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195k | The sinking of the British battleship Victoria, a model of which was exhibited in the Transportation Building, gave a melancholy but not less eager interest to the United States marine exhibit at the northern pier, where a ship of war modeled on the latest patterns adopted by the Navy Department, was exposed to the closest public scrutiny and study. The engraving shows the structure of brick, built on the bottom of the lake, and simulating a man-of-war, which was conceived by Commodore R. W. Meade, and furnished with all the implements of human slaughter. Thus built, it was a full-sized model, above water-line, of the ten thousand three hundred ton coast-line battleships Indian (BB-01), Massachusetts (BB-02), and Oregon (BB-03) of our navy, and if no mistake be made, the creation of such a ship in Lake Michigan in reality would violate a treaty with Great Britain. The principal guns seen on this vessel were of wood, but there were enough machines on board which were genuine to destroy almost anything of ordinary resisting power that might be within a distance of three miiles. A nearer view of the upper deck and search light is shown on another page. Among the real guns on board were four six-inch rifled breech-loaders; twenty six-pounders; six one-pounders, two Gatlings and six torpedo guns. The interior was a museum of war, in which a student might be kept busy for months. The length was over three hundred and forty-eight feet; greatest width, sixty-nine feet; conning tower, seventy-six feet high. Designer, Frank W. Grogan. Cost, $100,000. |
Courtesy of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago. Contributed by Pavel Khozhainov. | |
 | 142k | Invitation to the Christening of the Oregon (BB-03) 26 October 1893 at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. | Courtesy of Walter Nasmyth QM 3/c USS LST 19. | |
 | 74k | Captain Henry L. Howison became the first Commanding Officer of the new battleship Oregon (BB-03), at that time was the Navy's most important west coast warship. | USNHC photo # NH 66247 courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 65k | The outboard profile and plan view of the battleship Oregon (BB-03). This 1893 drawing of the Oregon illustrates the considerable amount of ordnance built into this relatively small battleship. Thirteen inch guns are in the centerline turrets, with pairs of 8-inch intermediate guns in four wing turrets. A centerline bridge connects the fore and after bridge, and lateral skids project outboard form the centerline bridge to accommodate the ship's boats and arcs of fire for her guns. | Courtesy of the USNHC, photo # NH 76619. | |
 | 104k | Oregon (BB-03) circa (1893-1896), fitting out at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. | Randy Kimes/USN photo. | |
 | 62k | Oregon (BB-03) in dry dock at in Bemerton, Washington, 1896. | USN / USNI photo. | |
 | 1.7k | Bow view of the Oregon (BB-03) on the day of sailing for Cuba on 19 March 1898. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 10/11/09. | |
 | 2.4m | A photo of a drawing of Oregon (BB-03) which was a souvenir from Mechanics Institute Reception to Union Iron Works, San Francisco. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 10/11/09. | |
 | 233k | Oregon (BB-03) off San Francisco, California, 19 March 1898, the day she sailed for her 66 day, 14,000 mile voyage around South America to join U.S. forces in the Atlantic. | USNHC photo # NH 62591, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 88k | Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark was the Commanding Officer of the Oregon (BB-03) during the cruise from San Francisco to Key West and then in the Battle of Santiago on 3 July 1898 during the Spanish-American War. | Digital ID: ggbain 18222. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 79k | Oregon's (BB-03) crewmen secure the battleship's forecastle for heavy weather during the 66-day, 14,700 mile voyage around the tip of South America. | USN / USNI photo. | |
 | 63k | Photographic composite, by Allan J. Drugan, depicting Oregon (BB-03) steaming through heavy seas on the way to Cuba in March-May 1898, as described by Captain Charles E. Clark. | Courtesy of Allan J. Drugan / USNHC # 63514, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 83k | The Oregon (BB-03) coaling from transports at Key West, Florida. | Photo courtesy of A History of the War of 1898, published by Collier in 1898, and submitted by Daniel Wilmes. | |
 | 896k | Composite of four reproductions of photographs of the crew of the battleship Oregon (BB-03) celebrating after the surrender of the Cristóbal Colon off Santiago de Cuba, and one view of the Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colon. | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 30 July 1898, p. 732. Digital ID: cph # 3c03139, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 211k | The home-coming of the fleet -- the naval parade, New York, 20 August 1898. Oregon (BB-03) in New York City Harbor. | Photo # J239186 U.S. Copyright Office. Digital ID: cph 3c03140. Source: Library of Congress, Photographer: Edward H. Hart.:Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 Sept. 3, p. 864. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 106k | Oregon (BB-03) underway in New York Harbor during the Spanish-American War victory naval review, August 1898. Photographed by C.C. Langill, New York. | USNHC photo # NH 105573, from the collection of Warren Beltramini, donated by Beryl Beltramini, 2007. | |
 | 58k | In New York Harbor just after the end of the Spanish-American War, August 1898. | USNHC # NH 61502, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 235k | Deck of the battleship Oregon (BB-03). | Courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 147k | Starboard side, 1898. | USNHC # 19-N-2-20-1, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 65k | Photographed in 1898. The original photograph was copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman and published on a stereograph card by Underwood & Underwood. | USNHC # NH 82656, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 59k | View looking aft from her forecastle, showing visitors atop her forward 13-inch gun turret, 1898. The original photograph was copyright 1898 by B.L. Singley and published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Company. | USNHC # NH 82644, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 72k | Crewmen loading small caliber fixed ammunition, 1898. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by Webster & Albee, Rochester, NY. | USNHC # NH 94260, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 29k | Distributing mail to the Oregon's (BB-03) crew. | Photo by Edward H. Hart by The Detriot Publishing Company as # det 4a14633& now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as # LC-D4-20860. | |
 | 36k | Torpedo tubes aboard theOregon(BB-03). | Photo by Edward H. Hart by The Detriot Publishing Company as # det 4a14611& now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as # LC-D4-20828. | |
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60k | Oil on canvas painting entitled "Return of the Conquerors, September 29, 1899", by the artist Edward Moran (1829-1901), which appears in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, features the Texas, Indiana (BB-01), Massachusetts (BB-02), Oregon (BB-03), Iowa (BB-04) and other ships of the victorious U.S. fleet. | Partial text and drawing courtesy of USNI. | |
Additional Oregon Images
23 General Views Of Oregon From The Library Of Congress Server.
19 Crew Images Of Oregon From The Library Of Congress Server.
14 Interior Views Of Oregon From The Library Of Congress Server.
12 Battle Of Santiago Images From The Library Of Congress Server.
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