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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 .
USS California (CGN-36), the lead ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, was the sixth warship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of California.
The USS California (BB-64) was the second of two Tennessee-class battleships. The vessel saw service throughout World War II, including being targeted by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and in a kamikaze strike, both of which she survived.
USS California, a 32,300-ton Tennessee class battleship, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, and commissioned in August 1921. During the 1920s and 1930s, she actively...
Front cover from a booklet published for the California's (BB-44) Welfare Fund in 1922 by Schwabacher - Frey Stationery Co. in San Francisco, detailing the early history of the California. All the photos on this 27 page PDF are from this source.
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor and later was repaired to fight in World War II.
USS California (ACR-6) was a Pennsylvania -class cruiser commissioned in 1907, renamed San Diego in 1914 and sunk by a mine in World War I. USS California (SP-249) served during World War I as a motor patrol boat in New York City Harbor; later renamed Hauoli.
Built at the Mare Island Navy Yard in California, the battleship was commissioned on August 10, 1921, and underwent modernization in 1929-30. Displacing just over 33,000 tons fully loaded, the battleship was 624 feet long. More than 1,000 officers and enlisted men served as her crew.
USS California, a 32,300-ton Tennessee class battleship, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, and commissioned in August 1921. During the 1920s and 1930s, she actively participated in the activities of the United States Battle Fleet, often acting as flagship.
The attack decimated the ships and personnel of the fleet and thrust the United States into World War II. At the onset of the attack, the battleship USS California (BB‑44) was moored in berth F-3, just to the southwest of the other ships moored in “Battleship Row” off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor.