USS California (BB-44) The Tennessee class was part of the standard series of twelve battleships built in the 1910s and 1920s, and were developments of the preceding New Mexico class. They were armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets. California served as the flagship of the Battle Fleet in the Pacific Ocean for duration of her peacetime career. She spentContinue reading “USS California (BB-44) was the second of two Tennessee-class battleships built for the United States Navy between her keel laying in October 1916 and her commissioning in August 1921.”
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HMAS AUSTRALIA – Drydock MALTA
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HMS Glory in Dock, Sydney 1945.
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Royal Navy cruiser HMS Leander arriving at Piraeus, Greece for an inspection by King George and Queen Frederika of Greece, 30th May 1947. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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HMS Ark Royal R 07 Invincible class aircraft carrier Navy – Subic Bay
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