USS California, August 1945.
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USS California, August 1945.
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The California was sunk at Pearl Harbor...yes?
Yes, but she was salvaged and put back in service.
"...She was the last American Battleship built on the West Coast, and the only one to be a dreadnought type.[4] She served in the Pacific her entire career, and for twenty years was the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. She was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor at her moorings in Battleship Row, but was salvaged and reconstructed. She served again for the remainder of World War II before being decommissioned in 1947. She was sold for scrap in 1959...."
From: USS California (BB-44) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was proven...
Interesting story: USS Nevada BB-36 got underway but was badly damaged and beached by Hospital Point during the raid to keep from blocking the channel. She was re-floated and towed to Peugeot Sound where she was repaired and refurbish. One of the things they had to do was replace the entire master electrical switchboard that fed power throughout the ship It had been flooded during the battle. At that early date in the war, copper was needed badly for defense projects so they turned to another, less-in-demand metal for all the switch contacts: gold. The entire switchboard was rebuilt using gold. From that time until she was decommissioned in 1946 an armed, 24-hour guard was maintained in that compartment to prevent theft.
A moment in time when copper was more valuable than gold. it was the same time when pennies were struck in steel.
Bob
As Yamamoto said after Pearl Harbour "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant." and as proven in a well executed mission the P-38's the U.S.A exacted their revenge, and having stood on the memorial of BB-39 and viewing all those names on the marble wall who perished on that terrible day is a truly humbling experience I shall never forget.