At the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, the USS Oregon cornered a Spanish cruiser and ordered it to run aground and surrender. The New York Herald newspaper published a poem about the battleship on its ...

The third USS Oregon (BB-3), commissioned in 1896, contributed to the destruction of the Spanish squadron in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

In the allied invasion of Normandy, the USS Rich, an escort ship for anti-submarine and mine-sweeping ships, was one of a number of vessels responsible for clearing channels into the shores of ...

Summary: The USS Oregon, a pioneering battleship of the Indiana class, marked a significant phase in the evolution of the United States Navy (USN) towards global naval supremacy. Commissioned in ...

The Navy confirmed the discovery of the wreckage site of destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), which sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.

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 ...

His sense of duty prompted him to enlist in the Navy, and he found himself serving as Musician First Class on the USS North Carolina, a battleship that would be part of the shelling of several ...

The Battle of USS Theodore Roosevelt: a Timeline The COVID-stricken aircraft carrier sailed out of its regular deployment and into international headlines, with repercussions from Guam to Washington.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The mast of the Battleship Oregon is a popular landmark on the waterfront, but it has fallen into disrepair. Volunteers who look after the mast told KOIN 6 News when they ...

Submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS-40) completed an eight-month dry-dock repair availability in Oregon and is headed back to Guam to continue operations.

The mast needs repair -- but who pays for it? PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The mast of the Battleship Oregon is a popular landmark on the waterfront, but it has fallen into disrepair.