[13] Captain Frederic Dreyer assumed command of Orion that same day. Submarine Tender Photo Index (AD) - NavSource | [25] The fleet returned to Scapa Flow on 24 April and refuelled before proceeding south in response to intelligence reports that the Germans were about to launch a raid on Lowestoft, but only arrived in the area after the Germans had withdrawn. Born on 30 May 1931, the son of Otto W. WILL, Jr. and the late Mrs. WILL, Commander WILL is a native of Metuchen, New Jersey. Following shakedown off southern California, Orion got underway for Pearl Harbor 23 November 1943. What Really Happened to the Nuclear Sub USS Scorpion? - HistoryNet Search crew members| /Trident Program Coordinator, Head Trident Program Coordination Branch (OP-315/-211), and then as Commanding Officer of the USS L. Y. | Things went from good to better!! USS Orion (AS 18) - Navy Site Then, with SubRon 6, she steamed to Norfolk, her new homeport. After 18 months of unsuccessfully chasing submarines and noting that they had complete freedom of action after submerging, I applied for submarine training. Aerial view of USS Scamp at Yokosuka Naval Base. Aug 8 2019 - Sep 3 2020. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Orion (AS 18), Report an offensive or inappropriate entry, Spent over a year on her over in La Maddelena before crossing the Atlantic for decom. Andrew Carlson relieved Capt. Collin Hedges Chief of the Boat - MMACM Jon Kerstetter. Open positions: Commanding Officer Executive Officer Chief Operations Officer Chief Engineer Chief Science Officer Chief Flight Control Officer Counselor all supporting roles are open aswell. | Three years later she added foreign nuclear submarines to her long list of services performed after completing work on HMSDreadnought. A FRAM II overhaul and conversion to nuclear support, 6 September 1960 - 25 February 1961, was followed by refresher training off Cuba. If you wish to contact me my e-mail address is Cartagem@peleliu.navy.mil. White; and commissioned 30 September 1943. 19091, 19496, 206, 21112, Jellicoe, pp. On 710 March, the Grand Fleet conducted a sweep in the northern North Sea, during which it conducted training manoeuvres. Ex-Orion was transferred to the Maritime Administration for storage 1 May 1999 and sold to North American Ship Recycling, Baltimore, Maryland to be dismantled on 27 July 2006. USS ORION was laid down 31 July 1941 at the Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, Calif.; launched 24 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Robert A. | C. S. Isgrig in command. These guns were split evenly between the forward and aft superstructure, all in single mounts. After almost exactly 50 years of service, the ORION was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on September 3, 1993, and is since then laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, Va., awaiting final disposal. The email is [emailprotected] and the telephone is 303-499-0337. In June; her first nuclear submarine job came alongside in the form of Shark(SSN-591). Capt. USS Bulkeley CO, CMDCM Relieved of their Duties Follow-on tours were as Commanding Officer, USS Orion (AS-18) in La Maddalena, Italy, Deputy Chief of Staff for Tactical Readiness and Training at COMSUBLANT HQ, and finally as Arms Control Advisor on the staff of SACLANTREP EUR in Brussels, Belgium.