Oregon
| Country | United States |
| Ship Class | Indiana-class Battleship |
| Hull Number | BB-3 |
| Laid Down | 19 Nov 1891 |
| Launched | 19 Nov 1893 |
| Commissioned | 26 Oct 1893 |
| Decommissioned | 1 Jan 1956 |
| Displacement | 10,288 tons standard |
| Length | 348 feet |
| Beam | 69 feet |
| Draft | 24 feet |
| Bunkerage | 1,594 tons of coal |
| Speed | 17 knots |
| Range | 5,500nm at 10 knots |
| Crew | 473 |
| Armament | 4x13-in, 8x8-in, 4x6-in, two Colt gatling guns, 3 torpedo tubes |
| Armor | 18-in sides, 6-17-in turrets |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseCommissioned in 1893, USS Oregon was one of United States' first true battleships. Although she was a veteran of international conflicts such as the Boxer Rebellion and WW1, by WW2 this last-standing Indiana-class battleship was near obsolescence. In 1922 she was nearly scrapped under the Washington Treaty, but she was saved by her record in the Spanish-American War. At the onset of WW2 for the United States, since she sailed at the speed of the Liberty cargo ships, notions to recommission her as an escort vessel were toyed with but ultimately not pursued. In 1943, the need for ships with large transport capacities finally called for her recommissioning by the US Navy, recalling her to service as an ammunition hulk at Guam, Mariana Islands. After the war, she broke loose during a typhoon and became stranded 500 miles away from Guam. She was recovered and was scrapped in Japan in 1956.
ww2dbaseSource: Naval Historical Center
Last Major Revision: Dec 2005
Battleship Oregon (BB-3) Mapa Interativo
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Oregon Operational Timeline
| 26 out 1893 | Oregon was commissioned into service. |
| 6 jul 1901 | Battleship USS Oregon entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an extended overhaul that lasted over a year. |
| 27 abr 1906 | USS Oregon decommissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. |
| 29 ago 1911 | USS Oregon was recommissioned. |
| 1 jan 1956 | Oregon was decommissioned from service. |
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I have a post card of this beauty; grandson is going to sell on some sites I think; I would like to know what her last trip was that his post card might be from? I see a pix of her for sale on a webpage of cardcow but no info such as this. Things were done right in them thar days! This is super neat info