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2016-3512. Shows the second USS California (ACR-6 or Armored Cruiser 6) in harbor, small launch alongside. Built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, in 1904, commissioned in 1907. Had two coal burning, four cylinder, triple expansion steam engines. In 1911, sailed from San Francisco to San Diego, in December of that year sailed for Honolulu, Hawaii for opening ceremonies of completion of Pearl Harbor entrance channel. Later renamed "San Diego."
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