |
Displacement | 2,040 long tons (2,073 t) |
Length | 251 ft 4 in (76.61 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m) |
Speed | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 102 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Greenlet (ASR-10) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1970. In June 1970, the ship was transferred to the Turkish Navy, renamed TCG Akin (A-585) and remained in service until 2017.