Minneapolis being launched on 6 September 1933 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection.

Port side view at anchor, date and location unknown.

George Winstead photo.

Port side view at anchor, date and location unknown.

George Winstead photo.

Undated, pre-war photo. Note that all 4 SOC seaplanes are on the catapults.

U.S. Navy photo.

Undated, pre-war photo.

U.S. Navy photo.

Very large (1.80k.b) 1936 photo of Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor. Among the ships in the harbor are: Front and center a? Northampton class? CA, most likely the? Chester? (CA 27).
The two New Orleans (CA 32) class cruisers on the far left are the Minneapolis (CA 36) nearer the camera with New Orleans (CA 32) behind. Both have the curved-faced turrets, limiting them to the CA-32/34/36 group. Within that group, only New Orleans lacked the glassed-in navigation bridge (below the pilothouse), and minor superstructure variations point to the other being Minneapolis rather than Astoria(CA 34).
The battleships from left to right: Colorado (BB 45), or West Virginia (BB 48), outboard of Idaho (BB 42), Nevada (BB 36), outboard of Mississippi (BB 41), New Mexico (BB 40), outboard of Maryland (BB 46) or California (BB 44).
On the far right is the Hospital ship Relief (AH 1) with two unidentified ships ahead and to her port side.

Text courtesy of David Johnston, (USNR), Aryeh Wetherhorn (USNR) & Richard Jensen. Photo courtesy of Edward Cwalinski.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) Underway at sea on 25 June 1938. She is wearing an "E" award, for Engineering excellence, on her after smokestack.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50350.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) firing her 8"/55 main battery guns during battle practice, 29 March 1939. Taken from a floatplane of her embarked aviation unit, VCS-6. Note the stripes painted on the tops of her forward gun turrets.

Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives - 80-CF-21343-2.

Torpedo damage diagram of the USS Minneapolis (CA 36) from surface torpedoes explosions at Lunga Point on 30 November - 1 December 1942.

Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 36

Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942 - USS Minneapolis (CA 36) at Tulagi with torpedo damage received in the battle. Photograph was taken on 1 December 1942, as work began to cut away the wreckage of her bow.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-211215

Minneapolis settling by the bow after a heavy vapor torch caused gas explosion on 6 December 1942 during the preparation and fabrication of the log breakwater at Tulagi. Seven feet of freeboard was lost at the bow from this explosion.

Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 36

USS Minneapolis (CA 36), with a log breakwater protecting the remaining bow,leaving “Ringbolt” (Tulagi's code name) on 12 December 1942 en route to Espiritu Santo. A temporary bow will be fabricated there, to prepare the ship for the voyage to Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.

Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 36

Port side view of the temporary bow fabricated and fitted to the Minneapolis. The ship is preparing for the voyage to Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. The steel plates only extended about two feet below the waterline. From there down to the keel, more plates were bolted on with the aid of a 'velocity power tool'.

Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 36

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) En route to Pearl Harbor for repairs, circa January 1943. She had lost her bow when hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-44544

Minneapolis dry docked at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard 9 March 1943. The upper part of the temporary bow has been removed, with the starboard temporary steel plates still bolted and ready to be removed.

Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 36

Looking into the #2 fire room through the side of the ship while in drydock at Pearl Harbor. The boiler tubes are visible in the center of the picture. Photo taken 9 March 1943.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

Looking into the #2 fire room through the side of the ship while in drydock at Pearl Harbor. Photo taken 9 March 1943.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

Forward stack, showing distortion from the explosion in the fire room below it, which partially vented up and out of the stack. Photo taken 9 March 1943 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.

National Archives, San Francisco Branch, Mare Island Naval Shipyard General Correspondence files, 1941-47

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) dry docked at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for temporary bow inspection and torpedo damage structural repairs in March, 1943. This is a port side view looking inboard and aft abreast Nos. 1 and 2 firerooms.

US Navy Department Bureau of Ships War Damage Report No. 36, USS Minneapolis (CA36) Torpedo Damage 30 November 1943 off Lunga Point, Photo No. 21.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) At Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 11 April 1943, after being fitted with a new bow. She had lost her original bow in the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942. Note the New Mexico class battleship in the left distance.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-K-544.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) Departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 11 April 1943, after being fitted with a new bow. She had lost her original bow in the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-K-541.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) at Mare Island Navy Shipyard on 21 JUL 1943 undergoing overhaul and battle damage repairs.

Portion of Mare Island Photo #5293-43.

Aft plan view of the USS Minneapolis (CA 36) at Mare Island on 2 August 1943. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 22 April to 10 September 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #U.S. Navy Photo #6266-43..

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 August 1943, upon completion of overhaul and battle damage repairs. Note: SK-1 search radar and gunfire directors mounted atop her foremast and bridge; large false windows painted on her pilothouse, part of a camouflage scheme intended to make her look like a destroyer; Sailors pushing a cart full of battle helmets in the lower left; railway boxcars on the pier alongside the ship; lighter YF-280 in the left distance and crane vessel YD-98 at right. Circles mark recent alterations.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-51998.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 4 September 1943, after completion of overhaul and battle damage repairs. Note her unique camouflage scheme, intended to make her appear to be a destroyer.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-51995.

Forward plan view of the USS Minneapolis (CA 36) off Mare Island on 4 September 1943. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 22 April to 10 September 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #6266-43.

Stern view of the USS Minneapolis (CA 36) off Mare Island on 4 September 1943. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 22 April to 10 September 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #6271-43.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 4 September 1943, after completion of overhaul and battle damage repairs. Note her unique camouflage scheme, intended to make her appear to be a destroyer.

Mare Island Navy Yard, Photo No.6273-43

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) underway on 9 November 1943. Note her unique camouflage scheme, with the cruiser painted to resemble a destroyer.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-276720.

Makin Invasion, November 1943 - USS Minneapolis (CA 36) bombarding Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, on 20 November 1943, shortly before U.S. Army forces landed there. Guns firing are from the cruiser's starboard side 5"/25 secondary battery. Note smoke rings. Simultaneous discharge of these guns indicates that they are firing under remote control.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-202518.

Minneapolis refueling at sea during the raid on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. November - December 1943. The Oiler is USS Platte (AO 24). Photo taken from USS Cowpens (CVL 25)"

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) Refueling at sea from the oiler USS Platte (AO 24), during the Marshall Islands operation. Photographed from USS Cowpens (CVL 25). The oiler is one of the few that were fitted with a Mark 37 gun director, visible atop her bridge. Note the red navigation light on the oiler's port bridge wing.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-K-109.

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) in Puget Sound, Washington, running trials after overhaul on 27 June 1945.

Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #NH 96702

The ex-USS Minneapolis (CA 36) is in the process of being scrapped at Sun Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 January 1960. A section of the bow, seen here, has been removed, along with the superstructure.

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection.