In February 1941, "Oregon" was redesignated . Due to the outbreak of World War II, it was decided that the scrap value of the ship was more important than her historical value, so she was sold. Her stripped hulk was later returned to the Navy and used as an ammunition barge during the battle of Guam, where she remained for several years. During a typhoon in November 1948, she broke loose and drifted out to sea. She was located southeast of Guam and towed back. She was sold on 15 March 1956 and scrapped in Japan.