USS California (ACR-6)
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.
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| Ordered: | 3 March 1899 |
| Awarded: | 10 January 1901 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Cost: | $3,800,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
| Laid down: | 7 May 1902 |
| Launched: | 28 April 1904 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss F. Pardee |
| Commissioned: | 1 August 1907 |
| Renamed: | San Diego, 1 September 1914 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol: ACR-6 |
| Fate: | sunk 19 July 1918, by U-156 |
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| Class and type: | Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser |
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| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean) |
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| Complement: | 80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines |
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| Installed power: | 8 × Modified Niclausse boilers, 12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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USS SAN DIEGO (Armored Cruiser) Shipwreck Site
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| Nearest city | Fire Island, New York |
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| Area | 27 acres (11 ha) |
| Built | 1918 |
| Built by | Union Iron Works |
| NRHP Reference # | 98000071 |
| Added to NRHP | 17 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.
She was launched on 28 April 1904 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, sponsored by Miss Florence Pardee, daughter of California governor George C. Pardee, and commissioned on 1 August 1907, Captain V. L. Cottman in command.
Joining the 2nd Division, Pacific Fleet, California took part in the Naval Review at San Francisco in May 1908 for the Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf. Aside from a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa in the fall of 1909, the cruiser operated along the west coast, sharpening her readiness through training exercises and drills, until December 1911, when she sailed for Honolulu, and in March 1912 continued westward for duty on the Asiatic Station. After this service representing American power and prestige in the Far East, she returned home in August 1912, and was ordered to Corinto, Nicaragua, then embroiled in internal political disturbance. Here she protected American lives and property, then resumed her operations along the west coast; she cruised off California, and kept a watchful eye on Mexico, at that time also suffering political disturbance. During that time in Mexico, she was involved in an international incident in which two of her crew were shot and killed.
California was renamed San Diego on 1 September 1914, in order to free up her original name for use with the Tennessee-class battleship California. She served as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, intermittently until a boiler explosion put her in Mare Island Navy Yard in reduced commission through the summer of 1915. The boiler explosion occurred in January 1915 and the actions of Ensign Robert Cary and Fireman Second Class Telesforo Trinidad during the event earned them both the Medal of Honor.San Diego after spending time at Guaymas, went on to repair at Mare Island. Afterwards, she served as a popular attraction during the Panama–California Exposition.San Diego returned to duty as flagship through on 12 February 1917, when she went into reserve status until the opening of World War I.
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