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Photo # NH 64483: USS California in dry dock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 9 April 1942.

Online Library of Selected Images:
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Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 --
Salvage and Repair of USS California, December 1941 - October 1942 (Part II)


This page features additional views related to the salvage and repair of USS California following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

For other images related to the salvage and repair of USS California, see:

  • Salvage and Repair of USS California, December 1941 - October 1942.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 64483

    USS California (BB-44)


    Just after she was placed in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock # Two, 9 April 1942. California had been sunk as a result of the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid and was refloated on 24 March 1942.
    Note the mud on the ship's propeller shafts and struts and on the drydock floor below them.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 128KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-32917

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    Torpedo damage to the hull of USS California (BB-44), photographed at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in April 1942, soon after the ship had been drydocked for repairs.
    This is California's forward torpedo hole, centered at about Frame 52. Note armor belt at the top of the hole and bilge keel below it.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    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 History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 154KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84002

    Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii


    View looking northward, with the Navy Yard industrial area in the foreground and the Marine Barracks in the lower right, 28 July 1942. Ford Island is at left, with USS Oklahoma and USS Arizona under salvage nearby. USS San Diego is in the upper center.
    USS West Virginia is in Drydock Number One, in the lower left, and USS California is alongside the wharf at the extreme right. Cruisers alongside the pier in right center are Northampton (left) and Pensacola. Submarines alongside 1010 Dock, just beyond Drydock # 1, are Trout, Pollack, Dolphin and Cachalot.
    Note camouflage on many of the Navy Yard's buildings.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The Honorable James V. Forrestal.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 72238

    Sheet Music of the "Stars & Stripes Forever"

    (page 1)

    Manuscript piano copy of an original draft of John Philip Sousa's march, recovered from USS California (BB-44) while she was being salvaged at Pearl Harbor in 1942.
    This score had been obtained by Mr. L.B. Luchenbach from Harold Heard, a former trombonist with the Sousa band. Both were aboard California when she was sunk as a result of the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Luchenbach got off the ship, but the music didn't. When the ship was raised, he went aboard and recovered it.

    Donation of Mr. L.B. Luchenbach, 1971.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 72239

    Sheet Music of the "Stars & Stripes Forever"

    (page 2)

    Manuscript piano copy of an original draft of John Philip Sousa's march, recovered from USS California (BB-44) while she was being salvaged at Pearl Harbor in 1942.
    This score had been obtained by Mr. L.B. Luchenbach from Harold Heard, a former trombonist with the Sousa band. Both were aboard California when she was sunk as a result of the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Luchenbach got off the ship, but the music didn't. When the ship was raised, he went aboard and recovered it.

    Donation of Mr. L.B. Luchenbach, 1971.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 144KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images related to the salvage and repair of USS California, see:

  • Salvage and Repair of USS California, December 1941 - October 1942.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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