USS
California
(CGN-36)
Originally California Class DLGN
redesignated California Class CGN
- Displacement
9,561 Tons, Dimensions, 596' (oa) x 61' x 31' 6" (Max)
- Armament 2 Standard SAM 1x2, (80 Missiles) 2 x
5"/54RF, ASROC (24
Missiles) 4 x12.75" TT.
- Machinery, 60,000 shaft horsepower; 2 G.E.
Reactors (D2G),
Geared Turbines, 2
screws
- Speed, 30+ Knots
- Crew 540.
- Keel laid on 13 JUN 1968 at Newport News
Shipyard, Newport News,
VA
- Launched 22 Sep 1971
- Commissioned 16 Feb 1974
- Decommissioned 09 Jul 1999
- Stricken 09 Jul 1999
- Fate: Disposed - Hulk recycled at Puget
Sound Naval
Shipyard, 12
May 2000
My Duties with USS
California
Mar 1988 -
Jun 1993
In Nov '90 I returned to USS California (CGN-36) which was
still in overhaul at Puget
Sound Naval shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
Sept 1991 I was advanced and initiated as QMC. (I ranked 5th in the
fleet.) I was pinned with
anchors passed to me from my dear
friend, QMC Burris. On
my
cover I wore the anchor passed to me from my
wife's Grandfather, MMC Donald
Davison, who served in WWI.
In 1992 California left overhaul and spent most of her time
performing exercises in SoCal testing the many systems upgrades.
Jun 1993 I was transfered to FTC San Diego for
instructor duty.
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