USS ''Orion'' is a name used more than once by the

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

: * , a wooden schooner used as part of the

Stone Fleet The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships (mostly whaleships) 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. They were to ...

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. See also * ''Orion'' was the name of the Lunar Module on Apollo 16 *

Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) Project Orion was a study conducted between the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA for the purpose of identifying the efficacy of a starship directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the ...

, proposed U.S. spaceship-type * , various ships named ''Orion'' Fictional vessels * Orion (Stargate), fictional USS ''Orion'' from the science-fiction TV-series ''Stargate: Atlantis''

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