Welcome to the Allan Edwards Page Click to listen to the Allan Edwards series featured on The Warrior Next Door Podcast! Click to view the full-length interview from Allan Edwards USS California circa 1930's. A twelve gun broadside of whoop-ass from the the USS California! A beautiful photo of the stern. Notice the lattice or "bird cage" mast. This would be replaced with a standard tripod mast after Pearl Harbor. Map of the battle of Surigao Strait, where the USS California fought in the last battleship vs. battleship fleet action in world history.