Puget Sound Navy Yard then took her in for a massive reconstruction, returning her to the combat fleet in early 1944. This page features views related to the salvage and repair of USS California following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image. Members of the Salvage Division discussing her salvage at Pearl Harbor, circa February-March 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
View looks aft, with the ship's fantail aircraft crane in the left middle distance.
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