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The second USS California (ACR-6), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. Construction and commissioning
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; USS San Diego (AFS-6), a combat stores ship in service from 1969 to 1997
CA-1, CA-6 and CA-10 were never used, as ACR-1 Maine, ACR-6 California/San Diego and ACR-10 Tennessee/Memphis were lost prior to the 1920 redesignation, and their sisters' original hull numbers were carried over. CA-20 through CA-23 were skipped with the merger of the CA and CL sequences, which allowed the reclassification of the Washington ...
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USS San Carlos ; USS San Clemente ; USS San Diego (ACR-6/CA-6, CL-53/CLAA-53, AFS-6/T-AFS-6, LPD-22) USS San Felipe (YFB-12, YFB-57, YFB-79) USS San Francisco (C-5/CM-2, CA-38, SSN-711, SSN-810) USS San Jacinto (1850, CV-30/CVL-30/AVT-5, CG-56) USS San Joaquin (1876, AKA-109) USS San Joaquin County ; USS San Jose (AFS-7/T-AFS-7)
[5] [6] Later in war, the Army Engineers passed down demolition jobs to the U.S. Navy. It then became the Navy's responsibility to clear any obstacles and defenses in the near shore area. [citation needed] A memorial to the founding of the UDT has been built at Bellows Air Force Station near the original Amphibious Training Base (ATB) in Oahu.
USS Atlanta (CL-51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of eight light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta , Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval battles Midway and the Eastern Solomons .
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...