The 358 foot long US battleship Oregon, (BB-3) which carried US Marine Corps Pvt. Harry Fisher to China during the Boxer Rebellion, was completed in 1896 and is shown above in the photograph taken in 1899. The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient was
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