Central Business District in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

USS California Bell Memorial

Photographed by Syd Whittle, December 28, 2008

1. USS California Bell Memorial

Inscription.
(Left Side of Base Holding Bell)
Only battleship built on the Pacific Coast Launched at Mare Island Navy Yard Nov. 20, 1919

Ship’s bell dedicated and rung for the last time by Governor Earl Warren Oct. 27, 1949

(Right Side of Base Holding Bell):
World War
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Leyte Gulf
Surigao
Lingayen Gulf
Okinawa
Japan

Placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia Feb. 14, 1947

Third Naval Ship so named

Erected 1949 by State of California.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 14, 1861.

Location. 38° 34.574′ N, 121° 29.519′ W. Memorial is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in the Central Business District. It can be reached from 10th Street. Marker and Bell are located on the grounds of the State Capitol Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 10th and L Streets, Sacramento CA 95814, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Sacramento Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Civil War Symbol Yields To Time (a few steps from this marker); Kenneth L. Maddy

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(a few steps from this marker); California State Capitol Park (a few steps from this marker); Liberty Bell Replica (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Starr King (within shouting distance of this marker); The Civil War Memorial Grove (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Sequoia Sempervirens (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

Also see . . . California State Military Museum: USS California. (Submitted on December 29, 2008.)

Left Side of Base image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, December 28, 2008

2. Left Side of Base

Right Side of Base image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, December 28, 2008

3. Right Side of Base

Photographed by Syd Whittle, December 28, 2008

4. USS California Bell Memorial

USS California Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, December 28, 2008

5. USS California Bell

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 3,624 times since then and 110 times this year. Last updated on November 6, 2013, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 29, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.