USS Oregon (Battleship #3) BB-3 / IX-22


Type:
Battleship
Class:
Indiana (Class Overview)
Builder:
Union Iron Works
San Francisco, Ca.
Hull Number:
Battleship #3
BB-3
IX-22 (Feb. 17, 1941)
Ordered:
November 19, 1890
Commissioned:
July 15, 1896
Keel Laid:
November 19, 1891
Decommissioned:
October 4, 1919
Launched:
October 26, 1893
Stricken:
November 2, 1942
Fate:
Sold Mar. 15, 1956 to Massey Supply, resold to Iwai Sanggo Co. LTD. Kawasaki, Japan
and scrapped.


Commanders
From
To
Name
July 15, 1896
Feb. 1898
Captain Henry L. Howison
Feb. 1898
Mar. 17, 1898
Captain Alexander H. McCormick
Mar. 17, 1898
N/A
Captain Charles E. Clark


Notes
July 3, 1898:
Took part in the destruction of the Spanish Fleet at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
June 25, 1925:
Loaned to the State of Oregon as a museum ship moored at Portland.
Mar. 3, 1943:
Towed from Portland to Kalama, Wa to be scrapped but scrapping halted at the main deck
and the ship was reacquired by the Navy for use as an ammunition barge.


Builder's Data
Page revised Mar. 17, 2007