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1 ITM1N one year the famous battleship Oregon will De fn
commission again, after having been laid up at the navy
yard at Bremerton, Wash.,' for about one year and a half.
Few battleships of the present day have had the career that
this famous old ship has had. In her prime she was-considered
the finest In the American Navy and was among the fastest of
the battleships. On her famous 14,000-mlle cruise around the
Horn at the time of the Spanish-American War, not once did her
machlnery break down or even falter. On her arrival at Cuba
she was sent Into the midst of the fight and history tells of the
work that she and her noble commander did at that time.
When one looks at this large mass of Iron and steel In such
a dismantled condition It reminds one of an old fire horse who
has made his last run. But before many months she will be in
. the best of condition and will be classed as one of the fine ships
of the United States Navy. At present there are several hundred
men at work on the Oregon, and the accompanying photographs
show what is being done. Every movable piece of steel, from
the guns down to the armor plate has been taken , off and over
hauled. All of the turrets taken off and repaired. Her armor
plate, which is considered the finest In the navy, has all been
replaced by new material of the very best manufacture. Her
engines, which made the builders famous, have been taken out and
new ones are being put In. Her boilers have also been renewed.
Inside the Oregon everything has been changed. Her furnish
ings are to be replaced and all of the old woodwork in the
officers' quarters is to be renewed with the finest mahogany
available. Her quarters for the enlisted men Is being overhauled
also. Within a short time the Oregon will be put In the dry dock
at Bremerton, where she will receive a thorough overhauling and
repairing. Every Inch of her bottom will be scraped, and examined
and several new plates will be put on.
J When the. vessel comes from the dry dock her furnishings
will be installed and she will be manned with over 600 men and
marines and sent-to sea with the Pacific Squadron. Who her
officers are to-be Is purely conjectural, but it is presumed that
- many of the old officers who were on the craft before will ask
to be placed on, the vessel again, as every one of them think she
Is the finest of her kind. The next time the people of Portland
see the battleship Oregon she will look as she did when she left
the Pacific Coast for Cuba in the year of 1898.
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