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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 platformUSS California steaming at high speed in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, United States, circa 1921USS California underway, circa 1921Christmas holiday party for disadvantaged children of San Pedro, California, United States aboard battleship USS California, Dec 1921
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 platformUSS California steaming at high speed in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, United States, circa 1921USS California underway, circa 1921Christmas holiday party for disadvantaged children of San Pedro, California, United States aboard battleship USS California, Dec 1921
US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 1923The US NavyAdmiral Richard Leigh inspecting the crew of his flagship USS California at the shipUSS California firing her starboard 5-inch/51 secondary guns in night battle practice, 1933
US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 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.Admiral Richard Leigh inspecting the crew of his flagship USS California at the ship's forecastle, 1932USS California firing her starboard 5-inch/51 secondary guns in night battle practice, 1933
USS California at sea, circa mid-1930sCruiser 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.USS CaliforniaView on battleship California, looking aft from inside a SOC-3 floatplane atop the turret # 3 catapult, showing two more SOC-3 aircraft, 1938
USS California at sea, circa mid-1930sCruiser 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.USS California's forward 14-inch guns and her superstructure, 1938View on battleship California, looking aft from inside a SOC-3 floatplane atop the turret # 3 catapult, showing two more SOC-3 aircraft, 1938
Liberty party from battleship California prepared to go ashore, 1940; note SOC-3 floatplanes atop Turret #3 and on after catapultPearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Ford Island Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, May 2, 1940.Aerial view of Ford Island and Pearl Harbor’s East Loch anchorage, 3 May 1940. Note 8 battleships along Battleship Row and 2 more across the channel at the 1010 Dock. Note also carrier Yorktown (Yorktown-class).A view down Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row about an hour after the Japanese air attack began, 0850, 7 Dec 1941. Note battleship USS California listing in the foreground and the capsized Oklahoma beyond.
Liberty party from battleship California prepared to go ashore, 1940; note SOC-3 floatplanes atop Turret #3 and on after catapultPearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Ford Island Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, May 2, 1940.Aerial view of Ford Island and Pearl Harbor’s East Loch anchorage, 3 May 1940. Note 8 battleships along Battleship Row and 2 more across the channel at the 1010 Dock. Note also carrier Yorktown (Yorktown-class).A view down Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row about an hour after the Japanese air attack began, 0850, 7 Dec 1941. Note battleship USS California listing in the foreground and the capsized Oklahoma beyond.
A view down Pearl Harbor’s main channel during the Japanese air attack, 7 Dec 1941. Note the battleship USS California listing and sinking and note the Ford Island water tower at right.Aerial view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken from a Japanese aircraftAttack on Stern view of USS California listing to port, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941
A view down Pearl Harbor’s main channel during the Japanese air attack, 7 Dec 1941. Note the battleship USS California listing and sinking and note the Ford Island water tower at right.Aerial view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken from a Japanese aircraftAttack on 'Battleship Row' of Pearl Harbor, seen from a Japanese aircraft, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941Stern view of USS California listing to port, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941

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