After a two days mobilization. that included also the Core Logger and hull Multibeam installation, the Urania left Ravenna 21:15 of Thursday May 24 2001 and anchored in Cannakale at 13:00 of Monday May 29 to embark US and turkish scientific personnel. During this transit the ELAC 1180 was calibrated for roll errors and some data were acquired, together with the acquisition of some CTD profiles.
The first leg was devoted principally to mapping (CHIRP and Multibeam) and to perform 24 Channel MCS profiles on the southern Sea of Marmara and on the Izmit Gulf. Gravity cores (14) were collected in the area E of the Imrali I. and in front of Büyükçekmece , on the northern slope SW of Istanbul , where an ROV inspection took place as well. After a short anchorage in Istanbul for partial scientific crew exchange, the second leg was devoted to mapping (CHIRP and Multibeam) of Izmit Gulf, including MCS, and to the collection of gravity, piston and sediment/water cores in Izmit , Çinarcik , Prince Islands and Ganos. Three ROV inspections were performed on the fault area W of the Hersek Peninsula, on the rupture of the 1999 earthquake in the Golcuk Bay, and on the Ganos fault. After a transit of 6 hours from Ganos, the ship anchored in Cannakale June 16th in the morning, disembarked part of the scientific crew and departed 10:00, heading to Ravenna through the Dardanelles and Corinth Straits, where it docked June 20th, 12:00.