Battleship USS California BB-44 PEARL HARBOR SANK SUNK 1933 Locy 2s Naval Cover

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Cover (Postal History)

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Condition: used / posted

Grade: F/VF (Fine/Very Fine)
USS California (BB-44) PEARL HARBOR JAPAN SUNK Battleship 1933 Locy 2s Naval CoverPosted to New JerseyDuring the Pearl Harbor raid the USS California (BB-44) was hit by two torpedoes and an 800kg bomb, leaving her sunk in shallow water. She was raised and underwent major reconstruction to modernize the ship, rejoining the fleet in May 1944. On 20 November 1944 a pair of Zero kamikazes approached the ship; California's gunners shot one of them down, but the other struck her on the port side abreast of the mainmast. Gasoline from the plane's fuel tanks started a fire and a friendly fire 5-inch shell from another US ship accidentally hit one of California's 5-inch guns, exploded inside the turret, and started another fire. Both fires were out within twelve minutes, but forty-four men were killed and another one hundred fifty-five were wounded.

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