Battleship Oregon

Model of the battleship Oregon at the Columbia River Maritime Museum.

This is a model of the American battleship Oregon, registry BB-03, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon. The Oregon was built from 1891 to 1893 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. The Oregon was commissioned July 15, 1896. The Oregon was 348 feet long and had a crew of 473.  She had a range of 5,500 miles and a top speed of nearly 17 knots. Armaments included four 13" guns, eight 8" guns and four 6" guns. The Oregon was also clad with 18-inch thick armor. The Oregon was first decommissioned in April 1903. She was recommissioned in August 1911 and went in and out of the reserves several times before being put on display in Portland, Oregon in 1924. The ship was converted to an ammunition magazine in 1943 and was scrapped in Japan in 1956.  The mast of the Oregon is on display in Portland's Waterfront Park near the place where the ship itself was once tied up.

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