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USS California (BB-44) was the second of two Tennessee-class battleships built for the United States Navy between her keel laying in October 1916 and her commissioning in August 1921. The Tennessee class was part of the standard series of twelve battleships built in the 1910s and 1920s, and were developments of the preceding New Mexico class.
Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.
USS California (BB-44) was hit by two torpedoes and an 800 kg bomb, leaving her sunk in shallow water during the Pearl Harbor raid. She was raised and underwent major reconstruction to modernize the ship, rejoining the fleet in May 1944. While underway on 23 Aug, USS Tennessee collided with California after a steering
California: BB-44 Sunk, floated, rebuilt by January 1944 at Puget Sound Moored starboard side to, at berth F-3. Maryland: BB-46 Damaged, two bomb hits, repaired by February 26, 1942 at Puget Sound Moored on Battleship row, inboard of Oklahoma at berth F-5, forward of Tennessee: West Virginia: BB-48 Sunk, floated, rebuilt by July 1944 at Puget Sound
California continued operations off the Philippines, though Tennessee was recalled for a refit at Puget Sound. During the Battle of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945, California was hit by a kamikaze suicide plane, though she shot down a second attacker. She was not seriously damaged, but her crew suffered heavy casualties, with over 50 killed and ...
USS California (SP-647) was a motor patrol boat in San Francisco Harbor during World War I. USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship active in World War II; USS California (CGN-36) was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers; known as the "Golden Grizzly." USS California (SSN-781) is a Virginia-class ...
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BB-42 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden: 20 January 1915 30 June 1917 24 March 1919 3 July 1946 Broken up at Newark, 1947 Tennessee: Tennessee: BB-43 New York Naval Shipyard: 14 May 1917 30 April 1919 3 June 1920 14 February 1947 Struck 1 March 1959; sold for scrap, 10 July 1959 California: BB-44 Mare Island Naval Shipyard: 25 October 1916