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ASR-22 Ortolan

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal
Pigeon Class Submarine Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 28 August 1968, at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL.
  • Launched, 10 September 1969
  • Commissioned USS Ortolan (ASR-22), 14 July 1973
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 30 March 1995
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Title transfer to MARAD, 1 May 1999
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,706 t.(lt) 4,545 t.(fl)
    Length 251
    Beam 93'
    Draft 26' (max)
    Speed 15 kts
    Complement 139
    Armament two 3"/50 guns
    Aircraft helicopter pad only
    Propulsion four diesel engines, two propeller shafts
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    Ortolan 85k Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Ortolan 69k Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Ortolan 78k Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Tom Langford
    Ortolan 94k Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal."    		 Bob Bush
    Ortolan 133k Ortolan (ASR-22) underway, date and location unknown.
    A copy of this photo is available from Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.    		 Photo ©Atlantic Fleet Sales
    Submitted by Robert M. Cieri
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