Tennessee-class Photographs | World War II Database

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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	Diagram of the Officers Station of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleships

Longitudinal diagram of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleships	Transverse diagram of a main battery 14-inch gun turret for the Tennessee-class of US battleships

USS California steaming at high speed in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, United States, circa 1921	USS California underway, circa 1921

Tennessee anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa Feb 1921	Battleship USS Tennessee in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late in 1921.

Christmas holiday party for disadvantaged children of San Pedro, California, United States aboard battleship USS California, Dec 1921	US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 1923

USS fleet in Panama Bay, 1 Mar 1923	The US Navy's first flattop aircraft carrier, USS Langley (Langley-class), at anchor with 7 battleships in Culebra Harbor, Culebra, Puerto Rico, 18 Mar 1926. See Comment below.

Admiral Richard Leigh inspecting the crew of his flagship USS California at the ship's forecastle, 1932	Aerial view of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States with the Manette Bridge over the Port Washington Narrows in the background, 1932.

USS California firing her starboard 5-inch/51 secondary guns in night battle practice, 1933	USS California at sea, circa mid-1930s

Cruiser USS Chester at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1936. Note six battleships on Battleship Row and cruisers Minneapolis and New Orleans (New Orleans-class) at left. Note also the passenger train cars in the foreground.	Tennessee in harbor, 1938; note three SOC-3 floatplanes of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B) aboard

Two SOC-3 Seagull aircraft of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B) parked on battleship Tennessee's after capapults, 1938	USS California's forward 14-inch guns and her superstructure, 1938