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BB-3 USS OREGON
1900 - 1919


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1891 - 1899
1920 - 1956


Indiana Class Battleship: Displacement 10,288 Tons, Dimensions, 351' 2" (oa) x 69' 3" x 27' 2" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 8 x 8"/35, 4 x 6"/30, 4 x 18"tt,Armor, 18" Belt, 15" Turrets, 3" Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws; Speed, 15 Knots, Crew 473.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., on November 19 1891. Launched October 26 1893; Commissioned July 15 1896, Decommissioned April 27 1906, Recommissioned August 29 1911, Decommissioned June 12 1919, Recommissioned August 21 1919, Decommissioned October 4 1919; Stricken November 22 1920. Demilitarized and Loaned as Mueseum to the State of Oregon, January 4 1924; Stricken November 2 1942. Sold for scrap, December 7 1942. Reaquired by Navy and stripped to main deck, September 1943. Reclassified IX-22 and used as ammunition Barge.
Fate: Hulk sold for scrap, March 15 1956, and broken up in Kawasaki, Japan.

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BB-3 Oregon90k Oregon (BB-03) aground on Pinnacle Rock, near Hankow Light, China, 28 June-5 July 1900. USN photo # NH 42972, courtesy of Allan J. Drugan, copied from Album of Lewis H. Rockey, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
BB-3 Oregon76k Bow view of the Oregon (BB-03) in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 6 July 1900 for overhaul. USN / USNI photo.
BB-3 Oregon112kSteroscopic color print of the Oregon (BB-03), port side view, circa 1906. Courtesy of Paul Petosky.
BB-3 Oregon90kExplanation of the reverse side of the steroscopic color print of the Oregon (BB-03), circa 1906. Courtesy of Paul Petosky.
BB-3 Oregon114k After turret of the Oregon (BB-03). Two of her 8"/35 guns are shown on either side of the main battery. Photo is probably before her overhaul and modernization on 1908. USN photo courtesy of maritimequest.com.
BB-3 Oregon158k Bows on view of the Oregon (BB-03), circa 1908. Photo courtesy of Girls Polytechnic High School year book, 1943, Portland, Oregon. Submitted by Viola & Walter Nasmyth, QM 3/c LST 19.
BB-3 Oregon114kU.S. Navy Recruiting Poster, circa 1908 poster featuring the historic U.S. Navy ships (clockwise from upper left): Bon Homme Richard ,Constitution , Oregon (BB-03) and Hartford, with Michigan (BB-27) in center, plus information on pay and other benefits. Published on behalf of the Naval Recruiting Station, Saint Louis, Missouri. A faint stamp near the view of Oregon states: "After July 1, 1908, pay herein mentioned will be increased 10%".Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives, USNHC # 121-M-2.
BB-3 Oregon142k The Oregon (BB-03) entering San Diego, California, post 1908. Additional small armament (anti-torpedo boat destroyer guns) have been added to the main battery atop her barbettes. Courtesy of San Diego State University.
BB-3 Oregon114k Post card photo of the Oregon (BB-03) circa post 1908. Post card published by Samuel Levinson, San Francisco and photo by Turner & Wale and numbered 4393, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
BB-3 Oregon89k Oregon (BB-03) entering the dry dock at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1911. Cruisers in the background are Colorado (ACR-7), Charleston (C-22) -- with white hull, and Pennsylvania (ACR-4). Photograph by Wale, printed on a postal card with an embossed area surrounding the image. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 3005.
BB-3 Oregon121k The Oregon (BB-03) in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard sometime between her decommissioning on 27 April 1906 & recommissioning on 29 August 1911. U.S. Navy photo by Wale, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-3 Oregon84kOregon (BB-03) in a Mare Island Navy Yard dry-dock in 1912. She was originally equipped with a military style foremast and her cage style main mast was added in 1908. U.S.Naval Historical Center photo courtesy of Mike Green.
BB-3 Oregon66k Raleigh (C-8), Oregon (BB-03) and Saint Louis (C-20) at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash., circa 1913. Saint Louis is being repainted. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 78279.
BB-3 Oregon91k The Oregon (BB-03) all decked out in flags following her recommissioning 2 January 1915. She then sailed to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-3 Oregon71k The Oregon (BB-03) in San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-3 Oregon126k Crew of the Oregon (BB-03) milling around the deck as a small boat takes crew off, circa 1915.U.S. Navy courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-3 Oregon86k An anchored Oregon (BB-03), circa 1915.U.S. Navy courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-3 Oregon370k Oregon (BB-03) at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco, 1915.
Interesting background to the photo: The advertisements read: "Fly with the Loughead Brothers: 10 minutes for $10."
More than 600 people were safely carried at the fair with Allan and Malcolm Loughead (pronounced: "Lockheed") flying their personally designed and built, 3-place, 80-HP Model G Hydroplane. They netted $4000 in fifty flying days. Such were the beginnings of the Lockheed Aircraft Company.
U.S. Navy photograph & text courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-3 Oregon52kPDF article comprising 4 pages on the occasion of a Victory Loan in 1919 for the Oregon (BB-03). Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-3 Oregon85k"Mrs. Wilson cautiously descending a staircase on the battleship Oregon (BB-03), the President assisting." Times Wide World Photo Service, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 28 September 1919, Page 7. Photo added 02/16/08.

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.

USS OREGON BB-3 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages by Andrew Toppan.
Pre-Dreadnought Preservation Bits & Pieces by Mark Howells
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