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	Battleships/USS California BB-44
		The fifth California (BB - 44) was launched 20 November 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs.
		On 26 March 1942 California was refloated and dry docked at Pearl Harbor for repairs.
		California departed Bremerton 31 January 1944 for shakedown at San Pedro, and sailed from San Francisco 5 May for the invasion of the Marianas.
	www.multied.com /Navy/battle/California.html (697 words)

	USS California (BB-44)
		USS California (BB-44), a Tennessee-class battleship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 31st state.
		On 25 March 1942 California was refloated and dry-docked at Pearl Harbor for repairs.
		California departed Bremerton, Washington, on 31 January 1944 for shakedown at San Pedro, California, and sailed from San Francisco, California, on 5 May for the invasion of the Marianas.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_california__bb_44_.html (821 words)

	USN Ships--USS California (BB-44)
		USS California, a 32,300-ton Tennessee class battleship, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, and commissioned in August 1921.
		USS California during the Pearl Harbor Attack; and
		Salvage and Repair of USS California, December 1941 - October 1942.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/bb44.htm (848 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS Arkansas was in the Atlantic at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		The USS California was at Pearl Harbor, as was the USS Maryland.
		It's namesake USS Lexington CV-16, after a distinguished career, was stationed in Pensacola, FL for many years and was "the" carrier that the Navy used for training pilots to land on aircraft carriers.
	www.czbrats.com /Album/Photo_Album5.htm (373 words)

	USS California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second USS California (ACR-6), a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser, was commissioned in 1907.
		The third USS California (SP-249), originally a yacht named Hauoli, served during World War I as a motor patrol boat in New York City Harbor and as an experimental platform used by Thomas Edison to test underwater listening devices.
		The sixth USS California (CGN-36), known as the "Golden Grizzly," was the lead ship of her class of a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_California (235 words)

	Stories from WWII
		I joined the USS California battleship at sea and participated in the Marianna Island invasions of Saipan, Guam, Tinian.
		The battleship USS California was sunk in the Pearl Harbor attack at Fox Pier.
		The USS California got credit for direct hits of 15 to 20 fourteen inch salvos on a Japanese ships coming down the east side of the Philippines for the planned trap there.
	www.hbo.com /apps/band/site/client/stories/curated_story.jsp?exid=1109 (828 words)

	USS California during the Pearl Harbor Attack
		USS California (BB-44), flagship of the Battle Force, was hit forward and aft by two Japanese torpedoes in the early minutes of the Pearl Harbor raid.
		USS California (BB-44) slowly sinking alongside Ford Island as a result of bomb and torpedo damage, 7 December 1941.
		USS Shaw (DD-373) is burning in the floating dry dock YFD-2 in the left distance.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-ca.htm (765 words)

	BB-43 Tennessee Class
		The USS TENNESSEE and USS CALIFORNIA BB-44 were the first US Navy battleships that did not have the casement gun positions mounted in hull, thus giving these ships a much cleaner appearance and reducing wetness forward.
		Following that disaster, the sunken California was out of the war for over two years, but the relatively lightly-damaged Tennessee was back in service by early 1942.
		California, which needed extensive repair of her Pearl Harbor damage, was finished in early 1944.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/bb-43.htm (439 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Pearl Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.
		USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth.
		USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.
	www.snopes.com /photos/military/pearlharbor.asp (569 words)

	Glen Turner on Battleship Row
		On the USS California, December 7th 1941 started like every Sunday in port except I had the 8 to 12 fo'c'sl sentry watch.
		On December 13th I along with many other USS California survivors were assigned to the heavy cruiser the USS Astoria.
		It was during the rebuilding of the California that Stella and I were married in Bremerton Washington.
	my.execpc.com /~dschaaf/turner.html (1423 words)

	Guns of USS Tuscaloosa - CA-37 - USS Wichita - CA-45 - WWII heavy cruisers
		USS Helena (CA-75) (of the later Baltimore class) shown firing her 8" guns during the Korean War.
		USS Rochester (CA-124) (of the later Oregon City class) shown in 1954 with VIPs walking past her 8" guns.
		View of 2 quad 40mm guns aboard USS California (BB-44) on 29 July 1945.
	www.geocities.com /usstuscaloosa/guns.htm (737 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS West Virginia (BB 48)
		At 1645, California cut loose a mine with her paravanes; West Virginia successfully dodged the horned menace, it being destroyed a few moments later by gunfire from one of the destroyers in the screen.
		West Virginia, meanwhile, was maintaining her position ahead of USS Maryland (BB 46), USS Mississippi (BB-41), USS Tennessee (BB-43), USS California (BB-44), and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) — four of these ships, like West Virginia, veterans of Pearl Harbor.
		Within a short time, aided by USS Putnam (DD-757) and an LCI, West Virginia closed and blasted enemy guns in an attempt to rescue her plane crew who had "dug in for the day" to await the arrival of the rescuers.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/wvirginia/bb48-wva.html (5863 words)

	Decades Picture Flip Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		USS California (BB-44) is at left, listing to port after receiving two torpedo hits.
		In the center are USS Maryland (BB-46) with the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) alongside.
		USS Neosho (AO-23) is at right, backing clear of the area.
	www.decades.com /Picture/Zoom/16/2.htm?tlvw=2 (119 words)

	USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)
		USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS is an OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class frigate and the second ship in her class heavily damaged while in action in the Persian Gulf.
		USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS is the third ship in the US Navy to bear this name.
		USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS strikes a mine while operating in the Persian Gulf.
	navysite.de /ffg/FFG58.HTM (1435 words)

	Pearl Harbor Statistics
		The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States).
		USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
		The USS QUAPAW ATF 110 (Auxiliary Tug Fleet)
	www.usshancockcv19.com /pearl_harbor_history.htm (585 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS California (BB 44)
		The fifth California (BB-44) was launched 20 November 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs.
		In the summer of 1925 California led the Battle Fleet and a division of cruisers from the Scouting Fleet on a very successful goodwill cruise to Australia and New Zealand.
		Despite valiant efforts to keep her afloat, the inrushing water could not be isolated and California settled into the mud with only her superstructure remaining above the surface.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/california/bb44-calif.html (742 words)

	USS California (BB-44) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1916 by the Mare Island Navy Yard.
		In the summer of 1925 California led the Battle Fleet and a division of cruisers from the Scouting Fleet on a very good-will cruise to Australia and New Zealand.
		On 7 June she departed under her own power for Puget Sound Navy Yard where a major reconstruction job was accomplished, including improved protection, watertight compartmenting, stability, antiaircraft battery, and fire control system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_California_(BB-44) (829 words)

	USS California
		The fifth ship to bear the name CALIFORNIA (BB- 44) was launched 20 November 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs.
		Zane; and commissioned 10 August 1921, Captain H. Ziegemeier in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet as flagship.For 20 years from 1921 until 1941, CALIFORNIA served first as flagship of the Pacific Fleet, then as flagship of the Battle Fleet (Battle Force), U.S. Fleet.
		Intensive training and superior performance won her the Battle Efficiency Pennant for 1921-22, and the Gunnery "E" for 1925-26.In the summer of 1925 CALIFORNIA led the Battle Fleet and a division of cruisers from the Scouting Fleet on a very successful good-will cruise to Australia and New Zealand.
	www.militarymuseum.org /usscalif.html (805 words)

	Battleship Photo Index BB-44 USS CALIFORNIA
		With flags flying, the stern of California (BB-44) is on the mud on Vallejo side of the channel after her launching at Mare Island Navy Yard on 20 Nov 1919.
		The California (BB-44) is seen on the mud on the Vallejo side of the Mare Island Channel after launching on 20 Nov 1919.
		Tugs are seen pulling the California (BB-44) off the mud on Vallejo side of the channel after her launching at Mare Island Navy Yard on 20 Nov 1919.
	www.navsource.org /archives/01/44a.htm (1322 words)

	Naval Station Pearl Harbor
		It was attacked and reported sunk by the destroyer USS WARD (DD 139) and a patrol plane.
		The USS CALIFORNIA (BB 44), USS MARYLAND (BB 46), USS TENNESSEE (BB 43) and USS NEVADA (BB 36) also suffered varying degrees of damage in the first half hour of the raid.
		At that time the USS NEVADA (BB 36), despite her wounds, managed to get underway and move down the channel toward the open sea.
	www.navysite.de /homeports/pearlharbor.htm (1720 words)

	John H. McGoran
		My duty there was over and I was sent to the battleship USS California (BB-44), then in Bremerton, Washington undergoing repairs.
		I was reassigned December 14, 1941 to the light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) on which I stayed until WWII ended at Tokyo Bay, Japan September 2, 1945.
		The USS Detroit was present for the ceremony.
	hometown.aol.com /jhmcgoran (441 words)

	USS California BB - 44 Construction Log
		From the California Armory will be versions of the proposed MK-V Advanced Canister Cannon.
		The ability of the ship to cover most arcs adequately, utilizing several turret combinations, allows for directed fire towards any threat, from a great many angles.
		The California Project feels that standard cannon designs and control systems are not capable of making the best possible use of this class’s excellent firepower potential, and recognizes that, for optimum advantage, some form of intelligent electronic assistance is required for rotation and depression control.
	www.rcwarships.com /rcwarships/bb44/log.html (956 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS New York served in both oceans during WWII and its last day of commission was 1 July 1946.
		After battle duty, the USS Lexington was stationed in Pensacola, FL, for many years and was "the" carrier that the Navy used for training pilots to land on aircraft carriers.
		Headed for the scrap heap, a few cities decided to bid for her and turn her into a floating museum.
	www.czbrats.com /Photo_Album5.htm (316 words)

	memoirs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After 14 months on the California, I requested submarine school and was sent to New London for training.
		On 7 December, 1941, I was on board the USS DOLPHIN (SS-169) moored to pier 4 at the submarine base, Pearl Harbor.
		My rate at the time was machinist mate 2c, At approximately 0800, another machinist mate 2c by the name of George Baker (deceased) and I were on the dock preparing to start a battery charge when we noticed aircraft diving on Ford Island and dropping something.
	www.homestead.com /USSVI/memoirs.html (2516 words)

	USS California (BB-44) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941
		At 1015 the order to abandon ship was cancelled, flames from the water having cleared the ship and battle stations topside were manned and a large number of men returned from the beach to resume work.
		The conduct of all California officers and men during the attack and subsequent fire was excellent and cool and they performed their duties in the manner fitting the best traditions of the Naval Service.
		Prior to the air raid by the Japanese Air Forces on December 7, 1941, the U.S.S. California was berthed at Fox-Three, starboard side to with boiler #1 in use for auxiliary purposes.
	www.history.navy.mil /docs/wwii/pearl/ph29.htm (2895 words)

	Museum Models (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For example, the Iowa state capitol has a very nice large scale model of the USS Iowa on display.; I would like to see pictures of her.
		USS Missouri (BB-11) by John Haynes at the USS Missouri Museum, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
		USS Arizona and IJN Akagi Models at the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii
	wmunderway.8m.com /museum/museum.htm (288 words)

	John McGoran on USS California
		The morning of December 7, 1941 was typical of any Sunday morning aboard the battleship USS CALIFORNIA.
		My billet for meals was the Marines' casemate #8 (an armored enclosure for a gun) located portside midship, just where the forecastle breaks and a ladder leads down to the quarter-deck.
		The coxswain maneuvered the motor launch from between the two battleships and motored around the whale shaped hull of the capsized OKLAHOMA and went to the USS WEST VIRGINIA.
	my.execpc.com /~dschaaf/mcgoran.html (1943 words)

	USA 14"/50 (35.6 cm) Mark 7, Mark 11 and Mark B
		At Surigao Strait, USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS California (BB-44) reported pattern sizes of 300 to 400 yards (275 to 365 m) for six and nine gun salvos at 20,000 yards (18,300 m), which was not appreciably different than that achieved by the newer battleships during the war.
		The 14"/50 (35.6 cm) Mark B was the original gun intended for the North Carolina (BB-55) class battleships.
		USS Tennessee and USS California Action Reports from Surigao Strait Battle
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_14-50_mk11.htm (795 words)

	MaritimeQuest - USS California BB-44 Ship's History
		Collided with USS Tennessee BB-43 which damaged the bow
		44 of the crew were killed and 155 were wounded
		44 crewmen killed by Kamikaze attack at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
	www.maritimequest.com /warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_california_bb44_data.htm (202 words)

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