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US Navy Battleship USS Oregon BB-3

USS Oregon seen off a west coast port between 1913 and 1916.

US Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Oregon BB-3

USS Oregon (BB-3) was a pre-dreadnought Indiana-class battleship of the United States Navy. Commissioned on July 15, 1896, at San Francisco, California she initially served with the Pacific Squadron. However, with tensions rising with Spain, following the explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbour, Cuba, she was ordered to the East coast. Arriving shortly before the start of the Spanish–American War she took part in the blockade of Santiago de Cuba, which culminated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July, where Oregon contributed to the destruction of the Spanish squadron in Cuba.

After the war, Oregon was deployed to the Asiatic Squadron, serving during the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China. The ship returned to the United States in 1906 when she was decommissioned and placed in reserve for the next five years during which she was modernized. Reactivated in 1911, Oregon spent the next several years cruising off the West Coast of the United States frequently going in and out of service. During World War I she served as a training ship for naval cadets and as a convoy escort.

Oregon became a museum ship in her name-sake state in the early 1920s. In 1942, it was decided to scrap the ship for the war effort, but the navy changed its mind and converted her to an ammunition hulk (IX-22) for the invasion of Guam in 1944. Following the war she was sold for scrap in 1956.

Photographs of USS Oregon BB-3

General Photographs

USS Oregon in Dry Dock

As IX-22 During World War Two

Being Scrapped

USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300)

USS Prinz Eugen IX_300 anchored in Bikini Lagoon on 14 June 1946

Heavy Cruiser USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300)

Prinz Eugen was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser that served with Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down in April 1936, launched in August 1938, and entered service after the outbreak of war, in August 1940.

Prinz Eugen saw action during Operation Rheinübung, an attempted breakout into the Atlantic Ocean with the battleship Bismarck in May 1941. The two ships destroyed the British battlecruiser HMS Hood and moderately damaged the battleship HMS Prince of Wales in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Prinz Eugen was detached from Bismarck during the operation to raid Allied merchant shipping, but this was cut short due to engine troubles. After putting into occupied France and undergoing repairs, the ship participated in Operation Cerberus, a daring daylight dash through the English Channel back to Germany. In February 1942, Prinz Eugen was deployed to Norway, although her time stationed there was curtailed when she was torpedoed by the British submarine Trident days after arriving in Norwegian waters. The torpedo severely damaged the ship’s stern, which necessitated repairs in Germany. Upon returning to active service, the ship spent several months training officer cadets in the Baltic before serving as artillery support for the retreating German Army on the Eastern Front.

After the war, Prinz Eugen was given over to the U.S. Navy and briefly became USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300). She survived both two atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll in 1946, with only a broken main mast to show for it. Prinz Eugen survived the blasts, but she became frightfully radioactive.

After the tests, Prinz Eugen was towed to Kwajalein Atoll where she ultimately capsized and sank in December 1946. The wreck remains partially visible above the water approximately two miles northwest of Bucholz Army Airfield, on the edge of Enubuj.

Photographs of Prinz Eugen under German control can be found here.

Photographs of USS Prinz Eugen IX-300 Under US Control

Photographs While Undergoing Assessment

Photographs While Being Used During the Atomic Bomb Trials

German Heavy Cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen

Prinz Eugen

German Heavy Cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen

Prinz Eugen was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser that served with Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down in April 1936, launched in August 1938, and entered service after the outbreak of war, in August 1940.

Prinz Eugen saw action during Operation Rheinübung, an attempted breakout into the Atlantic Ocean with the battleship Bismarck in May 1941. The two ships destroyed the British battlecruiser HMS Hood and moderately damaged the battleship HMS Prince of Wales in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Prinz Eugen was detached from Bismarck during the operation to raid Allied merchant shipping, but this was cut short due to engine troubles. After putting into occupied France and undergoing repairs, the ship participated in Operation Cerberus, a daring daylight dash through the English Channel back to Germany. In February 1942, Prinz Eugen was deployed to Norway, although her time stationed there was curtailed when she was torpedoed by the British submarine Trident days after arriving in Norwegian waters. The torpedo severely damaged the ship’s stern, which necessitated repairs in Germany. Upon returning to active service, the ship spent several months training officer cadets in the Baltic before serving as artillery support for the retreating German Army on the Eastern Front.

After the war, Prinz Eugen was given over to the U.S. Navy and briefly became USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300). She survived both two atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll in 1946, with only a broken main mast to show for it. Prinz Eugen survived the blasts, but she became frightfully radioactive.

After the tests, Prinz Eugen was towed to Kwajalein Atoll where she ultimately capsized and sank in December 1946. The wreck remains partially visible above the water approximately two miles northwest of Bucholz Army Airfield, on the edge of Enubuj.

Photographs of Prinz Eugen

Under Construction

Battle of the Denmark Strait

Channel Dash

Damage

RAF Aerial Photography

General Photographs

Armament

Radar Antennas

Post Surrender