USS California
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Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS California in honor of the 31st state.
- The first USS California was a screw sloop originally named Minnetonka.
- The second USS California (ACR-6), a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser, was commissioned in 1907. In 1914, she was renamed San Diego to free up her name for a battleship, which changed to New Mexico before commissioning. San Diego was sunk in 1918.
- The third USS California (SP-249), originally a yacht named Hauoli, served during World War I as a motor patrol boat in New York City Harbor and as an experimental platform used by Thomas Edison to test underwater listening devices.
- The fourth USS California (SP-647) served during World War I as a motor patrol boat in San Francisco Harbor.
- The fifth USS California (BB-44), a Tennessee-class battleship, saw action in World War II.
- The sixth USS California (CGN-36), known as the "Golden Grizzly," was the lead ship of her class of a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser.