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On 30 June President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order authorising the USSB to take possession and title of 87 German ships, including Prinz Oskar. [33] By 1919 Prinz Oskar had been renamed Orion. Her US official number was 202863 and her code letters were LMCW. [34] She was one of 103 German ships that the USSB put up for sale on 25 ...
The Orion-class ships had an overall length of 581 feet (177.1 m), a beam of 88 feet 6 inches (27.0 m), a normal draught of and 27 feet 6 inches (8.4 m) a deep draught of 31 feet 3 inches (9.5 m). They displaced 21,922 long tons (22,274 t) at normal load and 25,596 long tons (26,007 t) at deep load .
Orion, named after the mythological hunter, Orion, [9] was the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy (RN). [10] The ship was laid down at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth on 29 November 1909. She was launched on 20 August 1910, [11] and was commissioned on 2 January 1912. [12]
Dead slow astern; Slow astern; Half astern; Full astern; Emergency astern (1940–present) Any orders could also be accompanied by an RPM order, giving the precise engine speed desired. Many modern ships have the following dial indications: Full ahead navigation (on notice to increase or reduce) Full ahead; Half ahead; Slow ahead; Dead slow ...
MV Orion (also known as MS Orion, MY Orion), a National Geographic exploration ship; MV Orion, a Greek ro-ro freight ferry, previously Pentland Ferries' Orcadia and Caledonian MacBrayne's Saturn; Orion, a heavy lift vessel (HLV) operated by DEME Offshore, a subsidiary of the DEME Group. [1] Orion (paddle steamer), a British ferry which sank in 1850
Orion, code name of Stephen J. Bartowski on the television show Chuck; Orion, in the fighting game Brawlhalla; Orions, a race in the Starfire board game and book series; Orion, a character from Power Rangers Super Megaforce; Captain Orion, in the Japanese series X-Bomber; Orion Pax, the former name of Optimus Prime.
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In 1910, the British eight-ship construction plan went ahead, including four Orion-class super-dreadnoughts, augmented by battlecruisers purchased by Australia and New Zealand. In the same period, Germany laid down only three ships, giving the United Kingdom a superiority of 22 ships to 13.