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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) Broadside view while fitting out afloat at Mobile, Ala., circa 1971. Photo No. BUSHIPS 184032, NAID 7576789 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) Bow view while fitting out afloat at Mobile, Ala., circa 1971. Note the gun positions forward of the bridge. Photo No. BUSHIPS 184034, NAID 7576790 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Ortolan (ASR 22) On builder's trials on 11 May 1972 in the Gulf of Mexico. Note the original configuration of the ship with a gun on each side forward of the bridge, probably 3"/50 singles, and with two salvage mooring buoys in their cradles between them, to be released into the water between the hulls. Before the conclusion of trials the guns were deleted and two buoys were mounted outboard on each hull. Photo No. USN 1154073 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Ortolan (ASR 22) Mating of the Personnel Transfer Capsule with the Deck Decompression Chamber aboard Ortolan in 1974 during trials that had to be completed before sea trials could begin. The rounded top of the Personnel Transfer Capsule is visible under the conical frame and the mating of the bottom of the capsule to the Deck Decompression Chamber is visible at the bottom of the photo. Photo No. None Source: NavSource |
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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) A port quarter view taken circa 1973. The conical frame amidships for the mating of the Personnel Transfer Capsule with the Deck Decompression Chamber is visible in several of these photos. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) A starboard broadside view taken circa 1973. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Ortolan (ASR 22) In drydock in 1974 at NSY Philadelphia for installation of a hull foil between the fronts of the two hulls. During a strong storm while undergoing sea trials she had suffered extensive hull damage from a large volume of water trying to pass between the two hulls, and the foil was designed to solve this problem. Note the folding deck hatches for the center well and other details of the area between the catamaran hulls. Photo No. None Source: NavSource (one of six photos of this event) |
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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) On local operations in the Pacific on 28 July 1976. Photo No. USN 1168640 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) At her berth at the Naval Station, San Diego, in a photo received in Washington in December 1977. Photo No. USN 1171426 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Ortolan (ASR 22) Underway on 14 July 1979. Photo No. DN-SC-88-09155 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Ortolan (ASR 22) At Naval Station Charleston, S.C., on 21 February 1984 with the frigate Joseph Hewes (FF 1078) across the pier. Photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Photo No. DN-ST-90-08294 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Pigeon (ASR 21) At Vancouver, B.C., on 5 June 1991 with a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) on board. DSRV support was a major design feature of this class. Photo by Rick Garcia contributed to NavSource by Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z. Photo No. None Source: NavSource |
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