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Photo gallery of USS 'California / San Diego' at NavSource Naval History; hazegray.org: USS California / San Diego; USS San Diego Lost at Sea Memorial Unveiled (23 May 2019), video produced for U.S. WWI Centennial Commission. USS San Diego Shipwreck Expo site; Catalogue of ship's and crew's libraries of the U.S.S. California (1905)
USS San Diego may refer to: USS San Diego (CA-6) , originally the armored cruiser California (1907–1914); renamed San Diego (1914–1918) USS San Diego (CL-53) , a light cruiser commissioned in 1942 in service throughout the Pacific War, and decommissioned 1946
A mine laid by U-156 is often credited with the loss of the cruiser USS San Diego on 19 July 1918, ten miles southeast of Fire Island, New York. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 21 July 1918 U-156 opened fire on a beach and marsh within the boundaries of the American town of Orleans, Massachusetts , and several nearby merchant vessels.
USS San Diego was the only U.S. Navy capital ship lost in the war. [13] The only lightvessel of the lost in combat was Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71. On August 6, she was patrolling off North Carolina's Diamond Shoals when she encounter a sinking cargo ship, Merak, a victim of U-140. USS Mount Vernon on September 5 after being torpedoed.
1918 United States: USS San Diego - On 19 July, San Diego was steaming northeast of the Fire Island Lightship when an explosion occurred on the cruiser's port side adjacent to the port engine room and well below the waterline. SM U-156 had earlier laid a number of mines along the south shore of Long Island. She sank in 28 minutes with the loss ...
The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...
USS San Diego: Cruiser United States Navy: 13,680 19 July 1918: U-156: Richard Feldt Carpathia: Passenger ship United Kingdom: 13,603 17 July 1918: U-55: Wilhelm Werner Torpedoed Minneapolis: Troop ship United Kingdom: 13,543 23 March 1916: U-35: Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière: Minnetonka: Troop ship United Kingdom: 13,528 30 January 1918: U ...
USS Maine (ACR-1) USS San Diego (ACR-6) USS Tennessee (ACR-10) Officially these ships were e.g., "Armored Cruiser No. 1". Unofficially, top naval officers initially referred to these ships as battleships because they cost almost as much, shared many features with them, and were intended to accompany them in fleet actions; they took care to ...