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USS California (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 .
USS California (SSN-781), is the eighth Virginia-class submarine, and the seventh United States Navy ship named for the state of California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 2003. Construction began in December 2006. [7]
USS California and her sister ship, USS South Carolina were equipped with two single-armed Mk 13 launchers, fore and aft, for the Standard Missile, one ASROC missile launcher, and two Mk-141 launchers for the Harpoon missiles. These cruisers were equipped with two 5-inch/54 calibre Mk 45 guns rapid-fire cannons, fore and aft. The two cruisers ...
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Navy photographs of California at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2014-07-04) Photo gallery of USS 'California / San Diego' at NavSource Naval History; hazegray.org: USS California / San Diego; USS San Diego Lost at Sea Memorial Unveiled (23 May 2019), video produced for U.S. WWI Centennial Commission. USS San Diego Shipwreck ...
The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months. The service has ...
Dec. 26—Only have a minute? Listen instead The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is later in getting to Brownsville for recycling than earlier anticipated. Back in late October, Robert Berry ...
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