USS California explained

USS California may refer to:

• was a screw sloop originally named Minnetonka
• was a commissioned in 1907, renamed San Diego in 1914 and sunk by a mine in World War I
• served during World War I as a motor patrol boat in New York City Harbor; later renamed Hauoli
• was a motor patrol boat in San Francisco Harbor during World War I.
• was a active in World War II
• was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers; known as the "Golden Grizzly."
• is a commissioned in 2011