USS Minneapolis (CA-36)

	USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on 11 April 1943
History
United States
Name	Minneapolis
Namesake	City of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	12 July 1929 (date assigned to ship yard); 2 June 1930 (beginning of construction period);
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost	$11,951,000 (limit of price)
Laid down	27 June 1931
Launched	6 September 1933
Sponsored by	Miss Grace L. Newton
Commissioned	19 May 1934
Decommissioned	10 February 1947
Reclassified	CA-36, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-36; Hull symbol: CA-36; Code letters: NACF; ;
Nickname(s)	"Minnie"
Honors and; awards	17 × battle stars
Fate	Scrapped in Chester, Pennsylvania, July 1960
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	New Orleans-class cruiser
Displacement	9,950 long tons (10,110 t) (standard)
Length	588 ft (179 m) oa; 574 ft (175 m) pp;
Beam	61 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	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 107,000 shp (80,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × Westinghouse geared turbines; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Capacity	Fuel oil: 1,650 tons
Complement	102 officers 817 enlisted
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; 8 × caliber 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns;
Armor	Belt: 3–5 in (76–127 mm); Deck: 1+1⁄4–2+1⁄4 in (32–57 mm); Barbettes: 5 in (130 mm); Turrets: 1+1⁄2–8 in (38–203 mm); Conning Tower: 5 in (130 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)
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 facilities	1 × 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.

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

[1] "Ship Nicknames". zuzuray.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[ships-2] "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[history-3] Rickard, J (19 December 2014). "USS Minneapolis (CA-36)". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

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History
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on 11 April 1943
United States
Name	Minneapolis
Namesake	City of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	12 July 1929 (date assigned to ship yard) 2 June 1930 (beginning of construction period)
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost	$11,951,000 (limit of price)
Laid down	27 June 1931
Launched	6 September 1933
Sponsored by	Miss Grace L. Newton
Commissioned	19 May 1934
Decommissioned	10 February 1947
Reclassified	CA-36, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-36 Hull symbol: CA-36 Code letters: NACF
Nickname(s)	"Minnie"^[1]
Honors and awards	17 × battle stars
Fate	Scrapped in Chester, Pennsylvania, July 1960
General characteristics (as built)^[2]
Class and type	New Orleans-class cruiser
Displacement	9,950 long tons (10,110 t) (standard)
Length	588 ft (179 m) oa 574 ft (175 m) pp
Beam	61 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	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Westinghouse geared turbines 4 × screws
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Capacity	Fuel oil: 1,650 tons
Complement	102 officers 817 enlisted
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 8 × caliber 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns
Armor	Belt: 3–5 in (76–127 mm) Deck: 1+1⁄4–2+1⁄4 in (32–57 mm) Barbettes: 5 in (130 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄2–8 in (38–203 mm) Conning Tower: 5 in (130 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × 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 facilities	1 × Amidship catapults