See the Oregon Military Department Records Guide, 1847-1986 for an agency history, images, web links and detailed descriptions of Oregon Military Department records held by the Oregon State Archives. Also see the Life on the Home Front and Oregon at War exhibits.
The largest giant squid recorded by scientists measured 43 feet (12 meters) long, according to Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Faked photo of a giant squid supposedly found In California.
Squids range in size from the giant squid (Architeuthis sp.) to the smallest Idiosepius sp. The largest giant squid ever recorded (Architeuthis princeps) was captured in 1878. One of the arms (probably a tentacle) measured 35 feet long. It is estimated that the animal weighed in the neighbourhood of 4000 pounds.