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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
USS California steaming at high speed in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, United States, circa 1921USS California underway, circa 1921Tennessee anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa Feb 1921Battleship USS Tennessee in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late in 1921.
USS California steaming at high speed in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, United States, circa 1921USS California underway, circa 1921Tennessee anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa Feb 1921Battleship USS Tennessee in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late in 1921.
Christmas holiday party for disadvantaged children of San Pedro, California, United States aboard battleship USS California, Dec 1921US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 1923USS fleet in Panama Bay, 1 Mar 1923The US Navy
Christmas holiday party for disadvantaged children of San Pedro, California, United States aboard battleship USS California, Dec 1921US 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.
Admiral Richard Leigh inspecting the crew of his flagship USS California at the shipAerial view of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States with the Manette Bridge over the Port Washington Narrows in the background, 1932.USS California firing her starboard 5-inch/51 secondary guns in night battle practice, 1933USS California at sea, circa mid-1930s
Admiral Richard Leigh inspecting the crew of his flagship USS California at the ship's forecastle, 1932Aerial view of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States with the Manette Bridge over the Port Washington Narrows in the background, 1932.USS California firing her starboard 5-inch/51 secondary guns in night battle practice, 1933USS California at sea, circa mid-1930s
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.Tennessee 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 TennesseeUSS California
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.Tennessee 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, 1938USS California's forward 14-inch guns and her superstructure, 1938

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