USS California (ACR-6)

For other ships with the same name, see USS California and USS San Diego.

USS San Diego (ACR-6), 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Note two-star rear admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top.
History
United States
Name
  • California (1907–1914)
  • San Diego (1914–1918)
Namesake
Ordered3 March 1899
Awarded10 January 1901
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost$3,800,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down7 May 1902
Launched28 April 1904
Sponsored byMiss F. Pardee
Commissioned1 August 1907
RenamedSan Diego, 1 September 1914
IdentificationHull symbol: ACR-6
FateSunk 19 July 1918, by U-156
General characteristics
Class and typePennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement
  • 13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard)
  • 15,138 long tons (15,381 t) (full load)
Length
  • 503 ft 11 in (153.59 m) oa
  • 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 22.20 kn (41.11 km/h; 25.55 mph) (Speed on Trials)
Complement80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 6 in (152 mm) (top & waterline)
  • 5 in (127 mm) (bottom)
  • Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) - 6 in (amidships)
  • 4 in (102 mm) (forward & aft)
  • Barbettes: 6 in
  • Turrets: 6 - 6+1⁄2 in (165 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 9 in (229 mm)
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)[1]
Installed power8 × Modified Niclausse boilers, 12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles
  • 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in submerged torpedo tubes
USS SAN DIEGO (Armored Cruiser) Shipwreck Site
USS California (ACR-6) is located in New York
USS California (ACR-6)
USS California (ACR-6) is located in the United States
USS California (ACR-6)
Nearest cityFire Island, New York
Area27 acres (11 ha)
Built1918
Built byUnion Iron Works
NRHP reference No.98000071[2]
Added to NRHP17 February 1998

The second USS California (ACR-6), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System – (#98000071)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.