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FIRST-CLASS BATTLESHIP "OREGON"

Length, 348 feet. Breadth, 69 feet 3 inches. Mean Draft, 24 feet. Displacement, 10,288 tons. Speed, 16.79 knots. Bunker Capacity, 1,450 tons. Batteries: Main Battery, four 13-inch breech-loading rifles, eight 8-inch breech-loading rifles. Secondary battery, twenty 6-pounder rapid fire guns, two 1-pounder rapid fire guns, four automatic guns, caliber .30. Armor: Belt, 18 inches; turrets, 15 inches; barbettes, 17 inches; deck, 2 3/4 inches. Complement: 35 officers, 560 men. Built at San Francisco, California. Launched October 26, 1893.

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