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<font size=3>To All In Oregon,<br>
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<font size=3>On this day (June 15) in 1925 the U.S. Navy bestowed the
battleship Oregon to the State of Oregon as a patriotic memorial of her
famous cruise, a record voyage made in the spring of 1898 when the vessel
steamed 4,726 miles from Puget Sound to Sand Key, Florida without a stop
for any purpose and according to official reports, "without a loose
bolt or screw out of order. At Santiago, Cuba, the Oregon fired the first
shot in a contest which sealed the fate of the Spanish Navy.<br>
</font>Website #2<br>
<font size=3>U.S. Battleship "Oregon"<br>
Copyright 1898, by B.L. Lingley.<br><br>
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The cost of a single 13-inch gun such as is here shown, is $63,000 and
its mount $18,500, aggregating $81,500. The cost for firing this gun a
single time with armor-piercing shell, is $560.00. The 13-inch rifle has
been proved most desirable because the most destructive weapon, throwing
with great velocity and wonderful penetrating power, a projectile
weighing 1,100 lbs., while the 12-inch shell weighs only 850 lbs. The
heaviest guns which Com. [now Admiral] Dewey had when he sunk Montejo's
fleet in Manila Bay and silenced the shore batteries, were 8-inch
rifles.<br><br>
The keel of the battleship "Oregon" was laid in 1891. Length on
load water line, 348 feet; extreme breadth, 69 feet 3 inches;
displacement 10,288 tons; speed, 15 knots. Battery, four 13-inch, eight
8-inch, four 6-inch breech-loading rifles; twenty 6-pounders, six
1-pounders and four Gatlings. Officers and men, 424. Cost,
$3,180,000.<br><br>
This battleship is of special interest on account of her matchless trip
around Cape Horn. Leaving San Francisco March 12th, 1898, she arrived at
Jupiter Inlet, Florida, on May 24th, covering a distance of over 13,000
miles without a mishap, and played an important part in the destruction
of Admiral Cervera's fleet.<br><br>
Tom<br><br>
At 2/7/0505:48 PM, D. J. Brotherton wrote:<br>
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Remember that the Battleship Oregon when it was dismantled was cut up
and small peices sold for War Bonds. At least that is what I
remember. Anyone else know more.<br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=2>Dolores<br>
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<dd>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<dd>From:</b> <a href="mailto:gmurray1@cox.net">Gary Murray</a> <br>
<dd>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</a> <br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Monday, February 07, 2005 4:07 PM<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] and then there was the Battleship
Oregon<br><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>i have heard of it. in fact anyone
that has lived in portland for more then an hour knows where it is.<br>
<dd>gary in az. [soon to be back in ore. i hope]<br>
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<dd><font size=3>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<dd>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:dgoodma02@comcast.net">dgoodma02@comcast.net</a> <br>
<dd>To:</b> <a href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">Oregon
Group</a> <br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Monday, February 07, 2005 4:53 PM<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> [or-roots] and then there was the Battleship
Oregon<br><br>
<dd>I remember my dad taking me down to the Willamette and on board the
Battle ship "Oregon".<br>
<dd>We climbed all over and into that neet old ship. I was about 8
or ten years old.<br>
<dd>Anyone else that old to remember the "Oregon"? The
Mast is Still on the Willamette. I Browsed the net and found a
really great Picture of that ship.<br>
<dd>--<br>
<dd>Bob Goodman <br>
<dd>USAF Retired <br>
<dd>University Place, Washington<br><br>
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