USS Orion
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USS Orion is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy]:
, a wooden schooner used as part of the Stone Fleet
of the Union Navy during the American Civil War., a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor of the Union Navy during the American Civil War, the name used only briefly (2 months) following the original vessel name USS Chimo (1864). The vessel was later named the Piscataqua (1869)., a collier commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, 29 July 1912., a submarine tender commissioned 30 September 1943.
, a wooden schooner used as part of the Stone Fleet
Stone Fleet
The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships purchased in New Bedford and other New England ports, loaded with stone, and sailed south during the American Civil War by the Union Navy for use as Blockships...
of the Union Navy during the American Civil War., a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor of the Union Navy during the American Civil War, the name used only briefly (2 months) following the original vessel name USS Chimo (1864). The vessel was later named the Piscataqua (1869)., a collier commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, 29 July 1912., a submarine tender commissioned 30 September 1943.