The future USS Oregon (SSN 793) pulls into Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., March 1, ... as an ammunition barge towed across the Pacific for the battle of Guam.

From June 1925 - 90 years ago -- to 1942, the USS Oregon, which distinguished itself in the Spanish-American War and then came out of mothballs for awhile during World War I, was on display in the ...

“This is a man who sacrificed his life for Guam and I’m so proud to be related and to have him in my memory.” When they first heard a Chamorro person fought in the Battle of Normandy ...

Moored in Guam after the war, her hulk broke free during a storm in 1948 and floated about the Pacific for a month. In 1956, Oregon met her end as she was sold for scrap to a Japanese shipyard.

May 28—GROTON — The USS Oregon officially entered active service on Saturday, as the U.S. Navy held a ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base for the 20th Virginia-class submarine — the first ...