TCG Alemdar Is Commissioned Into Service
28 Jan 2017 5 Comments
TCG Alemdar during acceptance trials. Photo: Milliyet
Today the new submarine rescue ship A-582 TCG Alemdar was finally commissioned into service. The ceremony was planned for an earlier date, but had to be postponed.
TCG Alemdar is the most capable submarine rescue vessel in Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea region.
TCG Alemdar was designed from the keel as a submarine rescue ship for Turkish Navy. She will be able to provide life support to the stranded crew of a distressed submarine up to 600 meters depth. She will carry ROV’s, atmospheric diving suits and other necessary equipment. She is certified both for NATO NSRS and US SRDRS
systems. The built-in A-frame of TCG Alemdar will be able to support US Navy DSRVs.
She is a most welcomed addition to Turkish Navy. Auxiliary ships like TCG Alemdar may not have the appeal of a front line warships such as corvettes or frigates but these inglorious auxiliaries enable the other ships to function and save them when they are in a dire situation.
I wish TCG Alemdar calm seas and following winds.
turkishnavy.net 
A great big ‘Job Well Done’ to the Turkish Navy!
THE TURKISH NAVY ACCEPTED A BRAND NEW RESCUE SHIP.
I couldn’t see the A-frame in the picture you published and also the Turkish Navy offical site. I should kindly ask that is it a disinformation?
Your are absolutely right the photo on my post does not have an A-frame, I think it was taken before the ship was fully fitted. Please refer to the shipyards site for more information regarding the A-frame: http://www.istanbulshipyard.com/en/askeri_gemiler-yardimci_sinif_gemiler-denizalti_kurtarma_ana_gemisi.html
I watched every video and every picture published on web but couldn’t see. I think it worths to notice it on the main post. Somehow the ship commissioned without A Frame. What made the change? Maybe the plan changed and it is compatible with AS-28.