USS Greenlet ( ASR - 10 ) USS " Greenlet " ( ASR - 10 ) was a " Chanticleer " - class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy . " Greenlet " was laid down by Moore Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co . , Oakland , California , 15 October 1941 ; launched 12 July 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . B . P . Flood ; and commissioned 29 May 1943 , Comdr . F . W . Laing in command . Service history . World War II . After shakedown , " Greenlet " conducted patrol and escort runs out of San Diego before sailing for Pearl Harbor 24 July . Constructed as a submarine rescue ship , she served at Pearl Harbor and at Midway for more than a year , making escort runs and conducting refresher training for patrol - bound submarines . As the progress of the war advanced steadily across the Pacific , she sailed to Guam 21 December 1944 to carry out submarine training closer to the patrol areas . While at Midway and Guam , " Greenlet " helped train some 215 submarines , among them such boats as , , , , , and . Indirectly , she contributed to the sinking of 794 enemy ships , including a battleship and six aircraft carrier s . Eleven of the submarines trained by " Greenlet " were lost during the war , but her charges sank more than 2 , 797 , 000 tons of Japanese military and merchant shipping . As the war in the Pacific drew to a close , " Greenlet " departed Guam for Japan 16 August 1945 . She reached $ 3 , Honshū , 28 August ; entered Tokyo Bay the following day ; and was present during the signing of the Japanese surrender 2 September . After placing buoys over wrecks in the harbor and channel at Tokyo , she stripped and demilitarized Japanese miniature submarines based in Yokosuka harbor . On 1 November she escorted three Japanese fleet submarines to Sasebo and converted them for American crews . Departing Sasebo 11 December , she escorted former Japanese submarines " 1 - 1 . 4 " , " I - 400 " , and to Pearl Harbor , where she arrived via Guam and Eniwetok 6 January 1946 . After returning to San Francisco early in 1946 , " Greenlet " spent the following five years operating primarily out of San Diego where she trained divers and serviced submarines . From September 1946 to May 1947 and from September 1948 to March 1949 she deployed to the Western Pacific . Operating from the coast of China to the Philippines , she trained and supported fleet submarines stationed in the Far East . Korea and Vietnam . On the outbreak of the Korean War " Greenlet " departed San Diego for the Far East 6 July 1950 . During the next six months she operated out of Yokosuka while providing valuable services to the submarine fleet . Sailing for Pearl Harbor 6 January 1951 , she served there throughout the remainder of the Korean War and continued to provide assistance in the training of submarine crews . After the Korean Armistice of 1953 , " Greenlet " remained at Pearl Harbor , training divers and submariners , participating in readiness operations , and assisting in servicing and salvaging operations . On 29 May 1958 she unsuccessfully attempted to keep afloat after its being rammed during exercises off Oahu , Hawaii . Between 1953 and 1970 " Greenlet " made ten deployments to the Western Pacific . Operating from Japan and Okinawa to the Philippines and Australia , she rendered training and repair services to submarines , trained divers , and participated in mine recovery and submarine rescue and salvage exercises . During rescue training duty 6 January 1964 , she sent her submarine rescue chamber to a depth of 942 feet off the coast of Japan . In 1965 she took charge of rescuing the destroyer USS Frank Knox . The destroyer had run aground on to Pratus Reef . A severe storm followed that further anchored the ship to the reef . It took the USS Greenlet , with her divers , and Fleet tugs about 40 days to finally pull the destroyer off the reef . The USS Frank Knox was then towed to a dry dock in Yokosuka Japan for repairs . USS Greenlet crew members , ENFN Fred Elliott , were assigned to assist on repairs . During " Greenlet ' s " final deployment to WestPac in 1969 - 70 , she was ordered to the Gulf of Tonkin to salvage a Grumman C - 2 aircraft that has crashed with 26 persons on board and sunk in 290 feet of water . " Greenlet " assumed command of salvage operations on 22 October until 19 November . After 47 dives the salvage operations was terminated due to deteriorating weather . The " Greenlet " was awarded a Meritorious Unit Citation and the Vietnam Service Medal for the Fall and Winter Campaigns of 1969 . At Pearl Harbor Naval Submarine Base on 12 June 1970 , Lt A . J . Trinka , in command the " Greenlet " was decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of Turkey for commissioning as TCG " Akin " ( A - 585 ) , CDR Necdet Donertas , Commanding Officer .