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| California 1921 just after completion being moved out of Mare Island . |
| California 1920's starboard front view in drydock. |
| California 1936 front view |
| California 1941 during the December 7th attack at Pearl Harbor and already taking on a slight list. |
| California 1941 another view of California listing. |
| December 7, 1941 View Down Battleship Row. |
| Suffering from torpedo and bomb damage, the U.S.S. California lists to port and is aflame and smoking heavily. Drifting fuel oil aflame from the U.S.S. West Virgina and the U.S.S. Arizona, will soon engulf the California. The men with rifles in the lower left hand portion of the picture are believed to be watching from the Headquarters Building on Ford Island. The California will eventually settle upright on to the muddy bottom of Pearl Harbor. |
| California 1942 sunk on an even keel at Pearl harbor. |
| California 1944 in drydock repairing kamikaze damage. |
| California 1944 starboard view. |
| California 1945 showing how powerful the old BB's looked after their modernizations. |
| Five powerful battleships steam in formation. |
| Contributed by Sharon Gavin Pre-WWII formal photo of the battleship USS California and her crew. |
| California's powerful guns. |
