{"id":80,"date":"2010-06-12T03:02:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T03:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2023-03-18T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T21:50:17","slug":"a-second-uss-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"A second USS San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of San Diego has been the namesake for two U.S. Navy ships with distinguished careers in the two world wars. The armored cruiser USS <em>San Diego<\/em> served in World War I before its sinking by a German mine off the New York coast in 1918. Another USS <em>San Diego<\/em> would fight in World War II, remembered by San Diego author Fred Whitmore as &#8220;the unbeatable ship that nobody ever heard of.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>Read more<\/strong> <strong>about the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San-Diego2.pdf\"><strong>USS <em>San Diego<\/em> of World War II<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San_Diego_CL531.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"113\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=113\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San_Diego_CL531.jpg?fit=739%2C309\" data-orig-size=\"739,309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USS_San_Diego_CL53\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San_Diego_CL531.jpg?fit=739%2C309\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-113\" title=\"USS_San_Diego_CL53\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San_Diego_CL531.jpg?resize=517%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San_Diego_CL531.jpg?w=739 739w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/USS_San_Diego_CL531.jpg?resize=300%2C125 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D80&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of San Diego has been the namesake for two U.S. Navy ships with distinguished careers in the two world wars. 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