The "Oregon." The first-class twin-screw battle-ship "Oregon " is a sister ship of the "Indiana," having ...

Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection

BANC PIC 1905.17500.37:076--ALB

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Full title: The "Oregon." The first-class twin-screw battle-ship "Oregon " is a sister ship of the "Indiana," having exactly the same dimensions, armament and armor, as follows: length, 348 ft.; breadth, 69.25 ft.; mean draft, 24 ft.; main battery, four 13-inch, eight 8-inch, and four 6-inch rifles; secondary battery, 30 rapid-fire guns of small calibre; armor, 18 inches on the sides, from 6 to 15 inches on the turrets, and from 6 to 17 inches on the barbettes. However, her engines are more powerful than the "Indiana"'s having 11,111 indicated horse-power, and giving a speed of 16.79 knots an hour. Her crew numbers 38 officers and 424 men. The "Oregon"'s keel was laid in 1891 and her entire cost was $3,180,000.

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