Starboard bow view, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

Starboard quarter view whuile in drydock at Mare Island, date unknown.

From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN

USS California (ACR 6) Photographed circa 1908.

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

USS California (ACR 6) is seen in the Mare Island Channel in May 1908.

U.S. Navy Photograph

Darryl Baker

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.

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.

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

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.

Port forward quarter view of the USS San Diego (ACR 6) in the Mare Island Channel on 10 September 1915.

U.S. Navy Photo #RM72002

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.

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.

Starboard forward quarter view of the USS San Diego (ACR 6) in Mare Island's dry dock #2 on 4 May 1916.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Stern view of the USS San Diego (ACR 6) in Mare Island channel on May 4, 1916.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Starboard forward quarter view of the USS San Diego (ACR 6) in Mare Island channel on May 4, 1916.

U.S. Navy Photo.

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.

Bow ornament of the USS San Diego (ACR 6) on January 27, 1917.

U.S. Navy Photo #3010.

Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918.

From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN

Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918.

From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN

Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918.

From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN

Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918.

From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN

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.