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Caption: "OFF TO JOIN THE FLEET IN THE PACIFIC. The U.S.S. Minneapolis, new heavy cruiser, leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard bound for San Diego, Calif., to take up its first assignment. (Associated Press)" |
Ron Reeves |
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Port side view at anchor, date and location unknown.
George Winstead photo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Starboard side view underway, date and location unknown. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Port side view at anchor, date and location unknown.
George Winstead photo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Undated, pre-war photo. Note that all 4 SOC seaplanes are on the catapults.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Ron Titus |
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Undated, pre-war photo.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Ron Titus |
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Undated, late war |
USN |
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Undated, Early war Image, Shown here (probably after Tassafaronga)
covered in camouflage to avoid detection while undergoing temporary repairs. |
USN |
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Very large (1.80k.b) 1936 photo of Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor. Among
the ships in the harbor are:
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.
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Barry Litchfield |
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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.
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USNHC |
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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.
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National Archives/Scott Dyben |
0403642 |
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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 |
Mike Green |
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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
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National Archives |
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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 |
Mike Green |
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A jury-rigged temporary bow made of coconut logs and steel
beams to get the ship out of the fighting area around Guadalcanal. |
USN |
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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 |
Mike Green |
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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 |
Mike Green |
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"Permanent" temporary bow rigged for the trip across the
Pacific. |
USN |
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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
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National Archives |
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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 |
Mike Green |
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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
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Tracy White |
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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
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Tracy White |
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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
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Tracy White |
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At Pearl Harbor in March, 1943 being repaired after torpedo
damage at the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 30, 1942. Minneapolis
was flagship of TF-67 and was hit by two torpedoes; one blew her bow off,
ahead of #1 turret and the other struck further aft amidships. The aft
damage is hidden by scaffolding in this photo. |
USN |
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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. |
Mike Green |
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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.
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National Archives |
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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.
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National Archives |
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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.
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CTRC Donald J. Wagner, USN (Ret.) |
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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..
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Darryl Baker |
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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.
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National Archives |
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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.
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National Archives |
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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.
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Darryl Baker |
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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.
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Darryl Baker |
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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 |
Mike Green |
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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.
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National Archives/Scott Dyben |
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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.
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National Archives/Scott Dyben |
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USS Minneapolis (CA 36) Refueling at sea from a Navy oiler,
during the Marshall Islands operation, January 1944. 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.
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National Archives |
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Shown on April 1, 1945 off Okinawa covering the landing
craft heading for shore during the invasion. Note how the ship's bridge
has been cut down over the war years for better air defense. |
USN |
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Decommissioned and in mothballs right after the war the
Minneapolis and her prewar sisters were overhauled "just in case"
every five years until they were stricken from the navy list. The Minneapolis
is shown at Keystone Ship Engineering and Drydock at Philadelphia, in
the spring of 1955. Her 5" and 40mm guns are covered, for their protection.
Unique with the Minneapolis is the 40mm twin atop her #2 turret. |
USN |
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Here's another view of the Minneapolis being docked
from the December, 1959 issue of Sun Ship's "Our Yard" magazine. |
Dave Boone |
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Funny how things work out. The USS
Columbia was launched at New York Ship in Camden on 17 December
1941. One of the first tugs to come alongside to assist was the Meyle
steam-powered tug Triton, pictured with three Curtis Bay Towing
tugs.
Fast forward to 1959. After serving with distinction during WW-II, the
Columbia was sold to Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester,
PA, for scrapping. The ship was shifted from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
with the assistance of the tug Triton, now dieselized. Once again,
she's there to assist, now putting the old warrior into her final berth.
The hulk to the right is what is left of Minneapolis. |
Dave Boothe |
