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She commissioned on 1 August, 1907 with Captain [[Vincendon Lazarus Cottman|V. L. Cottman]] in command.
 
She commissioned on 1 August, 1907 with Captain [[Vincendon Lazarus Cottman|V. L. Cottman]] in command.
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She was renamed '''U.S.S. ''San Diego''''' on 1 September 1914 to free her name for the new {{US-California|f=t}}.
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She was lost on 19 July 1918 off Long Island, presumably upon striking a mine laid by the submarine {{DE-U156}}.  She sank in 28 minutes.  Fortunately, only six lives were lost when she capsized.  She was the only major U.S. Naval ship to be lost in the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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* {{CaptUS}} [[Vincendon Lazarus Cottman|V. L. Cottman]], 1 August, 1907|precBy=New Command
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Vincendon Lazarus Cottman|nick=Vincendon L. Cottman|appt=1 August, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 10. More or less}}|end=3 September, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 8}}{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
* {{CaptUS}} [[Newton Alexander McCully]], 1 September, 1912{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 12}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Henry Thomas Mayo|nick=Henry T. Mayo|appt=3 September, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 8}}|end=16 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 8}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Henry Harlow|nick=Charles H. Harlow|appt=16 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}|end=1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Alexander Seaman Halstead|nick=Alexander S. Halstead|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}|end=1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Newton Alexander McCully|nick=Newton A. McCully|appt=1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Ashley Herman Robertson|nick=Ashley H. Robertson|appt=c. 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 12}}|end=|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''San Diego''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Harley Hannibal Christy|nick=Harley H. Christy|appt=19 August, 1917<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_H._Christy Wikipedia.]</ref>|end=19 July, 1918<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_H._Christy Wikipedia.]</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''San Diego''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 21 April 2020

U.S.S. California (1904)
Hull Number: ACR-6
Builder: Union Iron Works[1]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1899[2]
Laid down: 7 May, 1902[3]
Launched: 28 Apr, 1904[4]
Commissioned: 1 Aug, 1907[5]
Sunk: 19 Jul, 1918[6]

U.S.S. California was one of six Pennsylvania Class armoured cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 1 August, 1907 with Captain V. L. Cottman in command.

Service

She was renamed U.S.S. San Diego on 1 September 1914 to free her name for the new battleship California.

She was lost on 19 July 1918 off Long Island, presumably upon striking a mine laid by the submarine Template:DE-U156. She sank in 28 minutes. Fortunately, only six lives were lost when she capsized. She was the only major U.S. Naval ship to be lost in the Great War.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  7. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10. More or less.
  8. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
  9. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
  10. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
  11. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
  12. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  13. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  14. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  15. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  16. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  17. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  18. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 12.
  19. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 12.
  20. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  21. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 12.
  22. Wikipedia.
  23. Wikipedia.

Bibliography


Pennsylvania Class Armoured Cruiser
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  Colorado Maryland South Dakota  
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