Pennsylvania-class cruiser
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The Pennsylvania class of six armored cruisers served in the United States Navy from 1905 to 1927. All six were renamed for cities 1912–1920, to make the state names available for the new battleships
Color-tinted postcard of USS Pennsylvania, circa 1905–1908
USS South Dakota with a cage foremast, circa 1911–1916
USS California (ACR-6)
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The second USS California, also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.
Pennsylvania-class cruiser
…ACR-5 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia 16 September 1901 18 April 1903 23 February 1905 1 September 1920 Sold for scrap 30 August 1930 California ACR-6 Union Iron Works, San Francisco 7 May 1902 28 April 1904 1 August 1907 Mined or torpedoed by U-156 off Fire Island, NY, 19 July 1918, wreck remains…
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.
This plaque, featuring the Great Seal of the State of California, was presented to the USS California in 1907 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West
1907 view
Admiral William B. Caperton aboard the San Diego in 1916 when the ship served as a flagship.