8×10 Top Quality Photos. Pride of the US Navy. Title: 1898 Photo of Battleship USS Oregon in Drydock Brooklyn Navy Yard. Description: USS Oregon in Drydock. USS Oregon (BB-3) was a pre-dreadnought Indiana-class battleship of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized on 30 June 1890, and the contract to build her was awarded to Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California on 19 November 1890. Her keel was laid exactly one year later. She was launched on 26 October 1893, sponsored by Miss Daisy Ainsworth daughter of Oregon steamboat magnate John C. Ainsworth, delivered to the Navy on 26 June 1896, and commissioned on 15 July 1896 with Captain H. Later she was commanded by Captains Albert S. Barker and Alexander H. Clark assumed command 17 March 1898 throughout the SpanishAmerican War. Oregon served for a short time with the Pacific Squadron before being ordered on a voyage around South America to the East Coast in March 1898 in preparation for war with Spain. She departed from San Francisco on 19 March, and reached Jupiter Inlet 66 days later, a journey of 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km; 16,000 mi). This was considered a remarkable achievement at the time. After completing her journey Oregon was ordered to join the blockade at Santiago as part of the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Sampson. She took part in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, where she and the cruiser Brooklyn were the only ships fast enough to chase down the Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón, forcing its surrender. Around this time she received the nickname “Bulldog of the Navy”, most likely because of her high bow waveknown as “having a bone in her teeth” in nautical slangand perseverance during the cruise around South America and the battle of Santiago. Print Size is Approx. PREMIUM, HEAVY WEIGHT GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER. Check out my other items. Be sure to add me to your favorites list. The item “1898 Photo of Battleship USS Oregon in Drydock Brooklyn Navy Yard” is in sale since Thursday, August 06, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Photographs”. The seller is “nu-wave” and is located in Jasper, Georgia. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.
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