San Pedro in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
U.S.S. Los Angeles
Non sibi sed patriae ("Not for Self but for Country")
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Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
1. U.S.S. Los Angeles Naval Monument
U.S.S. Los Angeles Naval Monument
Heavy Cruiser CA-135
To the personnel and ships of the United States Navy
Anchors - loan United States Navy
Mainmast & mooring bitts - donated by Joseph S. Schapiro
Capstan cover - donated by San Pedro Bicentennial Committee
Rigging donated by Coordinated Equipment Company
Services Roy Coats & Charles Slocombe
Plaque C. M. Bailey, U.S.N. Ret.
Dedicated 1st December 1977
Tom Bradley, Mayor
John S. Gibson, Jr., Councilman
15th District, City of Los Angeles
Erected 1977 by the City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 188.)
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 1, 1977.
Location. 33° 44.372′ N, 118° 16.777′ W. Memorial is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in San Pedro. It is on Harbor Boulevard north of 6th Street, on the right when traveling north. Located in Gibson Park, north of the Maritime Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 504 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro CA 90731, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in California’s Transverse Ranges. 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 Mexicos Alta California.
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More about this memorial.
Additional relics from Los Angeles, Canberra, New Jersey, and other notable warships and merchantmen are displayed on the grounds and inside the Maritime Museum (the former Municipal Ferry Building) - one block to the southeast.
Regarding U.S.S. Los Angeles. USS Los Angeles was decommissioned and scrapped in 1977.
This is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 188, declared in 1978.
Also see . . .
1. U.S.S. Los Angeles Association. (Submitted on November 25, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Mast Stepping
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
2. Mast of U.S.S. Los Angeles
The monument marker is in shade, at lower right.
Additional keywords. William Vernon Dunbar M.D.; Di U.S.S. Los Angeles
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
3. 8-inch gun barrel, anchors and other donated relics in John S. Gibson, Jr. Park
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
4. Plate on the mast, re: The Stepping of a Mast
'Faith in Our Being'
May God's benevolence remain with us always,
proudly proving our earned nation's heritage whose finite mold over our name's cast...
from the poem by Dick Edward Wolfe, San Pedro's Poet Laureate.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
5. U.S.S. Los Angeles ship's bell
On display in front of the nearby Maritime Museum.
courtesy U.S. Navy
6. U.S.S. Los Angeles - 1952
During her second deployment to the 7th Fleet during the Korean War.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
7. U.S.S. Los Angeles Marker Panel 2
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
8. USS New Jersey (BB 62)
16 Inch 50 Caliber
Gun Barrel
From
USS New Jersey (BB 62)
Barrel Length 68 Feet
Barrel Weight 118.5 Ton
Projectile Weight 2,700 Pounds
Speed of Projectile Leaving Barrel 1,841 Miles Per Hr.
Range (Distance) 24 Miles
Los Angels Maritime Museum
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
9. U.S.S. New Jersey (BB 62)
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
10. 16 Inch Armor Piercing Projectile
16 Inch Armor Piercing Projectile
Length: 72 Inches Weight: 2700 Lbs.
600 Lbs. of powder creates 17.5 tons of pressure
per square inch in the power chamber, forcing the projectile through the 68 FT. gun barrel toward its target - traveling at 1653 miles per Hour/Spinning at 4000 R.P.M.
Maximum Range: 22.8 Miles Rate of Fire: 2 Rounds per Minute
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
11. 16 Inch Armor Piercing Projectile
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
12. Anchor
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
13. William Vernon Dunbar M.D.
Physician and Surgeon, Naval Commander
Outstanding Citizen and Humanitarian
He gave so that others would live. This monument is dedicated with pride and respect by the people of San Pedro.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,562 times since then and 68 times this year. Last updated on February 17, 2014, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 25, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on December 1, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 5, 6. submitted on November 25, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 7. submitted on February 14, 2014, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on February 1, 2014, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
