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Sam, I haven't come across anything like that in California. Maybe it does exist. However, there are some alternate ideas.....
If at the San Diego Comic-Con, they have their Maritime Museum just up the street from the convention center. The girlfriend and I went there after Comic-Con last year. No battleships or anything but they do have The Rose/H.S.S. Surprise from the Master and Commander movie, the Star of India, a Russian sub, and a few other smaller vessels.
Up here in the Bay Area, San Francisco also has a Maritime museum but they are older ships.
Out at Suisun Bay, there is the Mothball fleet, which I've always been fascinated with. There is a very expensive private tour and then a public tour on the last weekend of each month. About $30 and I'm thinking of doing it one day unless I can find someone with a boat. I don't think they allow any onboard tours though.
In the Mothball fleet is the U.S.S. Iowa. Apparently, it is waiting donations to become a museum ship one day (hopefully still anchored in the bay).
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