USS California (DLGN-36/CGN-36), the lead ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, was the sixth warship of the United States Navy to be named for the State of California. USS California and her sister ship, USS South Carolina were equipped with two single-armed Mk.13 launchers, fore and aft, for the Standard Missile, one ASROC missile launcher, and two Mk.141 launchers for the Harpoon missiles. These cruisers were equipped with two 5-inch/54 calibre Mk 45 guns rapid-fire cannons, fore and aft. The two cruisers also had a unique arrangement aft of their superstructures with a flight deck and lowerable safety fences. Both cruisers also had full suites of anti-submarine warfare equipment. Thus, these warships were designed to combat all threats, in the air, on the surface, and underwater.

The contract to build USS California was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 13 June 1968 and her keel was laid down on 23 January 1970. She was launched on 22 September 1971 sponsored with a "near miss" of the champagne bottle by First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, and commissioned on 16 February 1974 by The Honorable James E. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). She was commissioned as a destroyer leader (DLGN), but her designation was changed to a guided-missile cruiser (CGN) on 30 June 1975.

In September 1983, the "Golden Grizzly" left Norfolk for the last time, steaming through the Panama Canal to its new homeport, Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. The ship embarked on its first Western Pacific and Indian Ocean cruise in February 1985 as a member of the USS Constellation battle group. During the spring of 1986, California conducted several weeks of Bering Sea operations and became the first cruiser to visit Adak, Alaska, since World War II. USS California was deactivated on 1 October 1998, then decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 July 1999. She was disposed of in the U.S. Navy's Nuclear-Powered Ship-Submarine recycling program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Her recycling and scrapping was completed on 12 May 2000.

Controls:
Throttle: Drive cruiser
AG1+Throttle: Drive cruiser reverse
AG2+VTOL+Trim: Activate and control forward Mk.13 Standard launcher
AG3+VTOL+Trim: Activate and control aft Mk.13 Standard launcher
AG4+Pitch+Roll: Activate and control Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS guns
AG5: Activate left RGM-84 Harpoon launcher
AG5+VTOL+Trim: Activate and control forward Mk.45 gun
AG6: Activate right RGM-84 Harpoon launcher
AG6+VTOL+Trim: Activate and control aft Mk.45 gun
AG7: Reserved for the Mk.112 Matchbox launcher if you wish to make it functional
Yaw: Steer cruiser

Credits to @MintLynx for the Mk.45 gun, Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS, and the RGM-84 Harpoon launcher.