USS California,
Motor Patrol Boat (SP-647)
The fourth California, SP-647, was a 58 foot yacht built in 1910. The vessel had a gross register tonnage of 34 tons and a moximum speed of 9.2 knots.
She was commissioned in 1917 and served on local patrol out of San Francisco. She was returned to he owner, the San Francisco Bar Pilot's Association, in 1918.
Bibliography
U.S.S. California DLGN-36 / CGN-36 Internet Site
James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977), Vol.2: C-F, p. 14

buy this book

<< PREV ||| CALIFORNIA INDEX ||| NEXT >>

1  2  3  4  5  6  7