USS Oregon BB-3 / IX-22
 
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USS Oregon seen sometime after 1913, location unknown.



USS Oregon seen off a west coast port between 1916 and 1917.



September 13, 1919: The first of three never before publish photos shows Captain Ivan O. Mettengel, commanding officer of USS Oregon welcoming President Woodrow Wilson to the ship for the Pacific Fleet Review in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington. Oregon was used as flagship of the fleet review and this was the first time a president had flown his flag in Seattle. Before arriving on the Oregon the launch that the president was in nearly capsized and then collided with a U.S. Navy whaleboat when casting off from the pier, none of the president's party were injured.
(Photo from the collection of Electrician 1st Class James Cornelius, U.S.N.)
Courtesy David Cornelius Arnett



September 13, 1919: The second photo shows President Woodrow Wilson (standing left) and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (standing right) atop the forward turret of USS Oregon during the Pacific Fleet Review at Seattle, Washington.
(Photo from the collection of Electrician 1st Class James Cornelius, U.S.N.)
Courtesy David Cornelius Arnett



September 13, 1919: The third photo shows another view of the forward turret of USS Oregon with President Wilson and his party reviewing the Pacific Fleet.
(Photo from the collection of Electrician 1st Class James Cornelius, U.S.N.)
Courtesy David Cornelius Arnett



Early 1943: Removing the mast from Oregon at Portland, Oregon. The mast is now located at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon.



March 3, 1943: Oregon being towed from her location on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon to Edward M. Ricker & Company in Kalama, Washington to be scrapped.



USS Oregon IX-22 seen as an ammunition barge at Guam in the 1940's.





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