( CNN ) -- U.S. sailors from the USS Bataan , responding Saturday to a distress call from a Turkish-flagged container vessel that had run aground in the Aegean Sea and was listing , recovered two mariners , the Navy said in a news release . After the call , at about 10:30 a.m. , the multipurpose amphibious assault ship dispatched a helicopter to the site , where Greece 's Hellenic Coast Guard had already arrived , the Navy said . `` Upon request for assistance , the aircraft lowered a rescue swimmer and recovered two Turkish mariners and returned to Bataan , '' it said . After the two men underwent a medical evaluation aboard the ship , they were transferred to the Hellenic Coast Guard . Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group is supporting maritime security operations , providing crisis response capability and theater security efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations .
The ship sent a helicopter to Turkish-flagged container vessel . The helicopter lowered a swimmer , who recovered two Turkish mariners . The men were then transferred to Greece 's Coast Guard .