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Launch of USS California at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1919; note the sponsor Mrs. R. T. Zane (left, woman with hat), a bugler (center), a motion picture camera with its operator, and a US Navy captain (waving hat) on the platformDiagram of the Officers Station of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleshipsLongitudinal diagram of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleshipsTransverse diagram of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleships
Launch of USS California at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1919; note the sponsor Mrs. R. T. Zane (left, woman with hat), a bugler (center), a motion picture camera with its operator, and a US Navy captain (waving hat) on the platformDiagram of the Officers Station of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleshipsLongitudinal diagram of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleshipsTransverse diagram of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleships
California steaming at high speed, circa 1921California underway circa 1921Christmas party for disadvantaged children, San Pedro, California, aboard the USS California, 1921Tennessee anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa Feb 1921
California steaming at high speed, circa 1921California underway circa 1921Christmas party for disadvantaged children, San Pedro, California, aboard the USS California, 1921Tennessee anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa Feb 1921
Battleship USS Tennessee in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late in 1921.US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 1923USS fleet in Panama Bay, 1 Mar 1923The US Navy
Battleship USS Tennessee in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late in 1921.US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 1923USS fleet in Panama Bay, 1 Mar 1923The US Navy's first flattop aircraft carrier, USS Langley (Langley-class), at anchor with 7 battleships in Culebra Harbor, Culebra, Puerto Rico, 18 Mar 1926. See Comment below.
California underway during the 1930sAdmiral R. H. Leigh inspecting crew of California, 1932Aerial view of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States with the Manette Bridge over the Port Washington Narrows in the background, 1932.California firing 5-inch/51 guns in night battle practice, 1933
California underway during the 1930sAdmiral R. H. Leigh inspecting crew of California, 1932Aerial view of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States with the Manette Bridge over the Port Washington Narrows in the background, 1932.California firing 5-inch/51 guns in night battle practice, 1933
Cruiser USS Chester at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1936. Note six battleships on Battleship Row and cruisers Minneapolis and New Orleans (New Orleans-class) at left. Note also the passenger train cars in the foreground.CaliforniaTennessee in harbor, 1938; note three SOC-3 floatplanes of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B) aboardTwo SOC-3 Seagull aircraft of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B) parked on battleship Tennessee
Cruiser USS Chester at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1936. Note six battleships on Battleship Row and cruisers Minneapolis and New Orleans (New Orleans-class) at left. Note also the passenger train cars in the foreground.California's forward 14-inch guns and her superstructure, 1938Tennessee in harbor, 1938; note three SOC-3 floatplanes of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B) aboardTwo SOC-3 Seagull aircraft of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B) parked on battleship Tennessee's after capapults, 1938

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