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04013629 |
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The keel plate for the California being authenticated
by Mrs. Glenard P. Lipscomb, wife of the congressman from California.
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Dale Hargrave |
04013630 |
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Keel laying at Newport News Shipyard, Newport News, VA,
23 January 1970. |
Dale Hargrave |
04013628 |
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California sitting on the ways at Newport News Shipbuilding
a few days before her launching on 22 September 1971. |
Dale Hargrave |
04013626 |
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Mrs. Pat Nixon christening the California. |
S. Dale Hargrave |
04013627 |
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California sliding down the ways. |
S. Dale Hargrave |
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Undated photo in drydock. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Starboard view, underway. |
USN / Tom Armstrong |
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Undated port side view.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. |
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Undated port side view. |
Robert Hirsh |
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Undated starboard bow view. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04013621 |
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Port quarter view, date and location unknown. |
Robert Hirsh |
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"The Navy's second nuclear task force is shown off
the Virginia Capes. USS
Nimitz (CVN 68) is escorted by the nuclear-powered cruisers USS
California (CGN 36) and USS South
Carolina (CGN 37)." From the NAVSEA Journal.
This photo was possibly taken in 1975.
|
Bob Bush |
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123k |
This is a picture of the Nimitz
Task Group from 1976 with USS South Carolina
(CGN 37) (top), USS
Nimitz (CVN 68), and USS California (CGN 36).
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Michael Boyd,
USS California |
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Taken at Portsmouth, England on the occasion of the Silver
Jubilee Celebration of Queen Elizabeth 28 June 1977. |
Vernon C. Cook USN (Ret.) |
04013623 |
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Spring 1980, on the USS California (DLGN 36) somewhere
in the Indian Ocean or Persian Gulf, on a Sunday - the blue missile is
called a TSAM (Training Surface-to-Air Missile) and is used for system
testing and exercise.
Photo courtesy of Tony Alter
|
Bill Gonyo |
04013812 |
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An aerial starboard bow view of six nuclear-powered guided missile
cruisers underway in formation during exercise READEX 1-81. The ships
are, from left to right: USS TEXAS (CGN
39), USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN 40),
USS CALIFORNIA (CGN 36), USS
SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN 37), USS
VIRGINIA (CGN 38) and USS ARKANSAS
(CGN 41). Photo taken 26 February 1981 by PH1 Anthony Alleyne.
DOD Photo #DN-SC-87-08333
|
Steve Dietrich |
04013825 |
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Six nuclear powered cruisers sailing together on 28 February 1981. The United States had operated nuclear powered cruisers for over three decades. USS Long Beach (CGN 9) entered service in 1961 while the final cruisers, the California class were decommissioned in 1999 (The Virginia class, the final class designed and built, were decommissioned in 1998). First row, front to back:
USS Virginia (CGN 38)
USS South Carolina (CGN 37)
USS California (CGN 36)
Second row, front to back:
USS Arkansas (CGN 41)
USS Mississippi (CGN 40)
USS Texas (CGN 39) |
U.S. Navy |
04013622 |
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1 June 1981 - An aerial port bow view of the nuclear-powered guided-missile
cruiser USS California (CGN 36) underway. An SH-3H Sea King helicopter,
having just taken off from her stern heli-platform, is visible to the
right.
U.S. Navy photo #DN-SC-85-07718 by: PH2 Collins.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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64k |
While at sea in 1987. |
USN |
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64k |
Pierside at Pearl Harbor 1987. |
Larry Lee |
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July 1987, Just passing under the Golden Gate Bridge returning
from her World Cruise. |
D. Stephenson, SMC, USN (Ret) |
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54k |
1983, Off Point Loma, Port Bow view. |
D. Stephenson, SMC, USN (Ret) |
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228k |
Working up for deployment, October 1997, off the coast of
Port Angeles Washington. |
USN |
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521k |
USS California launches a missile skyward to a target two miles
away. USS California is operating in the Pacific Ocean during
RIMPAC '98. RIMPAC '98 is designed to enhance the tactical capabilities
of participating units in major aspects of maritime operations at sea.
RIMPAC '98 is the sixteenth in a series of Pacific naval exercises.
DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Spike Call. (980721-N-5961C-003)
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DOD |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Class |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Miller, Floyd Harry (Hoss), CAPT |
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RADM |
02/16/74 - 03/26/76 |
| Rentz, William Oliphant Kendall, CAPT |
1955 |
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03/26/76 - 06/79 |
| Smith, Charles Jacob, CAPT |
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06/79 - 09/4/82 |
| Paulson, Gaylord O., CAPT |
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09/4/82 - 11/85 |
| Williams III, Richard D., CAPT |
|
RADM |
11/85 - 08/24/88 |
| Burrow, Barry Vaile, CAPT |
1968 |
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08/24/88 - 12/21/91 |
| Wallace, Ray Anderson, CAPT |
1968 |
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12/21/91 - 01/17/95 |
| Perry, Robert E., CAPT |
1972 |
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01/17/95 - 10/03/97 |
| Johnson, Steven Kenneth, CAPT |
1974 |
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10/03/97 - 07/09/99 |
