USS ORION AS 18

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Charleston S. C. about 1974.  I was on board when the picture was taken.
I serviced aboard her from Jan 1972 to Jun 1975.

15 May 1993 - her last deployment to Norfolk

Last pictures I know of, of her. 26 Oct 2006,  9 Dec 2006, 20 Jan 2007, 4 Mar 2007

Found some more.  I have a bunch more. 

Before. -  My work area is missing. -  Rudder.

Just a memory now.

• Laid down, 31 July 1941, at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA.
• Launched, 24 June 1942
• Commissioned USS Orion (AS-18), 30 September 1943
• Decommissioned, 3 September 1993
• Struck from the Naval Register, 3 September 1993
• Title transfer to MARAD, 1 May 1999
• Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
• Final Disposition, scrapping contract awarded, 2 June 2006, to North American Ship Recycling of Sparrows Point, MD., removed for the James River Reserve Fleet and towed to Sparrows Point, MD. for scrapping, 27 July 2006

Displacement 9,250 t.(lt) 15,034 t. (fl)
Length 529' 6"
Beam 73' 4"
Draft 25' 6"
Speed 15.4 kts.
Complement 1,487
Propulsion diesel electric, twin screws, 12,000hp