U.S.S. Minneapolis
CA-36
1940
(Neptun 1333)
- Class: New Orleans - 7 heavy cruisers of 1929-33
- Displacement: 9,950 tons
- Dimensions: 578(wl) 588(oa) x 61.75 x 19.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 107,000 = 32.7 knots
- Armament: 9-8"/55 (3x3), 8-5"/25 (8x1) guns; 4 aircraft
- Complement: 1,050
- Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 27 Jun 1931
- Launched: 6 Sep 1933
- Commissioned: 19 May 1934
- Decommissioned: 10 Feb 1947
- Actions: Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Eastern Solomons, Tassafaronga (torpedoed, lost bow), Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Marianas, Palau, Leyte, Lingayen, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1942-44. Earned 17 Battle Stars.
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