Early construction photo about 1896
Mess doubles as sleeping berth. Note the
hooks on the ceiling supports for hammocks.
The Officers of Oregon
Oregon's engine room. Many reports brag that
Oregon's engines ran like a locomotive and
were always to the ready
Placing one of her 13" guns. Note there
are only a couple of guys working and a
couple of guys watching. How many men
would you use to place a turret
mounted cannon?
Oregon in Portland for Rose Festival just north of the Broadway Bridge, looking S.E.
Oregon after the Cuba blockade and battle.
Note she is still cleared for action and needs
repairs.
Oregon in drydock. This is a colored photo, but if the white and buff color scheme is accurate, could
have been from her time in Bremerton, Wash. She was there to have bilge keels placed. It was at this time, Feb 1898 the USS Main was sunk and Oregon was ordered to Cuban waters to meet with destiny.
President Wilson departs after reviewing the Pacific
fleet , July 1919
The best photo I have. Donated by our friend
Art Greisser, showing fantastic top side detail.
Photo taken from the then unfinished Broadway Bridge
Portland, Oregon 1912, during Rose Festival. Note the sailors are in blues and seem to be waiting for an event. Perhaps the Queen of Rosaria is to come aboard!
The crew demonstrates the loading of a 6 pounder
for Navy days in New York 1900
USS OREGON
United States Battleship
USS OREGON BB-3
1893 Bulldog of the Navy 1956
USS Oregon, Indiana Class, laid down, Union Iron Works San Francisco, Nov. 19, 1891
Displacement 10,288 Tons, L-351.2' X 69'3"
Armament 4X13"/8X8"/35 4X6"/ 30 4X18"/ 4 Torpedo tubes/ Armor belt 18"
Machinery 9000 HP, 2 vertical inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws
30 Officers & 438 crew Speed, 16.6 Knots Spanish American War, WWI, WWII
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