Military Product Description
This CGN-36 USS California Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS CALIFORNIA was the lead ship of the fourth class of nuclear powered guided missile cruisers in the Navy.
General Characteristics: Awarded: June 13, 1968
Keel laid: January 23, 1970
Launched: September 22, 1971
Commissioned: February 16, 1974
Decommissioned: July 9, 1999
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News; Va.
Propulsion system: two D2G General Electric nuclear reactors
Propellers: two
Length: 597 feet (182 meters)
Beam: 61 feet (18.6 meters)
Draft: 31,5 feet (9.6 meters)
Displacement: approx. 10,500 tons
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: none, but landing platform
Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one ASROC missile launcher, two Mk 13 missile launchers for Standard missiles (MR), Mk 46 torpedoes
Crew: 40 officers and 544 enlisted