Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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Schooners bringing Alaskan cod anchored off the fish cannery in Tiburon, California, United States, 1890s. The cannery location would later become the Tiburon Navy Net Depot.	United States Navy coaling station, Tiburon, California, 30 Apr 1908. Note that the Navy caption refers to the area as California City, a briefly used name for the neighborhood.

US Navy collier USS Jupiter at Mare Island, California, United States, 16 Oct 1913. In 1922 Jupiter was modified to become the United States’ first aircraft carrier and was renamed USS Langley	Battleship USS Oregon in drydock at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Sep 1917.

Officers and men of USS New Mexico, Long Beach, California, United States, circa 1919	USS New Mexico at San Francisco Bay, California, United States, circa 1919

USS New Mexico entering the Golden Gate strait, California, United States, mid-1919	Launch of USS California at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1919; note the sponsor Mrs. R. T. Zane (left, woman with hat), a bugler (center), a motion picture camera with its operator, and a US Navy captain (waving hat) on the platform

Close-up of USS S-46's conning tower, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1920s	R-3, R-2, R-1, and five other R-class submarines in dry dock at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, early 1920s

Submarines R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-7, R-8, and R-10 in Dry Dock #2 of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 8 May to 10 Jun 1922	USS New Mexico at a port in California, United States, 1920s

S-36 at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Union Plant, Potrero Works, San Francisco, California, United States, 29 Mar 1923	USS S-38 fitting out at the Union Iron Works of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California, United States, 29 Mar 1923

USS S-41 fitting out at the Bethlehem Union Plant, San Francisco, California, United States, 27 Dec 1923	USS New Mexico an anchor, California, United States, 1922-1924

USS S-25 off Naval Station San Diego, California, United States, 1924-1928	US Navy Submarine Division 19 submarines USS S-46, USS S-42, USS S-47, USS S-43, USS S-44, and US SS-45 at San Diego, California, United States, 28 Jul 1928

Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, 1929	S-26 at San Diego, California, United States, 1927-1930; background probably minesweeper Tern (AM-31)