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2.21m | News article on the launching of the California from the San Francisco newspaper "On Call" dated 29 April 1904 | Michael Mohl |
135k | Commissioning of the USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 1 August 1907. | Darryl Baker | |
acr0603 |
114k | Port bow view, date and location unknown. Note her name in large lighted letters above the bridge. | Robert M. Cieri |
acr0629 |
574k | USS California (Armored Cruiser # 6) at anchor, 27 October 1907, location unknown. Image was taken by unknown photographer for the National Photo Company. Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division under the digital ID LC-DIG-npcc-32729 (digital file from original). |
Robert Hurst |
32k |
USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) Photographed circa 1908. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55011. |
USNHC | |
acr0621 |
149k |
USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) is seen in the Mare Island Channel in May 1908. U.S. Navy Photograph |
Darryl Baker
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143k | USS Ohio (BB 12), USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) and USS South Dakota (Armored Cruiser No. 9) between May and July 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 | |
acr0614 |
76k | Stern view of USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) in San Diego harbor circa 1909. | Darryl Baker |
95k |
USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 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 | |
acr0622 |
463k |
Starboard quarter view while in drydock at Mare Island, sometime after Lattice mast installed in July 1911. From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN |
Herman Froelich |
acr0615 |
72k |
Starboard bow view, sometime after Lattice mast installed in July 1911, location unknown. Note the draging anchor. U.S. Navy photo. |
David Buell |
acr0613 |
145k | At anchor in Pearl Harbor, December 1911. | Robert M. Cieri |
28k | The USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) is seen on 14 December 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 | |
74k |
USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 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. |
USNHC | |
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 |
27k |
USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) photographed on 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from California on 1 September 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55013. |
USNHC | |
acr0630 |
4.6m | USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) photographed on 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from California on 1 September 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top. National Archives item #165-WW-335D-20 |
National Archives |
acr0620 |
214k |
Port side view of the USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) in the Mare Island Channel on 10 September 1915. U.S. Navy Photo #RM72002 |
Darryl Baker |
58k |
USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 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. |
USNHC | |
139k |
USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No.-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. |
USNHC | |
acr0616 |
166k |
Starboard bow view of the USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) in Mare Island's dry dock #2 on 4 May 1916. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Darryl Baker |
acr0617 |
179k |
Stern view of the USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) in Mare Island channel on 4 May 1916. Note that she is flying a 4-star pennant from her after mast for the Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Darryl Baker |
acr0618 |
204k |
Starboard bow view of the USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) in Mare Island channel on 4 May 1916. Note that she is flying a 4-star pennant from her after mast for the Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Darryl Baker |
135k |
Admiral William B. Caperton, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific
Fleet (center) U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 83793. |
USNHC | |
acr0627 |
104k | Starboard bow view of the USS San Diego (Armored
Cruiser No. 6) anchored in the Atlantic Ocean after transiting the
Panama Canal.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.1988.120.001 |
Mike Green |
acr0619 |
160k |
Bow ornament of the USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) on 27 January 1917. U.S. Navy Photo #3010. |
Darryl Baker |
acr0623 |
1.4m |
Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918. From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN |
Herman Froelich |
acr0624 |
1.4m |
Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918. From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN |
Herman Froelich |
acr0625 |
1.5m |
Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918. From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN |
Herman Froelich |
acr0626 |
1.3m |
Naval Ball program from 1917 or 1918. From the collection of H. G. Froehlich, CPO USN |
Herman Froelich |
110k |
USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 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. |
USNHC/Scott Dyben |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Cottman, Vincendon Lezare, CAPT | 1872 | RADM | 08/01/1907 - 09/03/1909 |
Mayo, Henry Thomas, CAPT | 1876 | RADM | 09/03/1909 |
Harlow, Charles Henry, CAPT | 1879 | 01/16/1911 - 04/12/1912 | |
Fahs, Charles Morgan, CAPT | 1884 | 04/12/1912 - 06/30/1912 | |
Halstead, Alexander Seaman, CAPT | 1883 | RADM | 06/30/1912 - 09/01/1912 |
McCully Jr., Newton Alexander, CAPT | 1887 | 09/01/1912 | |
Robertson, Ashley Herman, CAPT | 1888 | VADM | 10/21/1915 |
Bradshaw, George Brown, CDR | 1889 | 06/08/1916 | |
Decommissioned | 02/17/1917 - 04/07/1917 | ||
Christy, Harley Hannibal, CAPT | 1891 | VADM | 08/19/1917 - 07/19/1918 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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