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USS California (ACR-6)

Index USS California (ACR-6)

The second USS California (ACR-6), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. [1]

71 relations: American 18 inch torpedo, Angle of list, Armored cruiser, Asiatic Squadron, Atlantic Ocean, Barbette, Bay Shore, New York, Belt armor, Breech-loading weapon, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Caliber (artillery), California, California State Military Museum, Captain (naval), Conning tower, Convoy, Corinto, Nicaragua, Damage controlman, Deck (ship), Driggs-Schroeder, Fire Island, First Yale Unit, George Pardee, Guaymas, Gun turret, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Harley H. Christy, Hawaii, Honolulu, Imperial German Navy, Kurt Jahnke, Length between perpendiculars, Lobster, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Medal of Honor, National Register of Historic Places, Naval Review, Newsday, Nicaragua, Nova Scotia, Overall length, Panama–California Exposition, Patchogue, New York, Petty officer second class, Point O' Woods, New York, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Propeller, Reciprocating engine, Robert Webster Cary, Samoa, ..., San Diego, San Francisco, Scuba diving, Sea trial, Steam engine, Submarine, Telesforo Trinidad, The New York Times, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Torpedo tube, Union Iron Works, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Pacific Fleet, United States Secretary of the Navy, USS Tennessee (ACR-10), Victor H. Metcalf, 3"/50 caliber gun, 6"/50 caliber gun, 8"/35 caliber gun, 8"/45 caliber gun. Expand index (21 more) »

American 18 inch torpedo

There have been a number of 18 inch torpedoes in service with the United States.

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Angle of list

The angle of list is the degree to which a vessel heels (leans or tilts) to either port or starboard.

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Armored cruiser

The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Asiatic Squadron

The Asiatic Squadron was a squadron of United States Navy warships stationed in East Asia during the latter half of the 19th century.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Barbette

Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships.

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Bay Shore, New York

Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States.

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Belt armor

Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers, and aircraft carriers.

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Breech-loading weapon

A breech-loading gun is a firearm in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded into a chamber integral to the rear portion of a barrel.

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Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is Federal Reserve Notes (paper money) for the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank.

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Caliber (artillery)

In artillery, caliber or calibredifference in British English and American English spelling is the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or by extension a relative measure of the length.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California State Military Museum

The California State Military Museum was the official Military museum of the State of California.

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Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.

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Conning tower

A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer can conn the vessel, i.e., give directions to the helmsman.

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Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.

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Corinto, Nicaragua

Corinto is a town of 16,624 (2005 population) on the northwest Pacific coast of Nicaragua in the province of Chinandega.

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Damage controlman

Persons who are in the Damage controlman (DC) rating are the Navy's and Coast Guard’s maintenance and emergency repair specialists.

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Deck (ship)

A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull of a ship.

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Driggs-Schroeder

Driggs-Schroeder was the name of several naval guns designed by US Navy officers William H. Driggs and Seaton Schroeder for the United States Navy in the late 1880s, fitted on ships built in the 1890s.

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Fire Island

Fire Island is the large center island of the outer barrier islands parallel to the south shore of Long Island, New York.

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First Yale Unit

The First Yale Unit was started by then Yale sophomore F. Trubee Davison in 1915.

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George Pardee

George Cooper Pardee (July 25, 1857 – September 1, 1941) was an American doctor of medicine and politician.

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Guaymas

Guaymas is a city in Guaymas Municipality, in the southwest part of the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico.

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Gun turret

A gun turret is a location from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility, and some cone of fire.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Harley H. Christy

Vice Admiral Harley Hannibal Christy (18 September 1870 – 4 June 1950) served in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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Imperial German Navy

The Imperial German Navy ("Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire.

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Kurt Jahnke

Kurt Albert Jahnke (1882–1945) was a German-American intelligence agent and saboteur active both during World War I and World War II.

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Length between perpendiculars

Length between perpendiculars (often abbreviated as p/p, p.p., pp, LPP, LBP or Length BPP) is the length of a ship along the waterline from the forward surface of the stem, or main bow perpendicular member, to the after surface of the sternpost, or main stern perpendicular member.

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Lobster

Lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans.

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Mare Island Naval Shipyard

The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Naval Review

A Naval Review is an event, where the whole (or a very large part) of the United States Navy is paraded to be reviewed by the President of the United States or the Secretary of the Navy.

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Newsday

Newsday is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Overall length

The overall length of an ammunition cartridge is a measurement from the base of the brass shell casing to the tip of the bullet, seated into the brass casing.

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Panama–California Exposition

The Panama–California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917.

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Patchogue, New York

Patchogue is a village on the south shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

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Petty officer second class

Petty officer second class is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, just above petty officer third class and below petty officer first class, and is a non-commissioned officer.

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Point O' Woods, New York

Point O' Woods is a hamlet that consists of a private vacation retreat on Fire Island, New York, in Suffolk County.

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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Propeller

A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust.

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Reciprocating engine

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine (although there are also pneumatic and hydraulic reciprocating engines) that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert pressure into a rotating motion.

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Robert Webster Cary

Rear Admiral Robert Webster Cary, Jr. (August 18, 1890 – July 15, 1967) is one of the most decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy and recipient of the Medal of Honor.

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Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa (Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; Sāmoa) and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.

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Sea trial

A sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines).

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Telesforo Trinidad

Telesforo de la Crux Trinidad (November 25, 1890 – May 8, 1968) was a Filipino fireman 2nd class in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for actions, in Mexican waters near La Paz, on board the USS San Diego on 21 January 1915.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tompkinsville, Staten Island

Tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.

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Union Iron Works

Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Pacific Fleet

The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to the United States Indo-Pacific Command.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

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USS Tennessee (ACR-10)

The second USS Tennessee (ACR-10), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No.

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Victor H. Metcalf

Victor Howard Metcalf (October 10, 1853 – February 20, 1936) was an American politician; he served in President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet an Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and then as Secretary of the Navy.

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3"/50 caliber gun

The 3″/50 caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50.

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6"/50 caliber gun

The 6"/50 caliber gun Mark 6 and Mark 8 (spoken "six-inch-fifty-caliber") were used for the secondary batteries of the United States Navy's and battleships, as well as the and armored cruisers.

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8"/35 caliber gun

The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 and Mark 4 (spoken "eight-inch-thirty-five--caliber") were used for the main batteries of the United States Navy's first armored cruisers and the secondary batteries for their first battleships, the.

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8"/45 caliber gun

The 8"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun (spoken "eight-inch-forty-five--caliber") were used for the secondary batteries of the United States Navy's last pre-dreadnought battleships and refitted in older armored cruisers main batteries.

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USS San Diego (ACR-6), USS San Diego (CA-6).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_California_(ACR-6)

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