McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 009

Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 009
Description: Caption: "U.S.S. California," c. 1906. This photograph shows the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the Golden State's name. Launched in 1904 and commissioned in 1907, this Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser served in the Pacific fleet. Her name was changed in 1914 to the USS San Diego, in order to free up the name for a new, Tennessee-class battleship. The USS San Diego went on to serve in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during World War I, until being sunk off the coast of New York by a German mine in 1918, with a loss of six lives.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Unidentified Location
Date: 1906
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-009
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image from the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: USS California
Type: Still Image