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	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 (223 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ship naming and launching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		USS Plymouth, a sloop-of-war, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for a town in Massachusetts on Plymouth Bay, 18 miles southeast of Brockton, Massachusetts; founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
		USS Merrimack (1855), a screw frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Merrimack River, a river formed by the junction of Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee Rivers at Franklin, New Hampshire.
		USS California (BB-44), a Tennessee-class battleship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 31st state.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/ship-naming-and-launching (4390 words)

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		Los Angeles is the largest county in California by population and Alpine is the smallest.
		California is located on the west coast of the United States and has nearly every kind of landform that can be found in the country.
		California is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
	www.geocities.com /statesaz/California.html (3957 words)

	Steamship Types
		USS Missouri, a 3220-ton steam frigate of the Mississippi class, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		USS California, a 3954-ton Guerriere class screw steamer, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, as part of an extensive mid-Civil War program of large warship contruction.
		USS Naugatuck, a 192-ton twin screw steamer built at New York City in 1844, was converted to a gunboat early in the Civil War by Edwin A. Stevens to demonstrate the merits of his ongoing "Stevens Battery" project.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/steam1.htm (3936 words)

	California's Ships: California's Battleship: The Story of USS Oregon
		The first California militia ship was the USS MARION, a wooden sloop of the third class built in 1839 and assigned to the naval militia on January 20, 1898.
		Southern California was served by stationing at San Diego the USS PINTA, a Civil War steamer being a sloop of the fourth class.
		OREGON was assigned to California as a reserve Commission ship meaning she was assigned to duty with the Naval Militia but regularly in command of a naval officer having a crew of about thirty-five men for the proper care and preservation of the ship.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Oregon2.html (4340 words)

	USS Vincennes (1826) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Vincennes was the first United States warship to circumnavigate the globe.
		On 2 July 1850, while lying off Guayaquil, Ecuador, she harbored the Ecuadoran revolutionary General Elizalde for three days during one of that country's frequent civil disturbances.
		Sailing on to San Francisco, California, the vessel lost 36 members of her crew to the gold fever sweeping California at the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Vincennes_(1826) (1269 words)

	VIP Letters To CO
		As USS CALIFORNIA (DLGN 36) breaks her commissioning pennant and joins the active forces of the United States, it is a distinct honor to convey to you, your officiers and men a hearty "welcome" to the Cruiser-Destroyer Force.
		USS CALIFORNIA has sailed the seven seas protecting America's interests, completing around the world cruises and serving in the four number fleets of the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets.
		The USS CALIFORNIA holds an impressive record of conduct, performance and devotion to duty which reflects her allegiance to the highest standard of the military profession.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/6636/zletters.html (1971 words)

	Wampanoag
		USS Neshaminy, a 3850-ton steam frigate of the first rate, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers.
		USS Chattanooga, a 3043-ton steam sloop, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the smallest of a group of large, very fast, steam cruisers begun during the Civil War.
		USS Idaho (1866-1874) USS Idaho, a 3241-ton steam sloop, was built at New York as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/wampanoag.htm (3731 words)

	USS California - TheBestLinks.com - Battleship, Thomas Edison, United States Navy, World War I, ...
		USS California, Battleship, California, Thomas Edison, United States Navy...
		Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS California in honor of the 31th state.
		At one time, BB-40 was to have been the new California, but that ship was actually commissioned (and the class actually named for) USS New Mexico (BB-40).
	www.thebestlinks.com /USS_California.html (305 words)

	USS California
		The second USS California (ACR-6), a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser later renamed San Diego, saw action escorting convoys during World War I.
		California was renamed San Diego to free up her name for the lead ship of a new class of battleship.
		The fifth USS California (BB-44), a New Mexico-class battleship, saw action in World War II.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_california.html (243 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The oldest commissioned warship in the US Navy is USS Constitution, better known as "Old Ironsides", a frigate launched 21 October 1797 1790s.
		Early frigates were armed with nine-pounder (4 kg) guns, development soon led to 12 and 18 pounder (5 and 8 kg) armed frigates, and at the turn of the century the biggest ones even carried 24 pounder (11 kg) main batteries.
		USS Bainbridge (DLGN/CGN-25) (Struck 6 October 1995) - Bainbridge was a nuclear-powered Leahy.
	istanbulhotelsguide.info /index.php?title=Frigate (1243 words)

	Ships of Interest
		The US Sloop of War Erie was launched November 3rd 1813 by Thomas Kemp, in Baltimore MD and first put to sea on March 20th 1814, under the command of Commander C.G. Ridgely.
		When the Mexican War opened, Erie was in the Hawaiian Islands, but she returned to the coasts of Mexico, California and Panama in August 1846 to supply the fleet in its operations at sea and in landings.
		She was acquired by the United States Navy and commissioned USS Niagara in 1917.
	www.brigniagara.org /shipsofinterest.htm (1445 words)

	Portsmouth Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As the political authority of the United States, in Washington, considered war with Mexico, the naval force in the northern Pacific considered its options.
		It had been given instructions to seize all of California at the first sign of hostilities.
		A smooth diplomatic manuever could have acquired all of California without the loss of life, and with very few shots fired.
	www.sfo.com /~paterson/portsmouth/portsmouthstory.htm (540 words)

	About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		My first summer was incredible, I got very close to Karen as she was the cook and we spent much time cooped up in a small galley.
		She was absolutely beautiful, a replica of her namesake that fought in the war of 1812.
		This is something he did, and the only regret I hold is not being able to tell him how my life changed after his passing, how after a lengthy battle against cancer and mounting bills, I became a tallship sailor.
	www.thalassiccharter.com /about.html (1070 words)

	Portsmouth Project
		The news buzzed through the crew of the Sloop-of-War USS Portsmouth at 7 pm that July 8th, 1846.
		The capital of California was now declared to be part of the United States, a declaration made secure by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo some 19 months later.
		While the guns of the Portsmouth boomed out the national salute and the crew cheered, the stars and stripes rose to the breeze and the era of American California began.
	www.sfo.com /~paterson/portsmouth/watsonwar.htm (676 words)

	U.S.S. Alabama
		The keel of the USS ALABAMA (BB-60) was laid at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 1 February 1940, the sixth vessel to bear the name of Alabama.
		She was sunk by the USS KEARSARGE off Cherbourg, France in 1864.
		Her hulk, after lying on the bottom of Chesapeake Bay, where she had been sunk on 27 September 1921, was sold on 19 March 1924.
	www.ussalabama.com /html/history/index.php (1992 words)

	WBSHA -Events Calendar
		The spar torpedo embedded in the sloop’s wooden side was detonated by a rope as Hunley backed away.
		The California Tour is a fundraising event by the Friends of the Hunley for the restoration effort.
		The California Tour is supported by the National Civil War Association and the War Between the States Historical Association.
	www.wbsha.org /events_hunley.htm (350 words)

	USS Alaric - Carolina Communicator - November 2001 Issue
		The U.S.S. Alaric, a starship in Starfleet's Region One, is the science flagship for Region One.
		Since the USS Alaric is the science flagship of STARFLEET's Region One, we'll be having a special science presentation.
		The USS Housatonic was a Federal sloop-of-war built in 1861 by the Boston Navy Yard.
	www.ussalaric.org /cc/cc0111.htm (6147 words)

	A 1958 History of Pearl Harbor and Our Shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This was USS California, flagship of the Pacific Station, which threaded her way to an anchorage on December 15, 1911.
		The armored cruiser was crammed with local celebrities and dignitaries as she broke a blue ribbon stretched across her path, and a parade of small craft was strung out behind her.
		USS Oklahoma was overturned, and 1102 bodies were encased forever in the sunken Arizona.
	www.navy.mil /search/print_bbs.asp?bbs_id=732 (4292 words)

	USN Ships--USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
		USS Kearsarge, a 1550-ton Mohican class steam sloop of war, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 Civil War emergency shipbuilding program.
		In 1873-78, she was back in commission, cruising in Asiatic waters until September 1877, then transiting the Suez Canal to return to the U.S. East coast, where she decommissioned in early 1878.
		An effort to salvage her proved fruitless, and USS Kearsarge was stricken from the Navy List later in the year.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/kearsarg.htm (909 words)

	The world's top uss hornet websites
		The first USS Hornet was a ten-gun sloop commissioned in 1775, and served in the American Revolutionary War.
		The third Hornet was a brig-rigged sloop of war was launched on 28 July 1805 in Baltimore and commissioned on 18 October.
		She later recovered both Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 crews, and is preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/uss_hornet (441 words)

	USS Portsmouth (1843) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The second USS Portsmouth was a wooden sloop in the United States Navy during the mid 1800s.
		Portsmouth sailed 25 January 1845 for the Mexican coast where she was engaged in watching the movements of British vessels.
		After the declaration of war with Mexico, 26 April 1846, she shifted to the Pacific and into 1848 cruised off California and Mexico.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Portsmouth-(1843).htm (514 words)

	USS Vincennes Sloop-of-War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The coast along which the American vessel sailed is today known as Wilkesland, a name given on German maps as early as 1841.
		On November 1st, the sloop once again set a course for the far east, arriving in Manila Bay in early January 1842.
		From there, Vincennes set sail on the long westward leg home, arriving in Sandy Hook, New Jersey on June 10, 1842, almost four years after the beginning of the expedition (completing her third trip around the world).
	www.foxinternet.net /web2/dilbert/vincennes/sloop/sl_hist_2.htm (247 words)

	THE MEXICAN WAR - USS Dale in Mexican Waters
		The exigencies of service in California had made this novelty a necessity because of the absence of the Army and the small number of marines available.
		The sighting of another sail in those remote seas was a rarity, and day after day passed with nothing to greet the eye but rolling seas, white caps, horizon, clouds and sky.
		Further restrictions were imposed in 1851-53 under laws sponsored by Commodore R. Stockton, the conqueror of California who had then become a Senator from New Jersey.
	www.aztecclub.com /meyers/meyers13.htm (693 words)

	USS Roebuck
		On 11 January 1864, she made a prize of English schooner Suzan; and on the 19th, she caught British schooner Eliza attempting to escape from the Confederate coast laden with cotton.
		British sloop, Nina surrendered to the bark on the 27th, the same day she burned Nassau schooner, Rebel.
		On the 30th, a boat crew from Roebuck took possession of sloop, Last Resort and, on 10 July, Nassau schooner, Terrapias, struck her colors to the bark.
	www.multied.com /Navy/Brigatines/roebuck.html (544 words)

	USS Narragansett
		The first Narragansett, a 2nd class screw sloop built at the Boston Navy Yard, was launched 15 February 1859, and commissioned 6 November 1859, Comdr.
		On her return from this eruise, the sloop was assigned special duty in connection with the survey and examination of the steamer routes along the coasts of California and Mexico.
		Detached from that duty in 1875, she entered the Mare Island shipyard where she decommissioned and was laid up until 3 November 1883, when she was sold to Wm.
	www.multied.com /navy/CWNavy/narragansett.html (254 words)

	PROVSAILINGCLUB
		We eventually started training those who were interested in learning the fine art of sailing; gradually earning certification and membership in the USS Providence Sailing Club in various classes of sailboats.
		The USS Providence Sailing Team (Skipper: Sam Villa; Crew: Tom Trumble, Don Dame, Vic L'heureux, and Don Farmer) did come in last but put on a good show.
		Highlights include a near Mutiny, Coast Guard Interdiction and one crew member who was a hero jumping from a 30 foot pier in the dark of night into the cold Monterey waters saving a father and son who lay unconscious against the pilings in the dark murky waters.
	www.ussprovidence.org /PROVSAILINGCLUB.html (346 words)

	West Sea Co. NAVY, USLHS, USLSS & MILITARY Catalog Page 5
		U.S.S. was one of a handful of lighter-than-air-craft commissioned in the U.S. Navy and certainly the most famous.
		U.S.S. This pleasing period photograph is colorfully hand painted in watercolor and gouache depicting the sailor in the early style dress blue jumper uniform with characteristic flat hat and lanyard.
		The 2,900 ton screw sloop was launched on November 22, 1858 at the Boston Navy Yard and commissioned on May 27, 1859.
	www.westsea.com /tsg3/catlocker/cat05chart.htm (8811 words)

	Eugene E. Grenier
		The keel of USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was laid on June 22, 1968 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia.
		On August 18 and 19, 1981 during its fourth deployment, Nimitz and USS FORRESTAL conducted an open ocean missile exercise in the Gulf of Sidra near what Libyan leader Khadafi called the "Line of Death." On the morning of August 19, two Nimitz aircraft from VF-41 were fired upon by Libyan pilots.
		So I left the Nimitz on December 5th 1988 while she was on west pac and flew to to the USS MARS and then to Oman.
	www.angelfire.com /va2/coldwar/me.html (4014 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS St. Mary's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When the Mexican-American War began in May 1846, she was assigned to blockade duty off Tampico and remained there intermittently through May 1847.
		Mary's was assigned to the Pacific Squadron, with which she cruised between California, Chile, and the Far East for five years.
		After a refit at Philadelphia, she returned to the Pacific for a further two years.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_079300_ussstmarys.htm (315 words)

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