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USS CALIFORNIA/SAN DIEGO (ACR/CA-6)

CLASS - PENNSYLVANIA
Displacement 13,680 Tons, Dimensions, 503' 11" (oa) x 69' 7" x 26' 6" (Max)
Armament 4 x 8"/40, 14 x 6"/50 18 x 3"/50, 12 x 3pdr, 2 x 1pdr, 2 x 18" tt.
Armor, 6" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 4" Deck, 9" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 23,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 22 Knots, Crew 830.
Operational and Building Data
Launched 28 APR 1904 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA
Commissioned 01 AUG 1907
Renamed San Diego on 1 SEP 1914
Decommissioned 12 FEB 1917
Commissioned 7 APR 1917
Redesignated CA-6 in 1920
Fate: Torpedoed by the German submarine U-156 southeast of Fire Island. The cruiser sank in 28 minutes with the loss of 6 lives,
the only major warship lost by the United States in World War I.
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By And/Or Copyright
San Diego 135k Commissioning of the USS California (ACR-6) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 1 August 1907. Darryl Baker
San Diego
acr0603		 114k Port bow view, date and location unknown. Note her name in large lighted letters above the bridge. Robert M. Cieri
San Diego
acr0615		 72k

Starboard bow view, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

 David Buell
San Diego 32k

USS California (ACR-6) Photographed circa 1908.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55011.

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San Diego 143k USS Ohio (BB-12), USS California (ACR-6) and USS South Dakota (ACR-9) between MAY and JUL 1908 at Mare Island Navy Yard while assigned to the Great White Fleet. The cruisers are moored next to the yard's coal sheds. Note the coal handling equipment installed by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company in 1904 seen above the coal sheds. Darryl Baker
San Diego
acr0614		 76k Stern view of USS California (ACR-6) in San Diego harbor circa 1909. Darryl Baker
San Diego 95k

USS California (ACR-6) underway in San Pablo Bay, California, 1909. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55009.

 USNHC/Scott Dyben
San Diego
acr0613		 145k At anchor in Pearl Harbor, December 1911. Robert M. Cieri
San Diego 28k The USS California (ACR-6) is seen on December 15, 1911, being escorted into Pearl Harbor. California was the first large warship to enter Pearl Harbor after the dredging of the channel was completed. USNHC
San Diego 74k

USS California (ACR-6) In San Diego harbor, California, circa 1910-1914. Photographed by the Arcade View Company. Courtesy of Captain Don Fink, 1983.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 94938.

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Jupiter
09020324		 119k

Jupiter (AC-3) fitting out at Navy Yard Mare Island, 14 August 1912. . The armored cruiser USS California is forward of Jupiter

Navy Yard Mare Island photo # AC 3 008-8-12

 Darryl Baker
San Diego 27k

USS San Diego (ACR-6) Photographed 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from California on 1 SEP 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55013.

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San Diego 58k

USS San Diego (ACR-6) Off Guaymas, Mexico, 26 December 1915. Photographed by Hopkins. Note Christmas tree mounted on her forecastle. Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92174.

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San Diego 139k

USS San Diego (ACR-6) Photographed from an airplane in San Diego harbor, California, 28 March 1916. Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92175.

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San Diego 135k

Admiral William B. Caperton, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (center)

With members of his staff on board USS San Diego (ACR-6) at San Diego, California, circa 1916-17. The ship's after eight-inch gun turret is behind them. Those present are (from left to right):

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) H.M. Lammers, USN;
Captain R.M. Cutts, USMC;
Medical Inspector E.S. Bogert, USN;
Admiral Caperton;
Pay Inspector J. Fyffe, USN;
Lieutenant A.T. Beauregard, USN; and
Paymaster C.S. Baker, USN.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Adm. W.B. Caperton.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 83793.

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San Diego 110k

USS San Diego (ACR-6) - Painting by Francis Muller, 1920. It depicts the ship sinking off Fire Island, New York, after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-156, 19 July 1918. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55012-KN.

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USS CALIFORNIA/SAN DIEGO (ACR/CA-6) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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