USS Oregon (BB-3) was the third and final member of the Indiana class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1890s. The...
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Quinsigamond and Hercules was also called Oregon before she was broken up in the ways. The third USS Oregon (BB-3) was a battleship that saw action in the...
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USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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(BB-2). The New York Times, 26 October 1893. DANFS: Oregon (BB-3). City of Art: USS Iowa (BB-4). The Patriot Files: USS Iowa (BB-4. DANFS: Iowa (BB-4)...
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in review for the Secretary of the Navy who observed the Fleet from USS Oregon (BB-3). Renshaw departed San Francisco 16 September for her base of operations...
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USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched...
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Chile The Great Balance Dock with the steamer Adriatic aboard, c. 1860 USS Oregon (BB-3) in dry dock, 1898 List of dry docks Semi-submersible – type of vessel...
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(AGF-11) "Building 5" – USS Vulcan (AR-5) "Bulldog of the Navy" – USS Oregon (BB-3) "The Big Risk" – USS Oriskany (CV-34) "Bag Lady" – USS Bagley (FF-1069);...
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Former battleships that were previously used as museum ships included USS Oregon (BB-3), SMS Tegetthoff, and SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand. Battleships were...
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designed the three Indiana-class battleships: USS Indiana (BB-1), USS Massachusetts (BB-2) and USS Oregon (BB-3). While in Pennsylvania, he earned a Doctor...
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U.S. Naval Academy in 1893. After serving on USS Oregon (BB-3) during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, 3 July 1898, Yarnell was commissioned ensign 1 July...
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Battleship Number 2 in anticipation that her name could be reused for USS Massachusetts (BB-54) (laid down April 1921). In 1921, she was scuttled in shallow...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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assigned to the battleship USS Oregon (BB-3), which soon went to the Asiatic Station. He reported for training duty on board USS Pensacola (1859) in September...
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1, 1899. Fisher died on April 15, 1906, while serving aboard the USS Kearsarge (BB-5) and was initially interred at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba....
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USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946. She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships...
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USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944...
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Driggs-Schroeder guns included USS Texas (1892), USS Maine (ACR-1), USS Olympia (C-6), USS New York (ACR-2), and USS Brooklyn (ACR-3). Olympia is preserved with...
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related to USS Indiana (Battleship No. 1) (ship, 1895). Photo gallery of Indiana at NavSource Naval History MaritimeQuest USS Indiana BB-1 Photo Gallery...
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Indiana-class battleship (section Oregon (BB-3))
471–472. Museums in the Sea. Reilly & Scheina 1980, pp. 66–67. DANFS Oregon (BB-3). Graham & Schley 1902, pp. 339 & 345. Lomax 2005. Chesneau, Roger; Koleśnik...
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United States Navy, Indiana-class, Kearsarge-class and Illinois-class; USS Iowa (BB-4) used the 12-inch (305 mm)/35 caliber gun. The Navy's Policy Board...
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first three were later named USS Indiana (BB-1), USS Massachusetts (BB-2), and USS Oregon (BB-3). The battleship USS Iowa (BB-4) was authorized two years...
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30, 1904, at Cavite in the Philippines, he was transferred to the USS Oregon (BB-3), a coast battleship on duty in Pacific and Asiatic waters, and served...
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She...
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He served aboard the USS Oregon (BB-3) from October 1899 to March 1901; in the Philippines from April to June 1901; aboard the USS Helena (PG-9) from July...
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mechanisms for the US Navy 3"/50 caliber gun Marks 5 and 10 (the latter used on USS Raleigh, whose AA guns were inspected by Turkey in hopes of Driggs gaining...
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Squadron in 1904 as commanding officer of the battleship USS Oregon. Relinquishing command of Oregon, Merrell returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to become...
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8-inch/35-caliber gun (section Mark 3)
The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 and Mark 4 (spoken "eight-inch-thirty-five--caliber") were used for the main batteries of the United States Navy's first...
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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Nevada-class battleship New York-class battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) Alaska-class cruiser Des Moines-class cruiser Oregon City-class...
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USS Wisconsin (BB-9), an Illinois-class pre-dreadnought battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 30th state. She was...
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