History
United States
Name	USS Ortolan
Ordered	15 November 1967
Builder	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama
Laid down	28 August 1968
Launched	10 September 1969
Commissioned	14 July 1973
Decommissioned	30 March 1995
Stricken	30 March 1995
Fate	Awarded for scrapping, 3 July 2009
General characteristics
Class and type	Pigeon class submarine rescue ship
Displacement	4,200 long tons (4,267 t)
Length	251 ft (77 m)
Beam	86 ft (26 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	4 diesel engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	139 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 20 mm guns
Aviation facilities	Helicopter platform only

USS Ortolan (ASR-22), a twin-hulled submarine rescue ship, laid down 28 August 1968 by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama; launched 10 September 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Nels C. Johnson; and was commissioned 14 July 1973.

Ortolan was designed to operate the Mystic-class deep submergence rescue vehicles, and was the second and final vessel of the Pigeon class built by the United States Navy.

Decommissioned 30 March 1995 and berthed at the James River reserve fleet, Fort Eustis, Virginia, awaiting final determination for method of disposal.

Ortolan was awarded as part of a recycling contract to Esco Marine of Brownsville, Texas on 3 July 2009 and departed the James River Reserve Fleet on 20 July 2009 for recycling.