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 | 128 | The Oregon (BB-03), August 1919. She was loaned as a Naval relic to the State of Oregon in 1924. | USNI photo. | |
 | 32k | Battleship Oregon (BB-03) and Park, Portland, Oregon in 1940. Two old cannons flank the walkway to the famed battleship that rested peacefully after years of service to her country. Duty would soon call in less than two years. | Photo courtesy of Pre-Dreadnought Preservation
Bits & Pieces
By Mark Howells | |
 | 91k | Ship's appearance as a museum/historical center in Portland, Oregon. Photo dated from 1941-1942. | USN photo. | |
 | 32k | The initial scrapping of the Oregon (BB-03), from the book "McKinley's Bulldog, The Battleship Oregon ", written by Sanford Sternlicht (copyright 1977). Her main mast is in the process of being removed; a process that would eventually see her transformed from a once stately battleship into a floating hulk of an ammunition barge. | Photo courtesy of Scott Honodel. | |
 | 87k | PDF article comprising 6 pages on the occasion of the Memorial Battleship Oregon (BB-03) Mast and Park, 29 Oct 1944. | Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo added 07/25/06. | |
 | 35k | Oregon (BB-03) as an ammunition barge 1945, Guam. | USNI/USN photo, courtesy hazegray.org. | |
 | 73k | Oregon (BB-03) as an ammunition barge 1945, Guam. | USNI/USN photo, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 52k | September, 1956 photo of the ship being scrapped in Kawasaki, Japan. | USN photo. | |
 | 18k | September, 1956 photo of the ship being scrapped in Kawasaki, Japan. This large opening in the deck once housed the powerful 13" rifles that helped forge a new world power. Note the yard worker at the upper left of the photograph. | Photo courtesy of Mr. Robert Lawrence via Pre-Dreadnought Preservation Bits & Pieces by Mark Howells | |
 | 25k | Slabs of the Oregon's (BB-03) armor lay piled up dockside, September, 1956 after the ship was completley scrapped in Kawasaki, Japan. | Photo courtesy of Mr. Robert Lawrence via Pre-Dreadnought Preservation Bits & Pieces by Mark Howells | |
 | 376k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. | USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages by Andrew Toppan.
Pre-Dreadnought Preservation Bits & Pieces by Mark Howells
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