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San Diego. USS San Diego may refer to: USS San Diego (CA-6), originally the armored cruiser California (1907–1914); renamed San Diego (1914–1918) USS San Diego (CL-53), a light cruiser commissioned in 1942 in service throughout the Pacific War, and decommissioned 1946.
San Diego (1914–1918) Namesake: State of California; City of San Diego, California; Ordered: 3 March 1899: Awarded: 10 January 1901: Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California: Cost: $3,800,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) Laid down: 7 May 1902: Launched: 28 April 1904: Sponsored by: Miss F. Pardee: Commissioned: 1 August ...
Dec 14, 2018 · One of the ships that did not see the war through was the U.S.S. San Diego, which sank about eight miles off the coast of Long Island in July 1918 after an explosion ripped through its...
On July 19, 1918, bound from Portsmouth, N.H. to New York, San Diego was sunk by a mine or torpedo, believed to have been from the German submarine, U-156, southeast of Fire Island, N.Y. The...
Dec 11, 2018 · In July 1918, the 15,000-ton armored cruiser San Diego sank off Long Island, New York, losing six sailors from a crew of 1,100. German submarines had mined the coast, implicating a mine.
Dec 11, 2018 · On a summer morning in July 1918, the USS San Diego was steaming off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., when it was rocked by an explosion. Within 30 minutes, the vessel listed and sank,...
History: During World War I, USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) , originally launched USS California in 1904, guarded convoys through the first part of their passage to Europe. On 19...
