"U.S.S. CALIFORNIA NO. 44" FULL COLOR BUTTON FROM VALLEJO BEFORE NOVEMBER 1919 LAUNCH AND LATER
PEARL HARBOR CASUALTY.
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Winning Bid:
$551.65
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Striking 1.75 button w/Brunt of San Francisco back paper made while under construction and just prior to launch. USS California in 1941 was flagship of the Battle Force and was hit forward and aft by two Japanese torpedoes in the early minutes of the Pearl Harbor raid. She was later hit by a bomb and near-missed by another, which caused additional flooding. California had steam up and was nearly ready to get underway when a large mass of burning oil, drifting down "Battleship Row", threatened to set the ship afire. She was ordered abandoned, and when the crew returned on board sometime later, it was impossible to control the flooding. Despite strenuous efforts, she slowly settled to the bottom of Pearl Harbor, coming to rest on 10 December. The battleship was raised in March 1942 and received repairs and modernization work that lasted until January 1944, over two years after she was sunk. Nearly a hundred of her officers and men were killed in action during the Pearl Harbor attack. Historic and one seen. NM.
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