file created: 12/07/02 00:16:18 , last update: 07/25/02
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BB-44 California
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tennessee 1916/10/25
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1919/11/20 1921/10/08 1959/07/10
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42/05: Ms 1, 44/01-45/02: Ms 32/16d, 45/02-45/09: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/Bat/BatDiv2 disable(planes) P.H./BattRow/F3 - 98 KIA, 61 WIA   66  114 
42/03/25       P.H. - raised from bottom   66 
42/03/26 42/06/07     drydocked - P.H. - repairs   66 
42/04/09 42/06/07     P. H. - Drydock Nr.2   76 
42/06 44/01/31     Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, repairs, rebuild   76  66 
42/06/07       sail to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard   66 
44/01       San Pedro Bay, California - trainings   76 
44/05/05 44/05/10     sail San Francisco > P.H.   66 
44/05/29 44/07 Forage 52.17/FSU1    
44/06/14   Forage 52.17/FSU1 damage(coastal battery) off Saipan (15-12N, 145-42E) - 1 KIA, 9 WIA   76  66  85
44/06/18   Forage 52.17/FSU1 damaged by friendly fire off Saipan   85 
44/06/25 44/07/15     Eniwetok - repairs   76  88 
44/07/15 44/07/19     sail from Eniwetok to Guam to join 53.5   66 
44/07/19 44/07/21 Forage 53.5 Guam landing   76 
44/07/21 44/08/09 Forage 52.17/FSU1     76 
44/08/09 44/08/12     Eniwetok   76 
44/08/12       sail Eniwetok > Esp. Santo   76 
44/08/12 44/08/18     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/23       damaged in collision with Tennessee off Esp. Santo   76  85  127
44/08/25 44/09/10     Esp. Santo - drydock - repairs   76 
44/09/17 44/09/21     sail Esp. Santo > Seeadler Harbor, Manus Is   76 
44/10/10 44/11 King2 79/BatDiv2    
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 BatFor/BatDiv2 xSuriga   86 
44/10/27   King2 79/BatDiv2 damaged by strafing off Leyte (16-57N, 125-02E)   85 
44/11 44/11/20 King2 77    
44/12/30 45/01/23 Mike1 77.2.2/GF    
45/01/06   Mike1 77.2.2/GF disable(kami) (16-20N, 120-10E) > 44 KIA, 155 WIA - repairs   76  66  85
45/01/23 45/02/15     sail Luzon > Puget Sound Naval Shipyard   66 
45/02/15 45/05     Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - permanent repairs   66 
45/05/10 45/05/16     sail from San Pedro, Cal. to P.H.   66 
45/06/13 45/06/17     sail from Ulithi to Okinawa escorted by Weber   66 
45/06/17 45/07/21 Iceber 34 Okinawa area   66 
45/07/22 45/07/28   95 raid -Jang C Tiang - cover minesweeping operations   66 
45/08       San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1947/02/14 decom.
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
Notice: nickname "The Prune Barge"