USS California

USS California, hull number BB-44, was the second of two Tennessee-class battleships built for the United States Navy between her keel laying in October 1916 and her commissioning in August 1921. The Tennessee class was part of the standard series of twelve battleships built in the 1910s and 1920s, and were developments of the preceding New Mexico class. They were armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets. California served as the flagship of the Battle Fleet in the Pacific Ocean for the duration of her peacetime career. She spent the 1920s and 1930s participating in routine fleet training exercises, including the annual Fleet Problems, and cruises around the Americas and further abroad, such as a goodwill visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1925.

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speed 21 knot, 
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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1916-10-25T00:00:00Z

1916-10-25T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1947-02-14T00:00:00Z

1947-02-14T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1919-11-20T00:00:00Z

1919-11-20T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1921-08-10T00:00:00Z

1921-08-10T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

The USS California docking at Honolulu Harbor by Aloha Tower, May 15, 1928. (67d42b6b-1dd8-b71b-0bcd-ead33ae83b48)

USS California at 1927 naval review NARA 19-LC-19C

USS California forward torpedo damage (0dbf9cdb-1dd8-b71b-0b9f-57d01d5df055)

USS California (BB-44) - 80-G-166187

Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10189, Schlachtkreuzer "Kalifornia"

Admiral Richard H. Leigh, USN - NH 55553

USS California (BB-44) - NH 55030

USS California (BB-44) - NH 82114 (cropped)

View of Puget Sound Navy Yard and Bremerton, circa in March 1945

USS California (BB-44) - NH 81424

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		The USS California docking at Honolulu Harbor by Aloha Tower, May 15, 1928. (67d42b6b-1dd8-b71b-0bcd-ead33ae83b48)		Commons
commons	image		USS California at 1927 naval review NARA 19-LC-19C		Commons
commons	image		USS California forward torpedo damage (0dbf9cdb-1dd8-b71b-0b9f-57d01d5df055)		Commons
commons	image		USS California (BB-44) - 80-G-166187		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10189, Schlachtkreuzer "Kalifornia"		Commons
commons	image		Admiral Richard H. Leigh, USN - NH 55553		Commons
commons	image		USS California (BB-44) - NH 55030		Commons
commons	image		USS California (BB-44) - NH 82114 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		View of Puget Sound Navy Yard and Bremerton, circa in March 1945		Commons
commons	image		USS California (BB-44) - NH 81424		Commons