- This page features selected views of USS California (BB-44).www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/bb44.htm
- The California Military Museum Preserving California's Military Heritage USS California (BB-44) The fifth ship to bear the name CALIFORNIA (BB- 44) was launched 20 November 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. R. T. Zane; and commissioned 10 August 1921, Captain H. J. Ziegemeier in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet as flagship.For 20 years from 1921 until 1941, CALIFORNIA ...www.militarymuseum.org/usscalif.html