U.S.S. California
BB-44
1945
(Neptun 1304a)
- Class: Tennessee - 2 battleships of 1915
- Displacement: 37,000 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 624(oa) x 114 x 30.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft turbo-electric drive, S.H.P. 30,000 = 21 knots
- Armor: belt 14 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 12-14"/50 (4x3), 16-5"/38 (8x2), 56-40mm (14x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,200
- Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 25 Oct 1916
- Launched: 20 Nov 1919
- Commissioned: 10 Aug 1921
- Actions: Pearl Harbor, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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