History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Orion |
Builder | Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Laid down | 6 October 1911[1] |
Launched | 23 March 1912[1] |
Commissioned | 29 July 1912[1] |
Decommissioned | 18 June 1926[1] |
Stricken | 10 July 1931[1] |
Fate | Sold, 30 August 1933[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Collier |
Displacement | 19,132 long tons (19,439 t)[1] |
Length | 536 ft (163 m)[1] |
Beam | 65 ft (20 m)[1] |
Draft | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)[1] |
Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 179 officers and enlisted[1] |
Armament | 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns[1] |
USS Orion (AC–11) was a collier of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland, on 6 October 1911, launched on 23 March 1912, and commissioned at Norfolk on 29 July 1912.