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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
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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 |