USS Ortolan (ASR-22)

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Career USN Jack
Ordered: November 15, 1967
Laid down: 28 August 1968
Launched: 10 September 1969
Commissioned: July 14, 1973
Decommissioned: March 30, 1995
Struck: March 30, 1995
Fate: Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class: Pigeon
Displacement: 4,200 tons
Length: 251’
Beam: 86’
Draft: 19’
Speed: 15 k
Complement: 139
Aircraft: Helicopter platform only
Propulsion: Four Diesel engines
Armament: Two Mk-68 20mm guns

The USS Ortolan (ASR-22), a twin-hulled submarine rescue vessel, was laid down 28 August 1968 by the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama; launched 10 September 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Nels C. Johnson; and was commissioned on July 14, 1973.

USS Ortolan was designed to operate Mystic class Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles, and was the second and final vehicle of the Pigeon class built by the U.S. Navy.

She was decommissioned on March 30, 1995 and was berthed at the James River Reserve Fleet at Fort Eustis, Virginia, awaiting final determination for method of disposal.

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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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