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	San Diego - San Diego Tickets - San Diego Events Tickets
		San Diego is a city situated in the southwestern corner of the state of California and the southwestern place of the continental United States.
		San Diego is the second largest in California and the seventh major city in the United States.
		San Diego is considered the home of various military facilities including Navy ports and Marine bases.
	www.barrystickets.com /san-diego (580 words)

	USS San Diego Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The San Diego was a light cruiser--one of four of the Atlanta class--and the only one of her sisters to survive the war unscathed.
		USS San Diego (right) in Tokyo Bay: arriving to take possession of the Yokusuka Naval Base, August 27, 1945--the first major U.S. warship to enter the homeport of the Japanese Empire at the close of World War II.
		The USS San Diego (CL-53) Memorial Association, Inc., a nonprofit 501(3)c organization, was formed with the specific goal of erecting a permanent memorial on the waterfront of San Diego to honor the valiant and remarkable service of the cruiser USS San Diego and the men who served aboard it during World War II.
	www.portofsandiego.org /sandiego_publicart/usssandiegomem.asp (1224 words)

	USS San Diego (CL-53) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Diego was laid down on 27 March 1940 by Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Grace Legler Benbough (wife of Percy J. Benbough, then-mayor of San Diego), launched on 26 July 1941, and acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 10 January 1942, Captain Benjamin F. Perry in command.
		San Diego participated in Operation Flintlock, the capture of Majuro and Kwajalein, and "Catchpole," the invasion of Eniwetok, in the Marshall Islands from 31 January to 4 March.
		On 27 August, San Diego was the first major Allied warship to enter Tokyo Bay since the beginning of the war, and she helped in the occupation of the Yokosuka Naval Base and the surrender of the Japanese battleship Nagato.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_San_Diego_(CL-53) (1138 words)

	California Naval History: The U.S.S. San Diego and the California Naval Militia
		The San Diego returned to duty as flagship through 12 February 1917, when she went into reserve status until the opening of World War I. Placed in full commission 7 April, the cruiser operated as flagship for Commander, Patrol Force Pacific Fleet (1).
		San Diego's essential mission was the escort of convoys through the first dangerous leg of their passages to Europe.
		The USS San Diego was the only major warship lost by the United States in World War I. A special note is the fact that the only California Naval Militiaman to died in World War I was a member of the Fifth Division, California Naval Militia.
	www.militarymuseum.org /USSSanDiego.html (3744 words)

	USS California/San Diego, ACR-6, WWI
		On November 6, 1915 San Diego rescues forty-eight passengers from the wreck of the Ft.
		San Diego returned to duty as flagship through 12 February 1917, when she went into reserve status until the opening of World War I. Navy recruiters were busy scouring the surrounding towns around the San Francisco area in towns like Vacaville in Solano County, looking for recruits to fill the needs of the Navy.
		San Diego’s slim bow cut through the Atlantic at an easy 15 knots, zigzagging as a precaution against the German U-boats which were harassing coastal shipping as well as ocean convoys.
	freepages.military.rootsweb.com /~cacunithistories/USS_San_Diego.html (5559 words)

	USS San Diego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first San Diego was originally the armored cruiser California (ACR-6).
		The second, San Diego (CL-53), was a light cruiser commissioned in 1942 in service throughout the Pacific War, and decommissioned 1946.
		The third, San Diego (AFS-6), was a combat store ship in service from 1969 to 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_San_Diego (173 words)

	Journal of San Diego History
		San Diego's boosters now redoubled their efforts to win the coveted appropriations for harbor improvements and naval bases, and the directors were ready as ever to capitalize on the gains they had made during these dramatic events.
		San Diego's taxpayers had supported several projects over the years to improve the harbor and waterfront for use by commercial vessels, but by this time warships were far and away the most numerous occupants of the bay's dock space, anchorages, and navigation channels.
		San Diego does not need the battleships which are held out by their deep draft, but it does need the new super-carrier Forrestal and her sister ship.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/2002-3/navy.htm (9322 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Dive Sites - USS San Diego
		California was renamed San Diego on 1 September 1914, and served as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, intermittently until a boiler explosion put her in Mare Island Navy Yard in reduced commission through the summer of 1915.
		San Diego returned to duty as flagship through 12 February 1917, when she went into reserve status until the opening of World War I.
		Since the Navy claims ownership of the San Diego, and because of its status as a war grave, it is strictly illegal to "salvage" any artifacts from the wreck anyway.
	www.njscuba.net /sites/site_uss_san_diego.html (2103 words)

	San Diego to be Homeport for USS Ronald Reagan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		San Diego to be Homeport for USS Ronald Reagan
		Congressmen Hunter and Cunningham made great efforts in Congress to ensure that San Diego be named the homeport for the USS Reagan, which is estimated to bring 3,000 jobs and $226 million annually in salaries and other carrier-related expenditures to the area.
		John C. Stennis, and the USS Nimitz, San Diego is currently the largest Navy port on the West Coast.
	www.house.gov /hunter/news_prior_2006/ussreagan.html (352 words)

	USS San Diego CL-53, The Unbeatable Ship That Nobody Ever Heard Of
		The San Diego was a light cruiser-one of four of the Atlanta class-and the only one of her sisters to survive the war unscathed.
		Returning after the war to the city for which she was named, the San Diego received a tumultuous welcome and was the center of jubilant Navy Day celebrations.
		USS San Diego CL-53 Memorial guest speaker Vice Admiral Timothy W. LaFleur, Commander Naval Surface Forces, on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy, declared LPD-22 will be the 4th ship named in honor of the city San Diego.
	www.usssandiego.org (668 words)

	USN Ships--USS San Diego (CL-53)
		She was present when USS Wasp was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September and screened Hornet during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October.
		San Diego continued in her aircraft carrier escort role as the war moved up the Solomon Islands chain in 1943.
		For the rest of the year San Diego accompanied the carriers as the war pushed into the western Pacific, leading to the capture of some of the Palau Islands in September and a beachhead on Leyte in October.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cl53.htm (1013 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Communities
		Men who served on the San Diego -- one of the war's most decorated but least known ships -- are raising money to build a memorial along Harbor Drive at the G Street Mole.
		When President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to San Diego to dedicate the new County Administration Building in July of 1938, Mayor Percy Benbough asked him if one of the Navy's new ships could be named for the city.
		There had been an earlier USS San Diego, a World War I armored cruiser that was sunk in 1918 off the coast of New York by a German mine.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/communities/uss_sandiego.html (1034 words)

	Ship review
		The San Diego was a member of the Atlanta class light cruisers, often referred to as Anti-Aircraft Cruisers (CLAA).
		When Skywave released a brand new USS Atlanta and San Diego, their version was then state of the art.
		An SA and SC radar antenna will allow you to model the San Diego at any time during her career and are much nicer than the plastic ones supplied in the kit.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/cl/cl-53/700-dr/dragon-review.html (1649 words)

	USNS San Diego (T-AFS 6)
		USNS SAN DIEGO was the sixth MARS - class Combat Stores Ship and the third ship in her class to be transferred to Military Sealift Command.
		The 2 pilots and 1 aircrew are rescued by the USS MILWAUKEE (AOR 2), 1 aircrew is killed in the accident.
		USS NORFOLK (SSN 714) collides with USS SAN DIEGO on the surface as both ships are heading out to sea, causing minor damage and no injuries.
	navysite.de /afs/afs6.htm (320 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Dive Sites - USS San Diego
		California was renamed San Diego on 1 September 1914, and served as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, intermittently until a boiler explosion put her in Mare Island Navy Yard in reduced commission through the summer of 1915.
		San Diego returned to duty as flagship through 12 February 1917, when she went into reserve status until the opening of World War I. Placed in full commission 7 April, the cruiser operated as flagship for Commander, Patrol Force Pacific Fleet, until 18 July, when she was ordered to the Atlantic Fleet.
		San Diego's essential mission was the escort of convoys through the first dangerous leg of their passages to Europe.
	njscuba.net /sites/site_uss_san_diego.html (2103 words)

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		Thousands of military families and veterans have fallen in love with the area and are fortunate enough to live and work in San Diego.
		USS San Diego will project American power to the far corners of the earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st century," England said.
		Additionally, Secretary England noted the longstanding relationship between the U.S. Navy and residents of San Diego, "San Diego is a great Navy town and one of the world's finest harbors.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/san_diego/naming.txt (380 words)

	DANFS: USS San Diego (CL-53)
		With powerful air and naval forces, the Japanese fiercely contested the American thrust and inflicted heavy damage; San Diego was the unwilling witness to the sinking of Wasp (CV-7) on 15 September and of Hornet on 26 October.
		San Diego continued on to San Francisco for installation of modern radar equipment, a combat information center and 40 millimeter antiaircraft guns to replace her obsolete 1.1" batteries.
		On 27 August (sic), San Diego was the first major Allied warship to enter Tokyo Bay since the beginning of the war, and she helped in the occupation of the Yokosuka Naval Base and the surrender of the Japanese battleship, Nagato.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/CL/cl53.html (1011 words)

	San Diego, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mission San Diego de Alcalá's fortunes declined in the 1830s after the decree of secularization was enacted, as was the case with all of the missions.
		In 1847 San Diego was a destination of the 2000 mile march of the Mormon Battalion which the built the city's first courthouse with brick.
		Downtown San Diego is delimited by San Diego Bay to the west, Hillcrest to the north, San Diego Freeway to the west, and National City to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Diego,_California (5890 words)

	EARLY BENNINGTON - USS BENNINGTON
		USS Bennington, a 1700-ton gunboat of the Yorktown class, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, and commissioned in June 1891.
		She initially served in the Atlantic and European areas, and was transferred to the Pacific in 1894.
		The total weight of her machinery was 282.65 tons, and her coal bunkers had a capacity of 391 tons, with a coal endurance (at a speed of ten knots per hour) or 4,262 knots.
	www.uss-bennington.org /early.html (1079 words)

	USS Preble-Homeport San Diego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		You are not required to obtain a San Diego decal while assigned to PREBLE, provided you have a valid decal from another base.
		If you plan on driving, there are several routes into San Diego: Interstate 8 from the east, Interstate 5 from the north and Interstate 15 from the northeast.
		A complete description of San Diego housing information is available in the enclosed directory entitled "Assignment San Diego", with a complete description of options and services to assist you and your family into your new residence.
	www.preble.navy.mil /sandiego.htm (685 words)

	SanDiego
		The USS San Diego lies upside-down on the bottom in 110 feet of water off the coast of Fire Island, New York.
		Before her demise she was actually originally commissioned as the USS California and had the illustrious distinction of serving in Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet sailing around the world in a demonstration of US Naval might.
		This is one of several six-inch guns on the San Diego.
	mysite.verizon.net /adonn/SanDiego.html (414 words)

	USS San Diego, Underwater Photography, Scuba Diving, Stock Images, Screensavers, Screen Savers, Eco-Photo Explorers, ...
		On September 1, 1914, she was renamed the USS San Diego and became the flagship of the Pacific Fleet.
		The San Diego never lost a ship that was in her watch during this time.
		Still, the San Diego continues to fascinate and attract divers from miles around as each dive to this one proud warship is a true dive into history.
	www.ecophotoexplorers.com /sandiego.asp (1004 words)

	The USS SAN DIEGO (armored Cruiser 6) Shipwreck New York and New Jersey's Wreck Valley
		The Diego held a perfect record, safely escorting all the ships she was assigned through the submarine infested North Atlantic without mishaps.
		The San Diego was the only major warship lost by the United States in World War I. The original casualty reports ranged from 30 to 40.
		As quoted from their letter to the Chief of Naval Operations, " In view of the reported condition and position of the San Diego, the Bureau is of the opinion that an attempt to salvage the vessel as a whole, or to recover any of the guns, would not be warranted".
	www.aquaexplorers.com /SanDiego.htm (1929 words)

	San Diego's USS Rainier Resupplies Connie - Local News
		One of the ships in the Constellation's battle group, the USS Rainier, pulled up this week next to the aircraft carrier and delivered fuel, both jet and diesel for the boilers.
		The Rainier is a supply workhorse for the battle group, with 167 "customers" since its deployment from San Diego, reported Walker.
		Complicating the Rainier task of supplying the Constellation was its efforts to refuel another ship from San Diego, the frigate USS Thatch, at the same time.
	www.nbcsandiego.com /news/2071954/detail.html (447 words)

	San Diego Ticket Broker - San Diego City Tickets, Venue Information, Event Schedules Tickets
		San Diego is a city located in the southwestern corner of the state of California and the southwestern corner of the continental United States.
		San Diego is the home of numerous military facilities including Navy ports and Marine bases.
		The San Diego Bay and the area of present day San Diego were given their present names by Sebastian Vizcaino when he was mapping the coastline of Alta California for Spain in 1602.
	www.ticketspecialists.com /cities/san_diego_city.htm (354 words)

	Ship Wrecks of New England - ACR6 - USS San Diego
		Armored Cruiser 6 was originally named the USS California, the ship that would later be renamed to the USS San Diego.
		The USS San Diego left the water of the Pacific Ocean and entered the Atlantic Ocean via the Panama Canal for the first time during July 1917.
		The ocean soon followed and within 20 minutes the USS San Diego gently rolled over and was gone, along with six of her crew.
	home.att.net /~rstinchcomb/newreck/sandiego.html (804 words)

	USN Ships--USS California (ACR-6)
		USS California, a 13,680-ton Pennsylvania class armored cruiser, was built at San Francisco, California.
		In September 1914 California was renamed San Diego to make her original name available for assignment to a battleship.
		San Diego operated as a convoy escort in the North Atlantic until 19 July 1918, when she was torpedoed and sunk off Fire Island, New York, by the German submarine U-156.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/acr6.htm (396 words)

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		Her steel hull is just 55 feet from the surface; down in the sand many of her 3 and 6 inch guns can be seen protruding out from under the hull plates and gun ports.
		The chief attraction to diving the San Diego is that it provides an excellent penetration dive.
		The San Diego has become an artificial reef that gathers fish of many species and provides the backdrop for excellent and varied diving.
	www.gohdc.com /obj_w_USS_San_Diego.html (338 words)

	San Diego California Tourist Attractions, Museums, Things to do in San Diego
		USS Midway Museum Live the adventure, and honor the legend aboard the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history.
		San Diego Museum of Man Appreciate beauty, history, anthropology, art and artifacts from ancient and contemporary cultures.
		San Diego Chinese Historical Museum A testament and tribute to Chinese settlers in San Diego, their culture and history at large.
	www.gosandiegocard.com /sandiego-attractions.html (1493 words)

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