California (CGN 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS CALirORniA THROUGH THE YEARS r ' -RIS I « ' « The first naval ship named for the state of CALIFORniA was a 313-foot screw sloop launched in 1867 as the MinnETOriKA. The ship was renamed CALIFORniA in 1869 and decommissioned in 1873 at Mare Island. The second CALIFORISIA, a 503-foot armored cruiser was launched in San Francisco in 1904. In 1914, she was renamed SAiy DIEGO so that the name CALIFORniA could be assigned to a newly authorized battleship.