USS Minneapolis CA-36 - Minneapolis, MN - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

In the plaza across the street from the Minneapolis Convention Center, the bell of the Heavy Cruiser USS Minneapolis is on display for visitors and locals to admire. A plaque offers its tribute to those who served upon her during her time upon the seas from 1934 to 1946 and reads:

In Greatful Memory of
The Officers and Men Who Served in
THE U.S.S. MINNEAPOLIS CA-36


Commissioned 1934 - Philadelphia Navy Yard
World War II - 17 Battle Stars
Decommissioned 1946 - Philadelphia Navy Yard


May 19, 1984
The 50th Anniversary of Her Commissioning
Presented by
The City of Minneapolis

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The bell from the World War I-era battleship USS Minnesota is also on display along with an information plaque describing the service of both vessles which reads:

USS Minnesota (BB22)
The battleship USS MINNESOTA was the second US Navy ship to bear the name. She was built at Newport News, VA and commission 9 March 1907. MINNESOTA sailed in late 1907 as a member of the 16 ship "Great White Fleet" on a round-the-world goodwill mission. MINNESOTA served with distinction in World War I. Her long and useful life as a major unit of the US Navy came to an end on 1 December 1921, when she was decommissioned. Her bell was presented to the City of Minneapolis for display in December 1990, by the Navy League of the United States, Twin Cities Council.

USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA 36)
The heavy cruiser USS MINNEAPOLIS was the second US Navy ship to bear the name. She was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and commissioned 19 May 1934. MINNEAPOLIS was at see off Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on 7 December 1941. From then, until hostilities ended in August 1945, MINNEAPOLIS operated almost continuously as a key unit of the US Pacific Fleet. She fought in at least 25 major engagements, for which she earned 17 battle stars, including such significant battles as Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Tassafaronga, Wake, Kwajalein, the Marshalls, Hollandia, the Marianas, Leyte Gulf, the Philippines Invasion, and Okinawa. She was badly damaged during the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942, but survived to fight again, and again. MINNEAPOLIS ended her distinguished career on 10 February 1947 when she was decommissioned. Her bell was presented to the City of Minneapolis by the US Navy in early 1960, and has resided sinced then with the Hennepin County Historical Society. The bell is being exhibited through the courtesy of the Society.

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