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| History | |
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| 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 |
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| Motto | Fighting Saints |
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 13 December 1979 |
| Notes | Bell is at St. Paul City Hall, 3rd Floor |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Saint_Paul_(CA-73)_insignia,_circa_1960_(NH_102469-KN).png) |
| 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 | |
| Aircraft carried | 4 |
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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.
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