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USS Orion (AS–18) was a Fulton -class submarine tender of the United States Navy. She was laid down 31 July 1941 at the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California; launched 24 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Robert A. White; and commissioned 30 September 1943.
Two years, one month and thirty days later, on 30 September 1943, USS Orion (AS-18) was commissioned on 30 September 1943 with Capt. C. S. Isgrig, commanding. USS Orion was named for a constellation commonly known as The Hunter.
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USS ORION was the sixth FULTON - class submarine tender and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. After almost exactly 50 years of service, the ORION was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on September 3, 1993, and is since then laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, Va., awaiting final ...
USS Orion (AS-18) tending submarines, forward deployed at La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy. Orion is "Med Moored" at her berth on Santa Steffano Island about half way between "Mainland" Sardinia (off screen lower left) and the islands of La Maddalena and Capra (in the background), circa 1983.
USS Orion is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Orion (1861), a wooden schooner used as part of the Stone Fleet of the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
From 27 to 29 December 1943, HMAS Stuart (Lt.Cdr. N.A. Mackinnon, RAN) and HMAS Townsville (Lt. A. Farquhar-Smith, RANR (S)) conducted A/S and attack exercises with USS Albacore (T/Cdr. J.W. Blanchard, USN).
USS Orion (Collier # 11, later AC-11), 1912-1933. USS Orion, a 19,132-ton (displacement) fleet collier, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland, as one of several large ships intended to refuel the Navy's coal-burning warships under operational conditions.
Naval ships of the United States by name. Ships named Orion. Ships scrapped in 2006. Non-topical/index: Uses of Wikidata Infobox. Ships by name (flat list)
The USS Orion was a submarine tender that was in the U.S. Naval Fleet from 1943 to 1993. At the time that she was decommissioned she was the oldest active ship in the Naval Fleet. I served on...