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USS California, Frigate

January 1, 1873

Steam frigate USS California and a paddlewheel steamer at anchor in SF Bay. [U.S. steam frigate California at SF Cal 1866 {sic} No. 45] [F810 SH-460] Union Pacific Railroad car at lower left, marked 'U.P.R.R.' (Date is wrong. The frigate was originally launched in 1867 as the USS Minnetonka and renamed USS California in 1869. Decommissioned in 1875.)