Bob Seccombe's "Tennessee" 1903

[Bob S]

It is TENNESSEE. The upper superstructure just forward of the director in CALIFORNIA is just slightly different.

When I was at ED School in the Mare Island NSY in 1977, you could still find the lines for the shell expansion of CALIFORNIA on the floor of the mould loft. When the ship was launched, it did not have enough drag chain attached, and the hull kept right on going ... and stern buried itself in the mud on the Vallejo side of the channel. I'll bet the launch/dockmaster got yelled at for that one.

Resp'y,
Bob S.