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239k | Ortolan (ASR-22) at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL., 9 September 1969. She was launched the following day.
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160k | Mating of the Personnel Transfer Capsule with the Deck Decompression Chamber aboard USS Ortolan (ASR-22) in 1974 at the start of the Phase B integrating system testing which was an important milestone in Ortolan's construction and had to be completed before sea trials could begin. | Joe Neumann | |
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222k | Ortolan (ASR-22) underway during sea trials in the Delaware River, July 1973. | Joe Neumann | |
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333k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, 8 July 1973, during sea trials on the Delaware River.
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108k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) commissioning, 14 July 1973, at Naval Base Philadelphia, PA. | Joe Neumann | |
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09322238 | 57k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) drydocked at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA. in 1973 | Joe Neumann | |
09322239 | 92k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) mooring buoys and cradles, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA., 1074 | Joe Neumann | |
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09322241 | 84k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) moored pierside at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA. in 1974. | Joe Neumann | |
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85k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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75k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, circa 1974, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1975 |
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78k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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94k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal." |
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133k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown. A copy of this photo is available from Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. |
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161k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22) docked at Naval Station Charleston, S.C., 21 February 1984. The frigate
USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078) is moored at left.
U.S. National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6456557, a US Navy photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.), now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. |
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382k | USS Ortolan (ASR-22), R/V Atlantis (AGOR-25) and Submersible Research Vessel Alvin DSV-2), Fleet Week 1990, New York or Boston. | Ron Reeves | |
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87k | From left to right; ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) and an unidentified AKR, Large, Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off ship, laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 | Photo by Mike Hibbard | |
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119k | From left to right; ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) and an unidentified AKR, Large, Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off ship laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 | Photo by Mike Hibbard | |
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106k | Ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) Bow view, showing floats and midship view, showing deck gantry over DSRV cradle, while laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 | Photos by Mike Hibbard | |
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87k | From right to left; ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 | Photo by Mike Hibbard | |
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102k | From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 | Photo by Mike Hibbard | |
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54k | Ex- USS Ortolan (ASR-22) being towed out of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 20 July 2009, bound for ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping. | Robert Hurst | |
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100k | Ex- USS Ortolan (ASR-22) moored at ESCO Marine in Brownsville, TX. awaiting the ship breakers torch, August 2009. | Mike Hibbard, Courtesy ESCO Marine web site | |
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119k | Ex- USS Ortolan (ASR-22) moored at ESCO Marine in Brownsville, TX. awaiting the ship breakers torch, 2009. | Tommy Trampp, Courtesy ESCO Marine web site | |
| During a strong storm while undergoing sea trials Ortolan (ASR-22) twin hulls suffered extensive hull damage requiring damage control wood shoring to prevent hull deformation. The twin hulls were acting like a venturi with a large volume of water trying to pass between the hulls. The center well folding deck hatches for the Deep-submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) were eventually destroyed and there was a geyser coming through the deck opening with each wave. A hull foil was designed and installed between the two hulls. The two ASR-21 Submarine Rescue Ships Pigeon (ASR-21) was drydocked at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA., and Ortolan (ASR-22) was drydocked at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA. in 1974 and the hull foils were installed. These are photos of the Ortolan while in drydock for hull foil installation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USS Ortolan (ASR-22) Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors USS Ortolan (ASR-22) Commissioning Program MARAD Vessel History Database National Register Eligibility Assessment
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