| USS California
(BB-44) |
| NH 80528 -- View of the battleship's forward superstructure and
15" gun turrets, in 1938. |
| Note gunfire concentration dial just below the fire control top,
rangefinders atop the pilothouse and conning tower, and two .50 caliber
anti-aircraft machine gun mountings just forward of the armored conning
tower. |
| Courtesy of Howard F. Ailes, 1974. |
| U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph |
| Naval
Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images of USS
California |