Battleship USS Oregon at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), going into commission for the second time on August 29, 1911.  The USS Oregon was the first battleship to be docked at PSNS, and was part of then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Teddy Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet."  The USS Oregon played a crucial role in ending the Battle of Santiago in July 1898, as part of the Cuban portion of the Spanish American War.  She was also used to guard the Pacific Coast during World War I.  A series of decommissionings and recommissionings occurred for the USS Oregon during the early part of the twentieth century.  By 1925, the former battleship was turned into a floating monument in Portland, Oregon.  The Governor of Oregon decided to gift the USS Oregon back to the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, as a replacement for the ships lost in the attack.  The once proud battleship was ultimately stripped and used as a floating ammunition magazine in 1943, and ended up in Guam.  After the war, the remains of the ship were abandoned suffering a fierce hurricane.  She was ripped from her moorings and, amazingly, found over 500 miles away still intact!  The hulk of the USS Oregon was scrapped in Japan in 1956.  The only remains were returned to Portland for use as memorials.