USS California BB-44 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California, USA |
Hull Number: |
Battleship #44 BB-44 (July 17, 1920) |
Ordered: |
January 5, 1915 |
Commissioned: |
August 10, 1921 |
Keel Laid: |
October 25, 1916 |
Decommissioned: |
February 14, 1947 |
Launched: |
November 20, 1919 |
Stricken: |
March 1, 1959 |
Fate: |
Sold July 10, 1959 to Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrow's Point, MD. and scrapped. |
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Notes: |
Christened by Mrs. Barbara Stephens Zane. (Daughter of William Stephens, Governor of California.) |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 11, 2008 |