USS Minneapolis (CA-36)

USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on 11 April 1943
History
United States
NameMinneapolis
NamesakeCity of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ordered13 February 1929
Awarded
  • 12 July 1929 (date assigned to ship yard)
  • 2 June 1930 (beginning of construction period)
BuilderPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost$11,951,000 (limit of price)
Laid down27 June 1931
Launched6 September 1933
Sponsored byMiss Grace L. Newton
Commissioned19 May 1934
Decommissioned10 February 1947
ReclassifiedCA-36, 1 July 1931
Stricken1 March 1959
Identification
Nickname(s)"Minnie"[1]
Honors and
awards
17 × battle stars
FateScrapped in Chester, Pennsylvania, July 1960
General characteristics (as built)[2]
Class and typeNew Orleans-class cruiser
Displacement9,950 long tons (10,110 t) (standard)
Length
  • 588 ft (179 m) oa
  • 574 ft (175 m) pp
Beam61 ft 9 in (18.82 m)
Draft
  • 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) (mean)
  • 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) (max)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
CapacityFuel oil: 1,650 tons
Complement102 officers 817 enlisted
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 3–5 in (76–127 mm)
  • Deck: 1+142+14 in (32–57 mm)
  • Barbettes: 5 in (130 mm)
  • Turrets: 1+12–8 in (38–203 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 5 in (130 mm)
Aircraft carried4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)[3]
Armament
  • 9 × 8 in (200 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3)
  • 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
  • 7 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
  • 9 × dual 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aviation facilities1 × Amidship catapults

USS Minneapolis (CL/CA-36) was a New Orleans-class cruiser built for the United States Navy before the outbreak of World War II, the second ship named for Minneapolis, Minnesota. She served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

  1. ^ "Ship Nicknames". zuzuray.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ Rickard, J (19 December 2014). "USS Minneapolis (CA-36)". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.