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USS California, flagship of the Pacific Fleet, anchored at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro

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Title: USS California, flagship of the Pacific Fleet, anchored at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1921-1939]
1921/1939
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The USS California, dreadnaught battleship, was based in San Pedro was the flagship of US Navy Pacific Fleet for 20 years. She was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but was salvaged and reconstructed.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Ready To Commission Biggest Navy Fighter; Monster Battleship California Goes Into Active Service New Year's Day; Last Chance to Join." 12 Dec. 1920: II8.
The USS California battleship anchored in port.
Handwritten on negative: U.S.S. California
Text from negative sleeve: United States Navy Ships, California
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4150
ark:/21198/zz002cpwgd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Battleships--American--United States
California (Battleship : BB-44)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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