USS California by the Numbers: The $12,750,000 Battleship Sunk at Pearl Harbor and Rebuilt for War The Navy’s 1931 ship data listed a $12,750,000 “limit of cost” for USS California’s hull and ...

This is the bell of the USS California, one of 8 battleships hit in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The USS California was badly damaged by two aerial torpedoes and *** bomb. During ...

Seaman 1st Class Clyde Clifton McMeans. He was assigned to the USS California and was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (Pacific Historic Parks – USS Arizona Memorial) ...

Seven U.S. Navy vessels have been named the USS California since 1867. Perhaps the most famous is the fifth one, the Tennessee-class battleship given the identification number BB-44 (“Battleship #44”) ...

Thanks for the great articles on Mare Island Naval Shipyard regarding "Ships, subs and many brushes with history." I would like to add another significant ship to the list they provided — the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been 84 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor. 2,403 Americans died in the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, the Department of War ...