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California

Ship Designation: 
BB-44
Date Lost: 
Sunday, December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor Attack - Battleship Row
During the Pearl Harbor attack at 0805 a bomb exploded below decks in California, setting off an antiaircraft ammunition magazine and killing 50 men. A second bomb ruptured her bow plates. ... Despite valiant efforts to keep her afloat the in-rushing water could not be isolated and the ship settled into the mud with only her superstructure remaining above the surface. When the action ended, 98 of her crew were lost and 61 wounded.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 99

Name Service Branchsort ascending
Ens Herbert Jones USNR
Sea 1c Wilbur Bailey USN
FC 3c Kenneth Cooper USN
Sea 2c Lewis Pitts USN
Ens George Gilbert USN
AS Marvin Ferguson USN
F 1c James Milner USN
Sea 1c Glen Baker USN
Sea 2c Herbert Curtis USN
F 3c George Pendarvis USN
SK 3c Robert Garcia USN
Sea 2c Alfred Farley USN
Sea 1c Bernard Mirello USN
F 2c James Ball USN
Sea 2c Lloyd Cutrer USN
Sea 1c Kenneth Payne USN
Sea 2c Thomas Gary USN
Sea 2c Robert Ernest USN
Sea 2c James Minter USN
Sea 1c Harold Bandemar USN

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Prepared by CAPT R. O. Strange USN (Ret.)