Battleship

Union Iron Works
San Francisco, California

Battleship #3
BB-3 (July 17, 1920)
IX-22 (Feb. 17, 1941)

November 19, 1890

July 15, 1896

November 19, 1891

October 4, 1919

October 26, 1893

November 2, 1942

Sold Mar. 15, 1956 to Massey Supply, resold to Iwai Sanggo Co. Ltd. Kawasaki, Japan
and scrapped.

Christened by Miss Daisy Ainsworth and launched by Miss Eugenia Shelby.

Commissioned.

Sea Trials.

Assigned to Pacific Fleet.

Shakedown cruise to Acapulco, Mexico arrived Jan. 24., departed same day to
return to U.S.A., en route took gunnery practice at Magdalena Bay, arrived at San
Francisco on Feb. 16, 1897. From there ordered to Puget Sound.

Present at Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada for the Golden Jubilee of Queen
Victoria.

Drydocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Rolling chocks
and bilge keels installed, work completed and ship departed Feb. 16, 1898. Ship
ordered to San Francisco.

Departed San Francisco for Key West, Florida.

Arrived Callao, Peru, rendezvoused with USS Marietta. Loaded coal and half of the
ship was painted gray.

Departed Callao, Peru.

Anchored off Isla Tamar, Chile, could not enter port due to storm.

Arrived at Sandy Point, Chile, departed Apr. 21.

Arrived Puntas Arenas, Chile, departed same day.

Arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, departed May 1.

Arrived Salvador, Brazil, departed May 9.

Arrived Barbados, departed May 18.

Arrived Jupiter Inlet, Florida.

Arrived Key West, Florida.

Departed Key West for Cuba.

Arrived off Santiago de Cuba.

Bombarded shore batteries.

Bombarded shore batteries.

Bombarded shore batteries.

Coaled at Guantanamo Bay and then bombarded Caimanera, Cuba.

Bombarded Morro Castle.

Engaged the Spanish Fleet in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, all Spanish ships destroyed.

Arrived at New York and present in the Naval review in the Hudson River. After being
on public display was moved to the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, there the ship was given
an overhaul and was repainted white.

Departed New York for Manila, Philippines.

Arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, departed Nov. 19. During her stay a reception for the
new President of Brazil was held onboard.

Arrived Callao, Peru.

Arrived at Manila, Philippines.

Sent to Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines as station ship. Departed Oct. 24 for Hong Kong
for drydocking.

Landed Marines on Lyngayen, Philippines to assist the Army.

Landed 201 Marines at Vigan, Luzon, Philippines.

At Yokohama, Japan, May 26 departed for Hong Kong for drydocking.

Ordered to Taku, China.

Grounded near Lüshunkou (Port Arthur), China. Ship was refloated July 5 and taken to
Howki, China for inspection and temporary repairs. From there Oregon was taken to
Kure Navy Yard in Kure, Japan.

Arrived Kure, Japan. Extensive repairs to the bottom of the hull were required,
on Aug. 17 the dock was flooded, but there were still leaks in the hull so the dock
was emptied and repairs continued, the ship departed at the end of August and was
ordered to the Yangtze River to act as station ship.

Ordered to Hong Kong for drydocking and repairs to the bottom of the hull as the repairs
made in Japan proved to be unsatisfactory.

Ordered to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington for permanent repairs
to the hull.

Arrived at San Francisco.

Entered drydock at Puget Sound, remained until Sept. 7.

Departed San Francisco for Yokohama, Japan.

Arrived at Yokohama for duty on the Asiatic Station.

Returned to the U.S.

Entered drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.

Decommissioned at Puget Sound and underwent complete overhaul. Cage mast fitted
and 3" guns were added atop the turrets. Work was completed in 1911.

Recommissioned in reserve.

Departed Puget Sound.

Arrived at San Diego, California.

At San Pedro, California for a Congressional review and opened to the public for tours.
After this Oregon made tours of southern California ports arriving back in San Francisco
on Nov. 27. 1911.

Departed San Francisco for Puget Sound.

Arrived at Puget Sound.

Entered drydock at Puget Sound, being the ship used for the dedication of the dock.

Returned to San Francisco.

Used as the navy's exhibit ship at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San
Francisco from Feb. 11 to Apr. 7, 1915. Remained on the west coast.

Placed in reserve at San Francisco.

Placed in full commission.

Departed San Francisco as an escort for the Siberian expedition, but was determined
to be too slow by the commander of the expedition and was released and returned to
San Francisco the same day.

Decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington.

Recommissioned and used as the reviewing ship for President Woodrow Wilson during
the return of the Pacific Fleet to Seattle.

Decommissioned.

Certified as incapable of warlike service in accordance with the Washington Naval
Treaty.

Loaned to the State of Oregon as a museum ship.

Towed into Portland harbor.

Moved to new location on the Willamette River.

Sold for scrap to Edward M. Ricker & Company, Kalama, Washington for $35,000.

Towed to Kalama, Washington for scrapping.

The Navy reacquired the Oregon and ordered the scrapping process to be halted when
they reached the main deck.

The ship was filled with dynamite and towed to Guam via Hawaii and Eniwetok. She
was anchored at Merisa Bay, Guam and distributed the dynamite until the end of the
war.

Broke her moorings and drifted out to sea.

Hulk located 500 miles south seat of Guam and towed back.

Sold to Massey Supply for scrap, resold to Iwai Sanggo Co. Ltd. Kawasaki, Japan.

Arrived at Kawasaki, Japan under tow by the tug Wando.

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