Photo #: NH 83997
USS California (BB-44)
At the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 18 July 1942, during reinstallation
of her 14"/50 main battery guns. A large floating crane
is alongside her starboard bow, placing a gun in Turret # 1.
Guns are also visible in Turret # 3, whose top has not yet been
put in place.
Note anti-torpedo nets protecting the ship.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The
Honorable James V. Forrestal.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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