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BB-3 USS OREGON

Radio Call Sign: November - Mike - Zulu


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

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2.08k Drawing of Coast Line Battleships Indiana (BB-1), Massachusetts (BB-2) & Oregon (BB-3), circa 1890. National Archives Identifier: 179036452 & 179036450
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-19 & 19-NN-1-12-20
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-2 Massachusetts 1.53k Our New Navy, 1892
From left to right & top to bottom: Concord (PG-3); monitor Miantonomah (BM-5); cruiser Philadelphia (C-4); armored cruiser New York (CA-2); cruiser Pirate; cruiser Atlanta: cruiser Boston; cruiser Newark (C-1); dynamite cruiser Vesuvius; dispatch boat Dolphin (PG-24); flagship Chicago; cruiser Baltimore (C-3); flagship San Francisco (C-5); coastline battleship Massachusetts (BB-2), Indiana (BB-1) & Oregon (BB-3); gunboat Petrel (PG-2); torpedo boat Cushing (TB-1); & cruiser Charleston (C-2).
Note: Regarding the cruiser Pirate. The ship depicted is a version of the cruisers Minneapolis and Columbia (but with three stacks vs. Minneapolis' two and Columbia's four) The name "pirate" given for it reflects its intended mission as a commerce raider (basically, these two cruisers were modern versions of the Civil War era Wampanoag type cruisers). Perhaps, at the time this photo montage was put together, the ships' names had not yet been assigned, nor their appearance finalized. If so, that would explain using a mission title instead of an actual ship name, as well as the three stacks. Note that the New York and the three "Coastline Battle Ships" are also represented by artworks, with the latter shown with the conical turrets that were replaced by cylindrical ones in the ships' final design.
Text i.d. courtesy of Charles Haberlein Jr.
Photo by Edward H.Hart, Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14834 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-1 Indiana 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-1), Massachusetts (BB-2), and Oregon (BB-3) 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 miles. 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.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE BATTLE-SHIP OREGON (BB-3) AS SHE WILL APPEAR WHEN READY FOR SERVICE
PRIZES FOR BOY READERS OF "THE CALL."
Boys, the above picture shows what the new battleship Oregon will look like when she is ready for sea. She is to be launched the latter part of October and "will be one of the most powerful men-of-war afloat.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 01 October 1893, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRLAUNCHED ON THE BILLOWS, OREGON (BB-3) HER NAME. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 27 October 1893, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
A Fortress in Repose1.13kA Fortress in Repose
This is an original 1894 halftone print showing the Indiana class Battle Ship of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition.
Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-3 Oregon142k Invitation to the Christening of the Oregon (BB-3), 26 October 1893 at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. Courtesy of Walter Nasmyth QM 3/c USS LST 19.
BB-3 Oregon74kCaptain Henry L. Howison became the first Commanding Officer of the new battleship Oregon (BB-3), at that time was the Navy's most important west coast warship. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 66247 courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-3 Oregon398k The outboard profile and plan view of the battleship Oregon (BB-3). 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.Text courtesy of the USNHC, photo # NH 76619.
Photo courtesy of Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, collection of Robb Jensen.
BB-3 OregonNRCLOTHING THE BIG BATTLE-SHIP.
THE OREGON'S (BB-3) HARVEYIZED NICKEL EIGHTEEN-INCH STEEL PLATES ARE ALMOST INVULNERABLE.
Small Slabs of Blue-Gray Metal That Will Shield the Gunners.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 21 February 1895, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE BATTLE-SHIP OREGON (BB-3)
Her Metal Compared With That of the Other Pacific Vessels.
A PONDEROUS MASS OF STEEL.
She Will Take Her Place With the Fighters Early Next Year.
THE BATTLE-SHIP OREGON TOWING TO HUNTERS DRYDOCK.[Sketched by a "Call staff artist.]
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 25 April 1895, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon767kCenterline sectional view of the Oregon (BB-3), 1896. USN photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
BB-3 OregonNRThe Line-of-Battle Ship Oregon (BB-3) That Is to Uphold the Credit of the American Navy. She Is Now at the Union Iron Works, but Will Be Ready for Her Builders' Trial Trip in a Few Days.Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 March 1896, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRThe Battle-Ship Oregon (BB-3) as She Appeared by Moonlight When Being Towed Into the Drydock at Hunters Point Last Night. The Operation Was an Extremely Delicate One, the Available Opportunity of High Tide Being Scant, and There Being Only About Six Inches Leeway on Either Side of the Costly Vessel. Had She "Jammed" in Transit Experts Say a Loss of Millions Would Have Resulted.: The Docking Was Cleverly Effected. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 27 April 1896, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR THE OREGON (BB-3) IS READY FOR WAR
The Big Battle-Ship Is Floated in Full Equipment.
The Battle-Ship Being Hauled Out of the Drydock Shortly After Midnight This Morning
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 April 1896, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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1.31kTwo views of Oregon (BB-3) on trial: port side view, 1896 May 6.Photos from I. West Taber, photographer, Detroit Publishing Co., courtesy of loc.gov. & loc.gov.
Reproduction Numbers LC-DIG-det-4a14591 & LC-DIG-det-4a14592.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE OREGON (BB-3) AS SHE WAS MAKING OVER TWELVE KNOTS AN HOUR ON HER PRELIMINARY TRIAL IN THE BAY.
THREW FOAM AND SPRAY AHEAD.

First Real Trial of the Great Battle Ship Oregon.
With Her Engines at Half Power She Exceeded All Expectations.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 07 May 1896, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRScene of the Sixty-Mile Course Along Which the Oregon (BB-3) Established a World's Record for Battle-Ships.
FAST TRIAL TRIP OF THE OREGON, Makes an Average of 16.78 Knots, the World's Record.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 15 May 1896, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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1.13k Oregon (BB-3) returns to San Francisco, California, 16 May 1896, with flags flying, upon the completion of her trials.Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH-75034 courtesy of history.navy.mil
BB-3 OregonNRHOME-COMING OF THE PACEMAKER OREGON (BB-3)
How the Big "White Queen" of the Navy Triumphantly Returned With Her Great Record.
GRAND MARINE PARADE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Greeted With Honors by the Waiting Fleet — In the Swell She Made the Ships Bowed Proudly to Her, An International Salute.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 17 May 1896, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon78kLCDR. Franklin Jeremiah Drake was detached from Albatross in 1896 and reported aboard the new battleship Oregon (BB-3) in June 1896 as her executive officer. He remained aboard Oregon from her commissioning in July 1896 until 22 August 1897, and was credited with the training and development of the fighting efficiency of her crew that in 1898 allowed her to make her famous voyage from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and perform with great success in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.Image from the book "The life of the late Rear-Admiral John Drake Sloat", courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-3 OregonNRThe Line-of-Battle Ship Oregon (BB-3) Broke a-Drift Yesterday Morning and Made Her Way Through the Mission Bay Fleet. She Brought Up Within 150 Feet of Packard Rock, and Was in Collision With the Schooner Halcyon. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 08 July 1896, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon62kOregon (BB-3) in dry dock at in Bemerton, Washington, 1896. USN / USNI photo.
BB-3 OregonNROne of the Battle-Ship Oregon's (BB-3) Boats in Tow of a Launch Was Run Down and Sunk by the Barge Orient Yesterday. The Barge Was in Tow of the Stern-Wheeler Alvira and Was Bound for Mission Bay. The Four Men in the Man-of-War's Boat Were RescuedImage and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 23 September 1896, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRWHAT'S IN THE NAME OF A SHIP?
Four "Oregon's" Are Now in the Port of San Francisco. The Battle-Ship, a Steamer and Also a Bark and Small Sloop
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 14 November 1896, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRLOST AN ANCHOR OFF SAUSALITO
One of the Oregon's (BB-3) Hooks Fast in Richardson's Bay Mud.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 28 November 1896, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRHER ANCHOR IS AGAIN ABOARD
Several Days Ago the Battle-Ship Oregon (BB-3) Lost an Anchor and Two Tons of Chain in Richardsons Bay. The Above Picture Shows the Wrecker Whitelaw, Which Recovered the Articles, Putting the Same Back on the Port Bow of the Warship.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 02 December 1896, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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1.32kBroadside view at anchor between 1896 and 1901.Photo from Edward H.Hart, photographer, Detroit Publishing Co., publisher courtesy of loc.gov.
Reproduction Number LC-D401-20809.
BB-3 Oregon540k Boxing match on the Oregon (BB-3), 1897. Photo by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company photo courtesy of Bob Tyson.
BB-3 Oregon726kOregon (BB-3) breech of 13-inch guns in after turret, between 1896 - 1901. Photo by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company Photo # 4a14616v from lcweb2.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRThe United States Battle-Ship Oregon (BB-3) Getting Ready for a Hurried Cruise Along the Southern Coast. Coal-Laden Scows, "Water-Boats and Steam-Launches With the Ship's Boats in Tow Have Been Coming and Going for Several Days. Provisions for a Long Run Have Been Put Aboard and the Chances Are That the Oregon Will Be Away Some Time. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 14 January 1897, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRFinish of the Great Annual Race Between the Crews Selected From Divisions 1 and 2 of the Naval Battalion. The Contest Was Stubbornly Fought, but Division 2 Lost Five Lengths on the Turn and Could Not Make It Up.
Races between the Oregon (BB-3) & the monitor Camanche
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 23 February 1897, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR THE BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) IN THE DRYDOCK
The line-of-battleship Oregon as she appears in the drydock at the United States naval station at Port Orchard.
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 25 April 1897, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR The Battleship Oregon (BB-3), the "Queen of the Navy / Which Has Been Ordered to Honolulu Because of the Bellicose Attitude of Japan. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 13 July 1897, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR BIG BATTLESHIP AND FIGHTING ADMIRAL.
A Splendid Object Lesson to Japan.
THE GIANT BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) THAT IS SPEEDING TO HAWAII.
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 25 July 1897, Part Three, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRFORSOOK THE SHIP FOR A DRILL ASHORE
Three Hundred Men in Blue From the Oregon (BB-3) in Mimic Warfare on Lombard-Street Wharf.
First Battalion Drill of the Crew of the Big White Battle-Ship — It Caused Much Comment and Speculation Among the Frequenters Along the Water Front.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 09 October 1897, Image 1 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR OREGON'S (BB-3) CREW AT BOAT DRILL
All the Cutters on the Battle-Ship Oregon Were in Use Yesterday. The Men Were Given a Boat Drill and All of Them Did Remarkably Well. It Was the First Drill of the Kind Ever Seen on the Bay of San Francisco.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 October 1897, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR The Battleship Oregon (BB-3) and Her Officers.
The battleship Oregon, now at the Puget Sound naval station, will probably not go on the drydock until some day in the early part of next week, since she was last in Seattle her personnel has been somewhat changed.
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 11 December 1897, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon768kOregon (BB-3) under glass.
As the model appears at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock, Bethesda, MD.
Photo courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
SANTIAGO SQUADRON 755k SOME OF OUR WARSHIPS UNDERGOING REPAIRS
1. Painting the hull of the New York (CA-2). 2. The Iowa (BB-4) in dry dock. 3. The New York in dry dock. 4. Scraping the bottom of the Iowa. 5. Lowering 13 inch shells into the ammunition room of the Oregon (BB-3). 6. Repairing the Oregon's bow.
Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-3 Oregon NR View of the Battleship Oregon (BB-3) on the Dry Dock at the Puget Sound Naval Station. Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 20 January 1898, Image 1,
BB-3 Oregon312kBow view of the Oregon (BB-3) in the dock."[Hunters' Point Dry Dock San Francisco, CA], ca. 1898.National Archives Identifier: 296810
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
War With Spain
BB-3 Oregon1.70kBow view of the Oregon (BB-3) on the day of sailing for Cuba on 19 March 1898.USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-3 Oregon339kBow view of the Oregon (BB-3) photographed by George Hall & Son, 1898USN photo # PR-03-Box-74-4 courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 OregonNR"OFF TO SEA" SIGNAL ON THE BATTLE-SHIP Oregon (BB-3).
It is the last day of Oregon's 3 day stay in San Francisco, and the decks in the area of the battleship are crowded with hurrying, perspiring throngs of bluejackets.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 27 March 1898, Image 19 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon79k Oregon's (BB-3) 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.
SANTIAGO SQUADRON NR THE BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3), WHICH MAY MEET THE GUNBOAT TEMERARIO Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.] 1893-1900, 28 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRA NAVAL WAR OF MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES
CAPTAIN ALBERT S. BARKER OF THE OREGON (BB-3), WITH THE HON. CHARLES A. TOWNE
From a photograph taken in San Francisco last February
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.] 1893-1900, 05 May 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE BATTLESHIP OREGON'S (BB-3) PERILOUS VOYAGE Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.] 1893-1900, 11 May 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR GLORIOUS VISIT OF NEPTUNE ON BOARD THE BATTLE-SHIP OREGON (BB-3). Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 08 May 1898, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR THE WARSHIPS THAT MAY FORM THE NUCLEUS FOR A SQUADRON NEAR MARTINIQUE. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 17 May 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon63kPhotographic composite, by Allan J. Drugan, depicting Oregon (BB-3) 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 / Naval History and Heritage Command # 63514, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
BB-3 Oregon NR OREGON (BB-3) SAFE - She Has Completed Her 13,000 Journey and is Safe-Probably With Sampson.
NEWS REGARDED AS THE BEST SINCE THAT FROM MANILA. IS SHE WITH SAMPSON'S FLEET
SECRETARY LONG REFUSES TO DISCLOSE HER WHEREABOUTS.
OFFICIALS GREATLY RELIEVED
HAD BEEN APPREHENSIVE FOR THE OREGON'S SAFETY.
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo from Kansas City Journal.(Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 19 May 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR HAVANA'S DEFENSES ARE SOON TO BE BOMBARDED
OREGON (BB-3) WILL FIRE THE FIRST SHOT AT OLD MORRO
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 27 May 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon718kBombardment of Morro Castle by the U.S. Fleet. Artwork by unknown artist.Photograph PR-03-Box-71-13 courtesy of the Library of Congress & National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
Monitors677kOUR NAVY AS IT IS TODAY
1. Monadnock (BM-3) . 2. Petrel. 3. Puritan (BM-1) . 4. Concord. 5. Wilmington. 6. Amphitrite (BM-2) . 7. Ajax. 8. Machias. 9. Cincinnati. 10. Marblehead. 11. Montgomery. 12. Minneapolis. 13. Kearsarge (BB-5). 14. Kentucky (BB-6). 15. Bancroft. 16. Dolphin. 17. Vesuvius. 18. Raleigh. 19. Indiana (BB-1). 20. Iowa (BB-4). 21. Olympia. 22. Terror (M-4). 23. Catskill . 24. Miantonomah (BM-5). 25. Gustine. 26. Yorktown. 27. Texas. 28. Helena. 29. Massachusetts (BB-2). 30. Columbia. 31. New Orleans, 32. San Francisco. 33. Canonicus . 34. Camanche . 35. Monterey (BM-6). 36. Brooklyn. 37. Detroit 38. Atlanta. 39. Alabama (BB-8). 40. Albany. 41. Baltimore. 42. Chicago. 43. Newark, 44. Boston. 45. Charleston. 46. Oregon (BB-3). 47. New York. 48. Manhattan. 49. Philadelphia. 50. Lehigh. And Torpedo Boats. Drawn by "W. A. Verhas.
Image and text provided by University of Tennessee.
Photo by The Maryville Times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 28 May 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon783kTWO OF THE BIG GUNS ON THE BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) THAT WILL REINFORCE THE SQUADRON AT SANTIAGO.
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 04 June 1898, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRDESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER TERROR BY THE OREGON (BB-3). Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 09 June 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE OREGON (BB-3), AMERICA'S UNRIVALED BATTLESHIP.
Her marvelous journey of 17,409 miles in eighty-one days is an unequaled record for a battleship. Her continuous run of 4,500 knots from San Francisco to Jupiter Inlet, Florida has never been equaled. Her run of 2,484 knots at an average speed of 13 knots an hour is a record untouched by a ship of her class, as is also her run of 158 knots in ten hours. And yet from this gigantic journey, which breaks four world records, she comes into port with her engines as perfect as when she started.
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Appeal. (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1889-19??, 11 June 1898, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon706kTHE OREGON (BB-3), QUEEN OF BATTLESHIPS Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo from The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 12 June 1898, Mailable Edition, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO FROM PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE ENGAGEMENT
MASSACHUSETTS (BB-2), MARBLEHEAD (C-11). IOWA (BB-4), ENTRANCE TO HARBOR OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA
OREGON (BB-3) COOLING HER GUNS. NEW YORK (ACR-02), DOLPHIN
TEXAS, BROOKLYN (ACR-03), YANKEE & NEW ORLEANS.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald.(Los Angeles [Calif.] 1893-1900, 24 June 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE BATTLE-SHIP OREGON (BB-3) STRIPPED FOR ACTION.
Before going into battle nowadays a man-of-war is stripped of all paraphernalia that is in the least likely to create danger when struck by the missiles of the enemy. Woodwork in particular is ripped away and flung overboard. So are the small boats, railings, furniture and everything else that may furnish what the sailorman in action most dreads, "splinter." In the recent action at Manila some of the apprentices carried this practice to the extent of throwing overboard their sea chests and the stools and tables used at mess. When the battle was over they had to eat their meals sitting Turkish fashion about the messroom. About the only ornaments on a battle-ship in action are her big guns frowning from the turrets. Aside from them, the decks are swept as clear as possible of everything else. Heavy cable chains and sacks of coal or sand are sometimes placed about some spot that is deemed in need of protection. "Splinter nets" are sometimes spread also, as was done on the deck of the Olympia at Manila.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 26 June 1898, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon83kThe Oregon (BB-3) 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.
BB-3 Oregon1.09kRear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark was the Commanding Officer of the Oregon (BB-3) 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.
Insert image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
PDF via The Herald [microform]. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 25 May 1898, Image 2.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 5 July 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 1.38k AMERICAN LORDSHIP OF THE SEAS
Was Firmly Established by the Great Naval Battle off Santiago, 3 July 1898.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The National Tribune.(Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 14 July 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, DE CUBA, 3 JULY 1898.
A PAINTING OF THE ENGAGEMENT PLACED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR OF THE NAVY
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Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 17 February 1901, Image 28, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon671kOregon (BB-3) engaging shore batteries at Santiago.Photo by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company Photo LC-D4-20855 / 4a14641v from lcweb2.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 256k Oregon (BB-3) in action. Naval Exhibit on the Pike, Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis 1904. Photo courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam.
Santiago 5.06k Destruction of Admiral Pascual Cervera's Spanish Fleet. Created by Kurz & Allison, 22 July 1898. USN photo # Photo LC-DIG-PGA-03912 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon530kOregon (BB-3), entrance to Santiago harbor from deck.Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14640 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 791k Grave of Cervera's fleet, Santiago de Cuba. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a05442 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Reina Mercedes457kWreck of the Reina Mercedes at Santiago harbor, 1898. Photo LC-D4-21534 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 599k The Oquendo and Maria Teresa, aground and burning, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15176 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 564k Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-D4-21524 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 321k Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15179 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 250k Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15182 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
VIZCAYA NR WRECK OF SPAIN'S CRACK BATTLESHIP, THE VIZCAYA
Battleships as Told by Special Photographs
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No Words Could So Eloquently Convey the Effects of a Heavy storm of Modern Naval Projectiles as These Photographs of the Splendid Ship That Was Once Spain's and Now Is Ours by Right of Conquest. All the Pictures on This Page Are Different
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 August 1898, Image 23, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 169k Oregon's (BB-3) pounder and gunner shown on board.USN photo # LC-USZ62-71182 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon 522k Crewmembers on board Oregon (BB-3) watch a shot at the Spanish ship Cristobal Colon during the Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898. Photographed by Edward H. Hart, published by Detroit Publishing CompanyPhoto LC-DIG-DET-4A14645 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 OregonNRTHE SQUADRON THAT IS TO ATTACK SPANISH SEAPORTS.
The cruiser Newark (C-1), flagship; the battleships Iowa (BB-4) and Oregon (BB-3), the auxiliary cruisers Yosemite, Yankee and Dixie (AD-1) and the colliers Scindia, Abarenda,and Alexander compose the squadron under Commodore John Crittenden Watson that is to bombard Spanish cities and capture the Canary islands. Commodore Watson's command is to be known as the eastern squadron, and its best all around ship is undoubtedly the battleship Iowa..... Commodore Watson was the gallant young officer who lashed Admiral Farragut to the rigging during the battle of Mobile Bay.
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Photo from The Record-Union.(Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 04 July 1898, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon2.93kAS COMMODORE WATSON'S SQUADRON WILL APPEAR EN ROUTE TO SPAIN. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 12 July 1898, Image 1,via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon896kComposite of four reproductions of photographs of the crew of the battleship Oregon (BB-3) celebrating after the surrender of the Cristo'bal Colon off Santiago de Cuba, and one view of the Spanish cruiser Cristo'bal 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.
BB-3 Oregon503kA painting by the artist Carlton Theodore Chapman: An American battle-ship "in the day of battle."
The "Oregon (BB-3)" overhauling the "Vizcaya" and "Cristobal Colon" at a 16-knot pace, off Santiago, July 3. Cover illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 July 30, p. 729.
Photo # 3c03138v from loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon752kOregon's (BB-3) squilgee band on after turret after surrender of Cristobal Colon, Battle of Santiago. Photo by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company Photo # 4a14648v from lcweb2.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE OREGON'S (BB-3) GREAT RECORD
GEORGE W. DICKIE
Manager of the Union Iron Works, to Whose Wonderful Mechanical Skill the Success of the Battleship Oregon is Largely Due
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 31 July 1898, Image 4,
BB-3 Oregon211k The home-coming of the fleet -- the naval parade, New York, 20 August 1898.
Oregon (BB-3) 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, 3 September 1898, p. 864.
Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
SANTIAGO SQUADRON 3.44k GLORIOUS HOME-COMING OF THE SANTIAGO SQUADRON
THE GREAT NAVAL PARADE ON THE HUDSON. JUST BEFORE IT REACHED CASTLE WILLIAM, FROM WHICH THE FIRST SALUTE WAS FIRED
GUNS OF SAMPSON'S SHIPS THUNDER IN PEACEFUL WATERS
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-3 Oregon469kUnique view of the Oregon's (BB-3) starboard side riding high in the water. Photograph PR-03-Box-74-1 courtesy of the Library of Congress & National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon591kOregon (BB-3) after turret between 1896 and 1901.Photo by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company Photo LC-D4-20822 A / 4a14604v from lcweb2.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.01kOregon (BB-3) Athletes. Photo # Lot 3000-G-2, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon879kOregon (BB-3) crew. Photo # Lot 3000-G-10, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon591kSwitch Board in Dynamo Room of Oregon (BB-3). Photo # Lot 3000-G-6, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon845kOregon (BB-3) torpedo tube and torpedoes. Photo # Lot 3000-G-10, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon1.05kOregon's (BB-3) quarterdeck, circa 1900. Photo by Edward H. Hart, courtesy of Shorpy.com via Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-3 Oregon1.01kOregon (BB-3) dynamo room. Photo # Lot 3000-G-12, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon1.29kOregon (BB-3) berth deck cooks. Photo # Lot 3000-G-13, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon812kOregon (BB-3) forward from top of after turret. Photo # Lot 3000-G-15, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon NR ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S VICTORIOUS FLEET FIRING A SALUTE AT GRANT'S TOMB.
New York gave a royal welcome to the victorious squadron of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. When the armored cruiser New York (ACR-02), the flagship of Rear Admiral Sampson; the armored cruiser Brooklyn (ACR-3), the flagship of Rear Admiral Schley; the formidable battleships Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4), Indiana (BB-1) and Texas began their parade through New York bay and up the North river, they were surrounded by a monster fleet of excursion boats and tugs profusely decorated with Old Glory. The battle scarred ships were also decked with bunting, and as they steamed slowly along they were greeted by the booming of cannons from the pleasure yachts and the shrill shrieks of the whistles of the excursion fleet.
Proceeding up the North river, the New York floating Rear Admiral Sampson's flag, was in the lead. Then came the mammoth cruiser Brooklyn, with Rear Admiral Schley's new flag floating proudly at her fore truck, and, following the Brooklyn in the order named, were the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the Iowa, the Indiana and the Texas.
When the fleet of cruisers and battleships reached Grant's tomb, the guns that spoke at Santiago were again heard in a grand national salute of 21 guns.
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Photo from The Record-Union. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 26 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon235kDeck of the battleship Oregon (BB-3).Courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
BB-3 Oregon 401k A buff colored Oregon (BB-3) with an awning covering her stern. Photo courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam.
BB-3 Oregon1.22kBow view of the Oregon (BB-3) in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard".Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14594 courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.19kOregon (BB-3) in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard. Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14596 courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.13kStern view of the Oregon (BB-3) in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard.Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14597 courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon533k Gangway on Superstructure Deck, 1898.Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-3 Oregon72kCrewmen loading small caliber fixed ammunition, 1898. The original photograph was published on a stereographic card by Webster & Albee, Rochester, NY.Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 94260, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
BB-3 Oregon562kBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3), (BULL DOG OF THE U.S. NAVY), OFF HONOLULU HARBOR. Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 07 February 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon675kDEWEY SENDS A HURRY CALL FOR THE OREGON (BB-3)
Wants Her at Manila at Once for "Political Reasons."
"We're Coming, Admiral"
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Photo from The Evening Times. (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 24 February 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 689k THE OREGON (BB-3) HAS REACHED MANILA.
The Formidable Fighting Machine Arrives in Good Condition.
Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 19 March 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNROregon (BB-3) in Manila Harbor, Philippines, during the Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1902.USN photo # LC-USZ62-1252-LOT 5046 courtesy of the Courtesy of the Library of Congress via National Archives, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon29kDistributing mail to the Oregon's (BB-3) crew. Photo by Edward H. Hart by The Detroit Publishing Company as # det 4a14633& now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as # LC-D4-20860.
SANTIAGO SQUADRON NR NOW THE AMERICAN BOY HAS A CHANCE TO DISTINGUISH HIMSELF IN THE NAVY
What Gunner Brown Has Done on the Oregon (BB-3)
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 16 July 1899, Image 24, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Return of the Conquerors, September 29, 1899 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-1), Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4) and other ships of the victorious U.S. fleet. Partial text and drawing courtesy of USNI.
IndianaNRADMIRAL DEWEY HEADS A MOST MAGNIFICENT MARINE PAGEANT
More Than Three Million Spectators Witness the Passing of the Nation's Hero on the Bridge of the Olympia (C-6), Followed by a Great Fleet of Warships and a Thousand Vessels of Peace
Ships in Water Pageant Passing in Review Before Dewey on the Olympia, Off Grant's Tomb
On the port beam of the Olympia was the escorting ship Sandy Hook, with the Mayor and other dignitaries aboard, and in her wake at intervals of 400 yards, stretched out a mile long, were the great towering warships, the armored cruiser New York (ACR-2), the battleships Indiana (BB-1) and Massachusetts (BB-2), the cruiser Brooklyn, second-class battleship Texas, the old wooden frigate Lancaster, the gunboat Marietta (Gunboat-15) and the Chicago (CA-14), the flagship of the South Atlantic squadron.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 September 1899, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1900's
BB-3 Oregon90k Oregon (BB-3) 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 Oregon270k Oregon (BB-3) aground on rocks off Hankow Light, China (Pinnacle Rock), while carrying supplies to the fleet in the boxer incident, 28 June-5 July 1900. USN photo # NH 42970, courtesy of Allan J. Drugan, copied from Album of Lewis H. Rockey, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center via Mike Green.
BB-3 OregonNRBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) ASHORE NEAR CHEFU
Strikes on the Island of Hoo Kie During a Fog—Steamer Sent From Shanghai to Her Assistance.
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 June 1900, Image 1, & New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 30 June 1900, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.56kBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) IN PERILOUS POSITION ON PINNACLE ROCK
Great Rent Torn in the Side of the War Vessel When She Crashed Ashore — Now Impaled on a Jagged Reef
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 01 July 1900, Image 20, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon76k Bow view of the Oregon (BB-3) in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 6 July 1900 for overhaul. USN / USNI photo.
BB-3 Oregon874kONCE MORE THE FAMOUS OREGON (BB-3), BULL DOG OF SEA, VISITS HAWAII
AT ANCHOR OFF THE HARBOR
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Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 31 May 1901, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon811kTHE OREGON (BB-3) BEING PULLED OFF THE ROCKS.
The above picture was furnished the Advertiser by J. S. Pollock, engineer's yeoman aboard the United States battleship Oregon. It shows the Oregon being pulled off the rocks in the Straits of Pechili. The two-stern lines are plainly visible in the picture. Five minutes after the Oregon struck on the rocks all the pumps were going, and the water was being pumped out as fast as it came in through the great rent in her bottom.
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Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 01 June 1901, Image 12, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon848kVICTORIOUS BASEBALL NINE OF BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) NOW IN PORTImage and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 01 June 1901, Image 13, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon898kTHE SCENE aboard the United States battleship Oregon (BB-3) while she was on the rocks in the Straits of Pechili was a busy one. All the pumps were hard at work throwing out the water as fast as it came in through the great hole in the ship's bottom. The above illustration shows the pumps at work. The picture was furnished the Advertiser by Engineer's Yeoman J. S. Pollock of the Oregon . Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 03 June 1901, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNR"BULLDOG OF THE AMERICAN NAVY" NEARS HOME, BEARING THE LAURELS EARNED IN SPANISH WAR
Oregon (BB-3) Sailed From Yokohama on May 16 and is Probably at Honolulu-—She Will Coal There and Then Come to San Francisco at a Ten-Knot Gait, Getting Here About June 15, and Ending an Eventful Cruise—Upon Her Arrival She Will Go Out of Commission to Be Remodeled
THE FORMIDABLE AND FAMOUS BATTLESHIP OREGON HOMEWARD BOUND. HER PENNANT IS THE FINEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN FLOWN BY A WARSHIP. IT IS 420 FEET LONG AND IS MADE OF THE FINEST SILK THAT MONEY COULD BUY IN CHINA. THE BATTLESHIP HAS BEEN GONE THREE YEARS AND A ROYAL WELCOME AWAITS HER RETURN TO THIS STATION.
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Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 06 June 1901, Image 7 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.81kBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) IS AT ONCE MORE IN HAVEN FROM WHICH SHE SAILED TO GLORIOUS CAREER. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 13 June 1901, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-9 Wisconsin 2.08k FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF SAN FRANCISCO THREE BATTLESHIPS AND A CRUISER ARE IN PORT AT ONE TIME
The Iowa (BB-4) and Wisconsin (BB-9) are the war vessels closest in shore. The former is about off the transport wharf, while the Wisconsin is off Harrison-street wharf. Out in midstream and almost between the Iowa and Wisconsin lies the cruiser Philadelphia (C-4), while south of her and almost in a line with Stuart-street wharf lies the Oregon (BB-3).
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Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 14 June 1901, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) IS THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION ON THE WATER FRONT
Crowds Overrun Huge Fighting Machine — Wisconsin (BB-9) Has Her Final Trial and Proves Herself an Admirable Sea Boat—All of Her Guns Are Brought Into Action During the Run
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Photo & text by The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 17 June 1901, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRALABAMA EDITORS PAY A VISIT TO FAMOUS BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3)
Writers From the Sunny South See the Park and Ocean and Later Accept the Courtesies of the San Francisco Club
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Photo & text by The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 29 June 1901, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.64kThe Fourth of July and the Oregon (BB-3)Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo & text by The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 30 June 1901, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon709kOREGON (BB-3), KING OF THE AMERICAN NAVY, TO GO INTO DRY DOCK Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo from The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 04 August 1901, Magazine Section, Image 36, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon906kTHE WRECKED OREGON (BB-3) IS BEING REBUILT.
FAMOUS BATTLESHIP NOW RESTS IN DRY DOCK AT PUGET SOUND NAVAL STATION
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 15 December 1901, PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLEMENT, Image 47, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon397kBIG WAR GAME OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST
Never in the history of the United States navy or army have there been held naval and military maneuvers of a magnitude such as those scheduled to take place at the end of this month. The mammoth mock war has been as carefully planned as if our fleet and forts were really in imminent danger of attack from a foreign foe. No expense is to be spared In making the maneuvers as elaborate and realistic as possible. Full service charges and service projectiles are to be used in most of target practice, and every discharge of a turret gun on a big battleship costs nearly $600. Thousands of dollars worth of coal will be burned up. All the available ships of North Atlantic squadron will be employed; battleships, cruisers and gunboats as well as a fleet of fifteen torpedo boats and twelve torpedo boat destroyers. The European squadron and the South Atlantic squadron may be ordered to attack the eastern coast. All along the eastern coast modern powerful searchlights have been established. Wireless telegraphy will be actively employed. The forts have been thoroughly prepared to resist attack. Flans and details are shrouded in greatest secrecy. The press is to be kept in the dark as in war times. The above cut shows the locality where the attack and will take place. Admiral Higginson will command the naval end of the fight. Gen. MacArthur will conduct the coast defense.
Note: Oregon's (BB-3) photo is included, but she was on the west coast undergoing repairs.
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo from The Courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 16 August 1902, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon814kBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) WHICH WILL STOP AT HONOLULU EN ROUTE FROM COAST TO ASIATIC STATIONImage and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 13 October 1902, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRCOALING BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) OUT AT THE ANCHORAGE
The battleship Oregon being coaled at the anchorage. The above is a remarkable photograph as it was taken with a telescopic camera which made the battleship appear to be within a stone's throw of the boat house when in reality the big war vessel was at least a mile distant. This sort of photographic work was very useful to the British during their extensive campaign work against the Boers in South Africa.
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 12 November 1902, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Oregon
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1.13k Workmen at Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash, presenting souvenir of the Oregon (BB-3) to Pres. Roosevelt.Reproduction Number LC-DIG-stereo-1s03688 (digital file from original stereograph). Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood. Source: Library of Congress
Albert Weston Grant136kCapt. Albert Weston Grant commanded the battleship Oregon (BB-3) in 1903. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
BB-3 Oregon997kCAPTAIN W. T. BURWELL of the Battleship Oregon (BB-3). Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 18 December 1903, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon879kOREGON (BB-3) IS BUILT FOR BUSINESS
THE OREGON ENTERING HONOLULU HARBOR
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Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 20 December 1903, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon961kSCENES ABOARD THE OREGON (BB-3) Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 20 December 1903, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Kentucky
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NR PACIFIC SQUADRON OFF HONOLULU, DEC., 1903.
Kentucky (BB-6) (Flagship),Wisconsin (BB-9) & New Orleans
Cincinnati (C-7) & Oregon (BB-3)
& Raleigh (C-8) and Albany.
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo by The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 01 January 1904, PART 1, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-9 Wisconsin NR ASIATIC FLEET OF THE UNITED STATES WHICH WILL SAFEGUARD AMERICAN INTERESTS IF WAR OPENS IN THE FAR EAST
Cruisers Raleigh (C-8) and Albany. Battleships Oregon (BB-3) and Cruisers Cincinnati (C-7) & New Orleans. Battleships Kentucky (BB-6) & Wisconsin (BB-9).
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo & text by The Salt Lake Tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 11 January 1904, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRWHAT COULD OUR OWN NAVY DO?
BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD DRY DOCK
KEEPING THE MEN IN PHYSICAL CONDITION
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 25 June 1905, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon579kOregon (BB-3) leaving Manila Bay February 1906. Flying Homeward Pennant.Photo courtesy of Mike Brock.
BB-3 Oregon785kTHE HOMEWARD BOUND CREW OF THE OREGON (BB-3)Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 22 March 1906, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRBIG GUNS ON THE OREGON (BB-3) USELESS Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Hawaiian Gazette.(Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 23 March 1906, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) HOME FROM A LONG STAY IN FAR EAST
Will Discharge Ammunition at Mare Island and Then Go North to Go Out of Commission
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Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 02 April 1906, Image 13, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-9 Wisconsin 482k BATTLESHIPS FOR NEWLY ORGANIZED PACIFIC FLEET.
Three battleships and six armored cruisers of the first-class are the warships in sight for the nucleus of the consolidated United States commands in the Pacific ocean, which are hereafter to be known as the Pacific fleet. The battleships are the Oregon (BB-3) and the Wisconsin (BB-9), these two being out of commission, but could be gotten ready in a short time, and the Nebraska (BB-14), nearing completion at Seattle. The armored cruisers are the West Virginia, the Colorado and Pennsylvania and Maryland, now afloat, and the California and the South Dakota, nearly completed at San Francisco.
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Photo & text by The Hawaiian Gazette.(Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 29 March 1907, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 653k PEACE OR WAR, U.S. WAR DOGS ARE ON THE JUMP ON PACIFIC
BATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) IN THE DRYDOCK AT PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD
Image and text provided by University of New Mexico.
Photo by Albuquerque Citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 09 August 1907, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon158kBow on view of the Oregon (BB-3), circa 1908. Photo courtesy of Girls Polytechnic High School year book, 1943,Portland, Oregon. Submitted by Viola & Walter Nasmyth, QM 3/c LST 19.
SHIPS NR SHIPS SAN FRANCISCO HAS ADDED TO THE NAVY.
Gunboats: Wheeling (PG-14) & Marietta (PG-15),
Cruisers: Charleston (C-2) & San Francisco (C-5),
Armored Cruisers: South Dakota (ACR-9), Milwaukee (C-21), California (ACR-6),
Battleships: Oregon (BB-3), Wisconsin (BB-9) & Ohio (BB-12),
Destoyers: Preble (DD-12), Perry (DD-11) & Paul Jones (DD-10)
Torpedo Boat: Farragut (TB-11),
Monitors: Wyoming (BM-10) & Monterey (BM-6)
Submarines: Pike (SS-6) and Grampus (SS-4).
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 April 1908, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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-3) 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, Naval History and Heritage Command # 121-M-2.
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822kRemaining in the Puget Sound area for well over a year, it was not until 18 March 1903 that Oregon (BB-3) returned to Asiatic waters, and arrived in Hong Kong on that day. Visiting various Chinese, Japanese, and Philippine ports, the battleship remained in the Far East until returning to the West Coast in February 1906. She decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 27 April that year.
She appears here at PSNY, 1908, when her main guns were replaced prior to recommissioning in 1911.
Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photos courtesy of David Wright.
BB-3 Oregon482kOREGON (BB-3) BEING HOME CAN "HELP HERSELF
"FIGHTING BOB SAYS IT IS BETTER TO HIT THAN TO BE HIT; EVANS WANTS FLEET OF 48 BATTLESHIPS T0 COMPEL PEACE
HE SAYS THAT UNTIL THE MILLENNIUM BLOWS WILL BE GIVEN, AND "IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE"
Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene, OR.
Photo from Daily Capital Journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, 11 February 1909, FIRST EDITION, Image 1, & The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 08 December 1907, Magazine Section, Image 51, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1910's
BB-18 LOC 613k Oregon (BB-3) Versus Delaware (BB-28).
What Would Happen if Old and Modern Met?
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 17 April 1910, Sunday Edition, Feature Section, Image 13, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon121kThe Oregon (BB-3) in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard sometime close to her recommissioning on 29 August 1911. USN photo by Wale, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-3 Oregon880kA Wale of a photo!
Oregon (BB-3) lays in Puget Sound Navy Yard, circa 1911.
US National Archives photo by Wale, # 80G-1035098, from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
BB-18 ConnecticutNROLD OREGON (BB-3) IN LEAD OF MIGHTY FLEET
Four Columns of Powerful Wardogs Steam to San Pedro
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, commanding the Atlantic fleet (upper portrait); Captain William R. Shoemaker, his chief of staff, and the rear admirals flagship, the battleship Connecticut (BB-18).
Photo by Underwood & Underwood.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1 November 1911, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRGREAT U. S. FLEETS REVIEWED Readiness for War Is Proved
DEFENDERS Of PACIFIC MAKE BRILLIANT SHOW

Battleship Oregon (BB-3), the mighty ship of bygone days, that passed through yesterday's review with flying colors.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 2 November 1911, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRWelcome, Old Oregon (BB-3) ! Noted Warship Here.
Battleship Oregon, which returned to this port yesterday; after an absence of many years and will be the first ship to go through the Panama canal.
"Bulldog of Sea" On Social Cruise; Will Lead Way Through Canal
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 18 November 1911, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Raby231kLieutenant Commander James Joseph Raby was the commanding officer of the battleship Oregon (BB-3) in 1912.USN photo courtesy of James Carr via Bill Gonyo.
BB-3 Oregon312k4 photo PDF of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Dry Dock No. 2, Docking of Oregon (BB-3), looking NW, C.J. Erickson, contractor., 1 March 1913.National Archives Identifier: 299614
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-3 OregonNRSave Good Ship Oregon (BB-3), Is Plea
'Bone Yard' Order Menaces Historic Cruiser
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 9 March 1913, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 860k SQUABBLE OVER COLONEL GOETHALS TO BE AIRED AT WHITE HOUSE; HONOR OLD OREGON (BB-3) Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo by The Bridgeport Evening Farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 14 June 1913, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 3.87k WHAT A DREADNOUGHT COULD DO--A BATTLE AT SEA TODAY WOULD BE MOST DREADFUL AFFAIR
...A dreadnought like the new battleship New York (BB-34) could sink a fleet of more than a hundred Oregon's before the Oregon's could get near enough to the New York to even hit her.
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 28 July 1913, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon188kThe Oregon (BB-3) taken in 1913.Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
BB-3 Oregon692kBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3) FIRST TO PASS THROUGH ISTHMIAN CANAL;
SENTIMENT PROMPTS NAVY SECRETARY TO GIVE OLD SHIP HONOR
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library
Photo from The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 16 August 1913, 4 o'clock p.m. City Edition, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon91kThe Oregon (BB-3) all decked out in flags following her recommissioning 2 January 1915. She then sailed to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-3 Oregon
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822kCDR. Joseph Mason Reeves reads his orders as he becomes the 19th Commanding Officer of the Oregon (BB-3). Photo courtesy of Mike Brock.
BB-3 Oregon594kFamous Battleship Oregon (BB-3) to Leave Frisco Soon
The reconstructed battleship Oregon, which became famous in the Spanish American war, ready to lead the procession of battleships through the Panama canal at the official opening. At the right is Captain Reeves, who was on the boat in the war and will sail with her through the canal.
Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 29 January 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon1.13kBEACHEY WENT, AS HE WANTED TO GO, WITH HIS STRAPS ON
Greatest of Sky Pilots and His Shroud

Lincoln Beachey and the wreckage of his monoplane being hauled from San Francisco bay, from which his body was reclaimed by divers from the battleship Oregon (BB-3).
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 18 March 1915, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon139kOregon (BB-3) 1915 all in costume for the parade they participated in for the Panama Pacific International Exposition and they're all in pirate costume.
My grandfather Roy Warren Sr has his arm up over buoy on ‘Captains gig' in WWI.
Photos courtesy of Cameron Heath.
BB-3 Oregon601kRaising the three ton anchor of the battleship Oregon (BB-3) which was thought to be the missing F-4 (SS-23) when first grappled.Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene, OR.
Photo from Medford Mail Tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, 08 April 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon370k Oregon (BB-3) 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.
USN photo & text courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
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650kI have no idea if this photo is part of a sequance related to the above Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco, 1915. The plane looks similiar to my untrained eyes.Photo courtesy of John Spivey.
BB-3 Oregon
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1.23kThe Oregon (BB-3) sailing on the Willamette River in front of downtown Portland. Many flags are displayed on the ship. Several airplanes fly over the city. Label on the print reads, "The Oregon at Home, Portland, Oregon. ... circa 1915-25?Photo courtesy of digitalcollections.ohs.org
BB-3 OregonNRNavy Salutes Labor Man In U. S. Cabinet
Commander J.M. Reeves of the battleship Oregon (BB-3)
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 2 September 1915, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon200kDuring World War I, Commander Charles P. Synder commanded the battleship Oregon (BB-3), flagship of the Pacific Fleet. He graduated from the Naval War College in 1925. Promoted to captain, he served as commandant of midshipmen at the Naval Academy. He was promoted to rear admiral with date of rank 1 March 1933 while serving as chief of staff to Admiral David F. Sellers, who was Commander Battleships, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet from 1932 to 1933 and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet from 1933 to 1934.
Snyder was commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard from 1934 to 1935, then commanded a heavy cruiser division of the Scouting Force, followed by a battleship division of the Battle Force, before serving as president of the Naval War College from 2 January 1937 to 27 May 1939. He returned to sea in 1939 as Commander Battleships, Battle Force, with the temporary rank of vice admiral.
Image scanned from USNA Yearbook - Class of 1930 & submitted courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-3 Oregon NR MASCOT GETS HIS
Ginger, mascot of the battleship Oregon (BB-3), recently got lost while on shore leave. Later he showed up along the water front and was given five days in the brig for falling to show up at four bells in the evening.
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo by The Kansas City Sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 13 November 1915, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 OregonNRBATTLESHIP OREGON (BB-3), ONCE NAVY'S IDOL, NOW SENT TO THE REAR AS TRAINING SHIP FOR NAVY MILITIA
When she made her 50,000-mile trip around the Horn at the time of the Spanish war she was supposed to be the greatest fighting machine afloat, but alongside a modern, dreadnought she would look like pigmy. She displaces 10,288 tons against the Arizona's (BB-39) 31,400.
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger.(Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 18 February 1916, Night Extra, Image 20, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-13 Virginia NR Battleship Oregon (BB-3) coaling in San Francisco; members of her crew.
The famous old battleship Oregon, which has recently been remodeled by Uncle Sam at big expense, is now in San Francisco harbor. She will leave noon for Panama, where she will have the place of honor in the great naval parade that will celebrate the formal opening of the Panama canal. After the opening of the canal she will return to San Francisco, where she will remain until the close of the Panama-Pacific exposition.
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo by The Seattle Star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 09 September 1916, Image 21, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Oregon1.40kOregon (BB-3) at Mare Island on 15 September 1917.USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-3 Oregon1.90k The Oregon (BB-3) in Mare Island's dry dock #2 between 20 and 30 September in 1917. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-3 Oregon377kBow view of Oregon (BB-3) circa 1918 dressing ship, location unknown. Note: Added 3" guns on top of the forward turret. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-3 Oregon521kBroadside of Oregon (BB-3) circa 1918, location unknown. Note: She has sprouted more 3" gun topside not shown in her 1917 photo. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-13 Virginia 897k Navy's Pace Emphasized by Scrapping of Fleet's Erstwhile GiantsImage and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation
Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 15 June 1919, Section 7 Magazine Section, Image 82, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-13 Virginia 517k OLD BATTLESHIP Oregon (BB-3), TO BE GIVEN TO STATE WHOSE NAME SHE BEARS, BOASTS PROUD RECORD
Battleship Oregon and Rear Admiral Charles, who commanded her during her famous dash around Cape Horn at the opening of the Spanish-American war.
Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo by Arizona Republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 05 July 1919, Image 12, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon486kThe Oregon (BB-3) at San Francisco, California, 1 September 1919.Collection of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.
USN photo # Lot 5422-5, courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, via flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon112kFluttering flags float from her foremast; fighting fearsome flow of flame from the sizzling sun sees shade seeing sailors seeking shelter submerged in the ship's stern during the summer of August 1919. USN photo # USN 482599 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
BB-3 Oregon52kPDF article comprising 4 pages on the occasion of a Victory Loan in 1919 for the Oregon (BB-3). Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-3 Oregon 80k President and Mrs. Wilson reviewing the Fleet from the bridge of the Oregon (BB-3) on 12 September 1919 at Seattle, Washington. From left to right, Mrs. Wilson, President Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Mrs. Daniels.Source: Seattle Public Library, Seattle Historical Photographic Collection, Photo No. spl_shp_14570 via Mike Green.
BB-3 Oregon1.21kPresident Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on board Oregon (BB-3) to review the Pacific Fleet at Seattle, Washington. Note the cameras on deck. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection, USN photo # PR-06-CN-454-C6-F4-23, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon604kThe latest picture of the historic Oregon (BB-3). President Wilson, Secretary Daniels and Admiral Rodman reviewed the new Pacific Fleet from the Oregon's bridge in Seattle a week ago yesterday. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 21 September 1919, Image 47, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-40 New Mexico 708k "President Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Daniels and others of the reviewing party stand with bare heads while.."
..The super-dreadnought New Mexico (BB-40), flagship of the Pacific Fleet, steamed past with the band playing The Star Spangled Banner.
The new American Pacific Fleet, first great dreadnought squadron on the Pacific coast, making it's historic entry into Seattle Harbor for its first review by the President of the United States."
..Reviewing the Pacific Fleet from the bridge of the Oregon (BB-3).
From left to right are Mrs. Wilson, the President, Sec. Daniels & Mrs. Daniels... "Mrs. Wilson cautiously descending a staircase on the battleship Oregon, the President assisting."
Times Wide World Photo Service.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 28 September 1919, Page 7, courtesy of cdn.loc.gov
1920's plus
Oregon
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NRBattle Cruisers, $23,000,000 Each, Are Greatest of Fighters
The new battle cruisers, to be built at a cost of approximately $23,000,000 each, are to be called the Constellation (CC-2), Constitution (CC-5), Lexington (CC-1), Ranger (CC-4), Saratoga (CC-3) and United States (CC-6). Briefly, they are the largest and most powerful ships of war ever designed.
Those who remember the battleship Oregon (BB-3) and the thrill of pride every American felt when Capt. Clark sailed her around Cape Horn will be interested to learn that each of the battle cruisers is four times as large as the Oregon, has nearly twice its speed, and singlehanded could probably defeat six or eight Oregons in battle.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The New York Herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 26 December 1920, SECTION SEVEN, Image 61, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-4 Iowa NR Plan Sinking of Old Battleship.
Below is the Kentucky (BB-6), which may be chosen for the honor. Above are the Iowa (BB-4) (left), which may be retained for experimental purposes, and the Oregon (BB-3), which may be kept an a relic.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by The Washington Herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 20 January 1922, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon 270k The Oregon (BB-3) in Portland, 1924. Photo via Tommy Trampp.
BB-3 Oregon82kThe Oregon (BB-3) leaving Seattle going to Portland 1925 being assisted by the Bagaduce-class tug Mahopac (ATA-29) Photo i.d. via David Wright.
Photo courtesy of Jim Geldert.
BB-3 Oregon 1.32k From the Seattle Harbor patrol dock when the fleet was in, navy gigs and other small craft would transport sailors back and forth from the big battlewagons cruisers, destroyers and axillary craft. The Oregon (BB-3) is in the background, circa 1919 - 1925. Photo from the book Maritime Memories of Puget Sound by Jim Gibbs and Joe Willamson, 1987, via Tommy Trampp.
BB-3 Oregon
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NR On Way to Permanent Berth at Portland
With her decks stripped and poles bare, America's famous old battleship Oregon (BB-3) cleared from her berth at Bremerton, Washington, for her last voyage as a naval vessel. The Oregon will be preserved as a state museum at Portland.
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo by New Britain Herald. [volume] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 17 June 1925, Image 14, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon
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822kCrowds visit Battleship Oregon (BB-3) on Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.Photo courtesy of digitalcollections.ohs.org
BB-3 Oregon1.10kThe Oregon (BB-3) appears here in a photo taken in 1929 while it was a floating museum in Portland Oregon. The photo was taken of the Broadway Bridge in down town Portland, OR. In the foreground on can see the stern wheeler Portland, now providing dinner cruises on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. On the right side of the photo is the unmistakable Oregon. According to older Oregonians, the ship was purchased after demilitarization by the school children of Oregon through donations of their milk money. Many are angry that the ship was subsequently given back to the Navy for a trip to Guam as an ammo barge then to the scrap heap.USN photo & text courtesy of Rick Hart.
BB-3 Oregon430kCaption reads Oregon (BB-3) on her last trip.Photo courtesy of David Wright.
BB-3 Oregon
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4.09kStern wheeler Portland & company moving Oregon (BB-3) upriver from the Broadway bridge location to a temporary location at the seawall on the north side of the Hawthorne bridge until it moved to the Battleship Oregon park location on 15 October 1938.Text i.d. via Dennis.
Photo courtesy of efiles.portlandoregon.gov
BB-3 Oregon1.65kPortland meets Oregon (BB-3) in the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon.United States Navy Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-3 Oregon1.87k1939 view of the Oregon (BB-3). She was moored on the west side of the Willamette, just south of the Hawthorne Bridge. That area is now the bowl at Tom McCall Waterfront Park where the Blues Festival is held every year. The Riverplace Hotel sits about where the boxcars are at the left of the photo. Alaska Junk Co. (which would become Schnitzer Steel) is at the corner of Water Ave. (no longer in existence) and Clay.Text i.d. via vintageportland.wordpress.com
Photo courtesy of David Buell.
BB-3 Oregon
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2.59kBattleship Oregon (BB-3) and Park, Portland, Oregon in 1940. Photo courtesy of vintageportland.files.wordpress.com
BB-3 Oregon1.10kOregon (BB-3) in the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon on 20 April 1941.Source: United States Navy, Photo No. unknown, via Mike Green.
BB-3 Oregon91kShip's appearance as a museum / historical center in Portland, Oregon. Photo dated from 1941-1942.USN photo.
BB-3 Oregon482kUndated (probably 1942 / 43) view of the Oregon (BB-3) at the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-3 Oregon
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NRSEVEN PATTEN BROTHERS SURVIVE LEXINGTON (CV-2)
Home in Portland, Ore., on furlough, the seven Patten brothers, who survived the sinking of the Lexington in the Coral Sea, were with their father (extreme left), on the old battleship Oregon (BB-3), now a museum piece at Portland.
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Nome Nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 20 July 1942, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon185kThe initial scrapping of the Oregon (BB-3), from the book McKinley's Bulldog, The Battleship Oregon written by Sanford Sternlicht.
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.
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1.13kBattleship Oregon (BB-3) scrap iron going into Liberty engine bases at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, 1943.Photo by Alfred Anthony Monner.
Image and text provided by digitalcollections.ohs.org via Daniel Hacker.
BB-3 Oregon1.22kPDF article comprising 6 pages on the occasion of the Memorial Battleship Oregon (BB-3) Mast and Park, 29 October 1944. Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-3 Oregon541kBarging in.
Oregon (IX-22) overhead shot, 18 May 1944.
USN photo # 80-G-240136 courtesy of the National Archives, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon
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1.36kThe mast of the Battleship Oregon (BB-3) being dedicated at Waterfront Park in Portland, 4 June 1944. Men in suits stand next to a microphone at the base of the mast, facing towards an audience. A photograph from this series was published on the last page of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, 5 July 1944.Photo by Alfred Anthony Monner.
Image and text provided by digitalcollections.ohs.org via Daniel Hacker.
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NRManila Trophy
The Battleship Oregon Comimission may, as reported, be preparing to send General MacArthur the American flag that first flew over Manila, on 13 August 1898, but they can’t send all of it. That’s because John W. Trimmer, Cleveland, O., Spanish War veteran, has the piece he proudly displays in photo above. Though he values it highly as a souvenir of his service in the Philippines, he is more than willing to give it to General MacArthur.
Image and text provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC.
Photo from The Wilmington Morning Star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 30 January 1945, FINAL EDITION, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon73kOregon (IX-22) as an ammunition barge 1945, Guam.USNI/USN photo , from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
BB-3 Oregon208kFormer battleship Oregon (BB-3) being used as a barge, June 1945. Photographer: J. R. Eyerman, courtesy of time & life.com
BB-3 Oregon460kStripped of her guns, Oregon (IX-22), is now at in Port Merizo on idle side of Guam waiting further disposal. During World War II, she carried 1,400 tons of dynamite across the Pacific of Service Squadron Twelve, 20 August 1945. USN photo # 80-G-343698 courtesy of the National Archives, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-3 Oregon460kView of Wisconsin (BB-64) taken in AFDB-1, at Apra Harbor, Guam, 5 April 1952. Note the hulk of Oregon (IX-22) in upper left background.Courtesy of Captain Church Chappell, USN (Ret.), 1974. Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 81228, via Mike Green.
BB-3 Oregon252kBow view of Wisconsin (BB-64) taken in AFDB-1, at Apra Harbor, Guam, 5 April 1952. Note the hulk of Oregon (IX-22) in foreground (L).Courtesy of Captain Church Chappell, USN (Ret.), 1974. Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 81212, via Mike Green.
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NRVETERAN WARRIOR TO SCRAP HEAP
The battered, barnacle-encrusted hull of the U. S. battleship Oregon (BB-3), veteran of three wars, is soon to be scrapped by a Japanese salvage company which bought her. During the Spanish-American war, the Oregon raced 17,000 miles from the Pacific, around Cape Horn on the tip of South America, in 68 days to bolster the Atlantic fleet off Cuba. It was flagship of the Pacific fleet in World War I, became a memorial in Portland, Oreg., until 1943, and then was taken over by the Navy to serve as an ammunition barge in World War II.
At Guam, the Oregon drifted onto a reef and later was pulled into position to serve as a breakwater.
AP Wirephoto.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 03 June 1956, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon52kSeptember, 1956 photo of the ship being scrapped in Kawasaki, Japan.USN photo.
BB-3 Oregon18kSeptember, 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
BB-3 Oregon539kSlabs of the Oregon's (BB-3) armor lay piled up dockside, September, 1956 after the ship was completely scrapped in Kawasaki, Japan. Photo courtesy of Mr. Robert Lawrence via Pre-Dreadnought Preservation Bits & Pieces by Mark Howells
BB-3 Oregon196kChain from Oregon (BB-3) memorial display at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, July, 1957. Photo by Doug Guy, courtesy of Gary Priolo.
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484k Three masted sailing ship docked at the downtown waterfront south of the Burnside Bridge. Includes views of people along the waterfront, Harbor Dr, Front Ave [Naito Pkwy] and the mast of the Battleship Oregon (BB-3), 1 June 1968.Photo courtesy of efiles.portlandoregon.gov
(NISMF)376kA 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 December 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
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483kPMG PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ – Roger Gertenrich and Terry Emmert with one of the smokestacks from Oregon (BB-3) at the Emmert International headquarters and storage yard. Photos by KOIN Portland courtesy of msn.com via Robert Haner.

Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Howison, Henry Lycurgus, USN (USNA 1858) :RADM15.07.1896 - 20.03.1897
02CAPT. Barker, Albert Smith, USN (USNA 1861) :RADM20.03.1897 - 11.02.1898
03CAPT. McCormick, Alexander Hugh, USN (USNA 1863) :RADM11.02.1898 - 10.03.1898
04CAPT. Wilde, Francis Faxon, USN (USNA 1865)10.03.1898 - 17.03.1898
05CAPT. Clark, Charles Edgar, USN (USNA 1864) :RADM17.03.1898 - 20.08.1898
06CAPT. Barker, Albert Smith, USN (USNA 1861) :RADM20.08.1898 - 09.05.1899
07CAPT. Nicoletti, Anthony Charles, USN09.05.1899 - 07.04.1901
08CAPT. Thomas, Charles Mitchell, USN (USNA 1865)07.04.1901 - 10.02.1902
09CAPT. Eaton, Joseph Giles, USN (USNA 1867)10.02.1902 - 29.08.1902
10CAPT. Burwell, William Turnbull, USN (USNA 1866)29.08.1902 - 26.07.1904
11CAPT. Merrell, John Porter, USN (USNA 1867)26.07.1904 - 22.04.1906
 Decommissioned22.04.1906 - 29.08.1911
12CDR. Williams, George Washington, USN (USNA 1890) :RADM29.08.1911 - 20.04.1912
13LT. Scranton, Edison Ernest, USN (USNA 1900)20.04.1912 - 05.05.1912
14LT. Orr, Henry Atwood, USN (USNA 1905)05.05.1912 - 29.07.1913
15LT. Greig, Stuart Osmond, USN (USNA 1908)29.07.1913 - 16.08.1913
16LT. Frank Ragan, (O-in-Ch) USN (USNA 1907)16.08.1913 - 04.10.1913
17LT. Greig, Stuart Osmond, USN (USNA 1908)04.10.1913 - 07.03.1914
18LT. Jenson, Henry Norman, USN (USNA 1897)07.03.1914 - 02.01.1915
19CDR. Reeves, Joseph Mason (Bull), USN (USNA 1894) :ADM02.01.1915 - 02.06.1916
20CAPT. Williams, George Washington, USN (USNA 1890) :RADM02.06.1916 - 26.08.1917
21CAPT. Snyder, Charles Philip, USN (USNA 1900) :ADM26.08.1917 - 16.06.1918
22CDR. Hoff, Arthur Bainbridge, USN (USNA 1889)16.06.1918 - 03.01.1919
23CAPT. Tarrant, William Theodore, USN (USNA 1898) :VADM03.01.1919 - 12.06.1919
 Decommissioned12,06,1919 - 21.08.1919
24CAPT. Tarrant, William Theodore, USN (USNA 1898) :VADM21.08.1919 - 04.10.1919
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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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