USS Oregon (BB-3)

USS Oregon (BB-3) is the third and thus the last and youngest of the Indiana-class battleships, all of which served in the United States Navy.

In the same class, it was the USS Massachusetts (BB-2) and also the USS Indiana (BB-1).

Name	Oregon
Builder	Union Iron Works
Ordered	30 June 1890
Laid down	19 November 1891
Launched	26 October 1893
Commissioned	15 July 1896
Decommissioned	27 April 1906
Recommissioned	29 August 1911
Decommissioned	12 June 1919
Stricken	2 November 1942
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 March 1956
Identification	Hull symbol: BB-3
Class and type	Indiana-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Length	351 feet 2 inches (107.04 m)
Beam	69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft	24 ft (7.3 m)
Displacement	Normal: 10,288 long tons (10,453 t) Full load: 11,688 long tons (11,876 t)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Installed power	4 × fire-tube boilers, 9,000 ihp (6,700 kW)
Range	4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi)
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	473 officers and men
Armor	Belt: 4 to 18 in (100 to 460 mm) Turrets: 17 in (430 mm) Barbettes: 17 in Conning Tower: 10 in (250 mm)
Armament	2 × twin 13 in (330 mm)/35 caliber guns 4 × twin 8 in (203 mm)/35 caliber guns 4 × single 6 in (152 mm)/40 caliber guns 20 × single 6-pounder guns 6 × single 1 pounder guns 5–6 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

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