USS Ortolan (ASR-22)
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USS Ortolan, a twin-hulled submarine rescue ship, laid down 28 August 1968 by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama; launched 10 September 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Nels C. Johns
USS Ortolan underway on 14 July 1979
USS Pigeon (ASR-21)
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The third USS Pigeon was the lead ship of her class of submarine rescue ships. Laid down on 17 July 1968 by the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama, the ship was launched on 13 Augu
USS Ortolan (ASR-22)
…in the western hemisphere, revealed serious issues in seaworthiness with severe wave impacts causing deformation and damage to the cross structure. Pigeon (ASR-21) and Ortolan (ASR-22) exhibited a similar problem, though less severely than the Hayes before modifications were made to that ship. The solution to the…
USS Pigeon, submarine rescue ship