Posted on June 28, 2020July 19, 2020 by Erik Chipchase USS California (BB-44) receiving a new coat of anti-foul on her lower hull in dry dock. The outer door of one of her torpedo tubes can be seen below the waterline forward of Turret I. A four-star admiral’s flag flies from the main topmast, which would indicate this was when she was either flagship of the US Fleet or of the Pacific Battle Force. This image was taken in the early 1930s; her topmasts were reduced and her fighting tops modified after 1935’s fleet exercises.
