Email from Lt/DV Selcuk Koray, Turkish Navy Received 02/09/02
selcukkoray@superonline.com
Greenlet/Akin is still in active service as the only
submarine rescue ship in the black sea and Eastern Mediterranean, home ported in
Istanbul-Turkey. TNS AKIN HAS PARTICIPATED THE SORBET ROYAL-2000 IN
SEPTEMBER 2000 A MULTINATIONAL NATO LIVE SUBMARINE RESCUE EXERCISE , AND TOOK
SEVERAL ITALIAN SUBMARINERS UP FROM ITS PIRINI OFF THE COAST OF
MERSIN-TURKEY.AMONG THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS WERE US DSRV MYSTIC, SSN DALLAS(MOSUB
FOR MYSTIC), ITS ANTEO (SOPHISTICATED ITALIAN RESCUE SHIP WITH AN ADS ON BOARD),
ITS PIRINI AND MANY OTHER SUPPORT SHIPS.
