In October 1909 , while '' Albany '' was at Mare Island undergoing repairs and preparing to steam south to Magdalena Bay , she and other U.S. and foreign warships , participated in the Portola Festival at San Francisco , a city-wide fair held on 19 – 23 October to mark the 140th anniversary of the Portolá expedition , the first recorded Spanish ( and European ) land entry and exploration of present day California , and to proclaim to the world that San Francisco was recovered from its devastating 1906 earthquake
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
USS Albany (CL-23)