USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

44°56′39″N 93°05′38″W / 44.9441407°N 93.0938141°W / 44.9441407; -93.0938141

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USS Saint Paul off Wonsan on 20 April 1951
History
United States
Name	Saint Paul
Namesake	City of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	3 February 1943
Launched	16 September 1944
Commissioned	17 February 1945
Decommissioned	30 April 1971
Stricken	31 July 1978
Identification	Callsign: NBYM Hull number: CA-73
Motto	Fighting Saints
Honors and awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 13 December 1979
Notes	Bell is at St. Paul City Hall, 3rd Floor
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General characteristics
Class and type	Baltimore-class cruiser
Displacement	14,500 tons
Length	673 ft 5 in (205.26 m)
Beam	70 ft 10 in (21.59 m)
Draft	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	1700 officers and enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 cal guns 12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns 48 × Bofors 40 mm guns 22 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aircraft carried	4

USS Saint Paul (CA-73), a Baltimore-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Her keel was laid down as Rochester on 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 September 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Marie Gordon McDonough,^[1] wife of John J. McDonough, then mayor of Saint Paul; and commissioned on 17 February 1945, Captain Ernest H. von Heimburg in command. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 July 1978, and was sold for scrapping in January 1980.