On the evening of 23 January, the bulk of the Grand Fleet sailed in support of Beatty's battlecruisers, but Orion and the rest of the fleet did not participate in the ensuing Battle of Dogger Bank the following day. Upon completion of Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, in August 1971, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. 9 December NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Aug 12, 2022) - Cmdr. Thomas Bullock, center is US Carrier Deploys for First Time Under Command of Female Captain Oakland Assigned Upon completion of nuclear power and submarine training in March 1965, Commander Schlichter was assigned to USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633)(Blue), where he served as an engineering division officer until March 1969. Rough Logs. Normally, one went to tactical PCO school on the coast where the ship was to be home ported and then went to Adm. Rickovers PCO school in Washington, D.C. HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. The Executive Officer, Mike Raggett, was the most professional submarine officer I ever served with. On Jan. 18, 2023, Capt. Things went from good to better!! She remained in Western Australia until 6 August 1944 when she proceeded to Mios Woendi, Indonesia to establish Advanced Submarine Base Able. 1986 she steamed to Norfolk Launched, 24 June 1942. during fleet exercises 1,307 officers and enlisted: Armament: 4 5 in (130 mm) guns: USS Orion (AS-18) was a Fulton-class submarine tender of the United States Navy. His next assignments included tours as Engineer Office aboard USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN 601)(Blue) and USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633)(Gold). Shortly afterwards, Orion had to be sent to Greenock for repairs to her turbine mounts. Capt. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In June; her first nuclear submarine job came alongside in the form of Shark(SSN-591). He had been CO Scamp earlier. USS Seawolf SSN 21. O'BRIEN deployed to the Persian Gulf as a member of the Joint Task Force, Middle East and participated in combat action against naval forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran during Operation Praying Mantis on 18 April 1988. Star Trek - USS Orion Greatly angered by this mandate, plus the presence of the warship in their harbor, the townspeople became hostile. At the time of her decommissioning in 1993, Orion was the oldest active ship in the US Navy's fleet.