BGuthrie Photos: CA -- Sacramento -- Capitol Park -- USS California Bell

CA -- Sacramento -- Capitol Park -- USS California Bell:

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[1] CAPPUC_140718_01.JPG	[2] CAPPUC_140718_04.JPG	[3] CAPPUC_140718_06.JPG
[4] CAPPUC_140718_08.JPG	[5] CAPPUC_140719_01.JPG	[6] CAPPUC_140719_05.JPG
[7] CAPPUC_140719_10.JPG

Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CAPPUC_140718_04.JPG: U.S.S. California 1921
2. CAPPUC_140718_06.JPG: Only Battleship Built On The Pacific Coast. Launched At Mare Island Navy Yard Nov. 20, 1919. Ship's Bell Dedicated And Rung For The Last Time By Governor Earl Warren Oct. 27, 1949
3. CAPPUC_140718_08.JPG: World War II Pearl Harbor Marianas Leyte Gulf Surigao Lingayen Gulf Okinawa Japan Placed Out Of Commission In Reserve At Philadelphia Feb 14, 1947. Third U.S. Naval Ship So Named
4. CAPPUC_140719_01.JPG: USS California (left) Only battleship built on the Pacific Coast Launched at Mare Island Navy Yard Nov. 20, 1919 Ship's bell dedicated and rung for the last time by Governor Earl Warren Oct. 27, 1949 (right) World War Pearl Harbor Marianas Leyte Gulf Surigao Lingayen Gulf Okinawa Japan Placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia Feb. 14, 1947 Third Naval Ship so named
5. CAPPUC_140719_05.JPG: Only battleship built on the Pacific Coast Launched at Mare Island Navy Yard Nov. 20, 1919 Ship's bell dedicated and rung for the last time by Governor Earl Warren Oct. 27, 1949
6. CAPPUC_140719_10.JPG: World War Pearl Harbor Marianas Leyte Gulf Surigao Lingayen Gulf Okinawa Japan Placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia Feb. 14, 1947 Third Naval Ship so named
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Description of Subject Matter: Distinguished Naval Service
Governor Earl Warren officially accepted the 350 lb cast bronze bell in a ceremony held at Capitol Park in October of 1949.
The bell had formerly been mounted on the battleship USS California. The Navy decommissioned the battleship in 1949 after its turbulent yet distinguished service during World War II.
An inscription on the structure to which the bell was attached in Capitol Park identifies the USS California as the only battleship to be built on the West Coast. Subsequent information reveals that this claim is erroneous; the USS Nebraska, USS Oregon, USS Wisconsin, and the USS Ohio were all built in West Coast shipyards. Despite a resolution sponsored by three Navy Veteran Assembly Members in 1954, the inscription was never corrected.
The above was from http://www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov/the-museum/capitol-park
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