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USS Greenlet (ASR-10)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Golf - Juliet
NUGJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (3)
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

USS Greenlet (ASR-10) was sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Akin (A-585)

Chanticleer Class Submarine Rescue Ship:

Laid down, 15 October 1941, at Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Oakland, CA.

Launched, 12 July 1942

Commissioned USS Greenlet (ASR-10), 29 May 1943, CDR. Frederick W. Laing in command

During World War II USS Greenlet was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Greenlet was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September to 16 December 1945	26 October 1946 to 1 May 1947
21 to 29 December 1948	11 November to 20 December 1948
28 January to 5 February 1949	30 December 1948 to 26 January 1949

During the Korean War USS Greenlet was assigned to the Far East in support of submarine operations

During the Vietnam War USS Greenlet participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 5 to 25 April 1967	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 21 to 31 October 1969
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 to 22 November 1969

Decommissioned, 12 June 1970, at Sub Base Pearl Harbor

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1973

USS Greenlet earned three campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Sold, 1 February 1973, to Turkey under the Military Assistance Program and renamed TCG Akin (A-585)

Decommissioned by Turkish Navy, 16 November 2017

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,141 t.(fl)
Length 251' 4"
Beam 42'
Draft 14' 10" (lim)
Speed 14.5 kts.

Complement

Officer 6

Enlisted 96

Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.

Armament

two single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

eight single 20mm gun mounts

four depth charge tracks

Fuel Capacity Diesel-1,785 Bbls

Propulsion

four Alco-Diesel-electric engines (520)
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 3,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By /Source
USS Greenlet (ASR-10)
	168k	Forward plan view of *USS Greenlet* (ASR-10) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 21 May 1946. USS Moctobi (AT-105) is aft of Greenlet with YD-98** alongside. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1884-46	Darryl Baker
	105k	Aft plan view of *USS Greenlet* (ASR-10) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 21 May 1946. USS Sanborn (APA-193) is moored outboard of USS Sarasota (APA-204) which is moored forward of Greenlet**. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1885-46	Darryl Baker
	39k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** moored midstream in the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 23 December 1946.	John Cronk for his father John H. Cronk USS Greenlet
	81k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** under way, circa 1946-49, location unknown.	John Cronk for his father John H. Cronk USS Greenlet
	40k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** moored pierside, circa 1946-49, location unknown.	John Cronk for his father John H. Cronk USS Greenlet
	202k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** at sea off San Diego, CA. in 1949. US National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-427645, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
	120k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** circa late 1940s, after her aft 3"/50 gun was removed and before three large buoys in quick release racks were fitted on each side of the ship amidships. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. USN 1046254, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	203k	Overhead photo of *USS Sperry* (AS-12) at San Diego, CA., circa 1950. In the photo are USS Greenlet (ASR-10) at Sperry**'s port bow with six of her squadrons submarines off her port side. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1950.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	38k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** underway, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Craig Rothhammer to NAFTS (National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors)
	169k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** underway in the Hawaiian Islands, circa 1963.	Submitted by Craig Rothhammer to NAFTS (National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors)
	98k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** departing Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1957	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	749k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** underway, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	106k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10) and USS Tang (SS-563)** operating together in the Pacific during exercises, circa 1962-63. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1963.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	79k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** underway, circa 1964-65, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1965.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	119k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10), the Salvage and Rescue Ships USS Conserver (ARS-39), and USS Grapple (ARS-7) and the Fleet Tugs USS Cocopa (ATF-101) and USS Sioux (ATF-75) attempting to pull the Destroyer USS Frank Knox (DD-742) off Pratas Reef in the South China Sea, some two hundred miles south east of Hong Kong. Frank Knox** ran aground 18 July 1965 and was finally refloated, 24 August 1965. This view was probably taken at about the time she was finally refloated on 24 August 1965. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74179.	Tony Cowart
	114k	Lines come across as *USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** prepares for a a high-line transfer, June 1968	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	107k	*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10)** transferring mail, June 1968	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
TCG Akin (A-585)
	433k	Transfer and commissioning ceremony of ex-*USS Greenlet* (ASR-10) into the Turkish navy as TCG Akin (A-585)** at Naval Station Pearl Harbor in 1973.	Cüneyt Demir
	648k		Cüneyt Demir
	88k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)**, at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	67k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	62k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	65k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	47k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	36k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	45k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	273k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	80k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	47k	Drawing of *TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway by Cüneyt Demir.	.
	50k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	52k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	60k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	65k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	55k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	40k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	41k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	73k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	44k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	39k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	69k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** conducting diving operations, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Ret.
	78k
	133k
	333k	*TCG Akin* (A-585)** under way in the Bosphorus, 21 June 2012 Photo by Kuara (real name unknown) from the steamboat Üsküdar-Besiktas.	Robert Hurst

USS Greenlet (ASR-10)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Laing, Frederick Williams, USN (USNA 1930)	29 May 1943 - 2 January 1944
02	LT. Hodgson Jr., James Thompson	2 January 1944 - 20 June 1945
03	LT. Willhoite, Robert Buford	20 June 1945 - 15 February 1947
04	LCDR. Horsman, Donald Glenn	15 February 1947 - 5 September 1948
05	LCDR. Birney, George Russell	5 September 1948 - 10 September 1949
06	LCDR. Fulton, Howard Thomas	10 September 1949 - 21 September 1950
07	LCDR. Des Granges, Maino, USN (USNA 1942)	21 September 1950 - 5 January 1952
08	LCDR. Griggs III, John Bradford, USN (USNA 1943)	5 January 1952 - 10 July 1953
09	LT. Ullrich, Howard Clifton	10 July 1953 - 25 August 1955
10	LCDR. Hoover, Clarence Paul	25 August 1955 - 25 January 1958
11	LCDR. Coulbourne, Thomas Edward, USN	25 January 1958 - 30 January 1960
12	LCDR. Hill, Howard Allen	30 January 1960 - 6 July 1963
13	LCDR. Leibold, William Rudolf	6 July 1963 - 14 July 1965
14	LCDR. Clark, Lynn Reginald	14 July 1965 - 29 July 1967
15	CDR. Carry, Allan Harry	29 July 1967 - 9 August 1969
16	LCDR. DeLanoy, Billie Leroy, USN	9 August 1969 - 25 April 1970
17	LT. Trinka, Anton John	25 April 1970 - 12 June 1970


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