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  USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708) information - Search.com
USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, although each city had been honored twice before.
While Minneapolis-St. Paul was the first vessel named for the Twin Cities as a whole, she is the third ship to be named for Minneapolis as well as the third to be named for St.
Paul, CA-73, was the last big-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy, and held the distinction of having fired the final shot of World War Two.
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 Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The capital city of Minnesota is Saint Paul, located in the east-central part of the state along the east bank of the Mississippi River.
Saint Paul is neighbored across the river by Minnesota's largest and most populous city, Minneapolis; together they and their suburbs are known as the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 16
Minnesota's principal airport is Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), the headquarters and a major passenger and freight hub for Northwest Airlines.
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Part of what would become Minnesota was granted to the United States by the Second Treaty of Paris at the end of the American Revolution in 1783, the fledgling states having been granted all of the land east of the Mississippi River.
Republican strength is greatest in southern Minnesota and the suburbs of Minneapolis, especially in the area west of the city, and in developing outer suburban communities.
The capital is St. Paul, which sits on the Mississippi River next to Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis.
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 los angeles class submarine - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) is the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2004.
They were preceded by the Sturgeon class and followed by the Seawolf class.
on SSNs 719-725 and 750-773, 12 Vertical Launch System tubes
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 USS SAINT PAUL Association
The objectives of the association are fraternal, patriotic, and historical; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to perpetuate the memory and history of its deceased comrades, and to provide social and recreational activities for its members.
The regular members of the association are members and former members of the Armed Services and their families who served on board the USS Saint Paul (CA-73), The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708), or staffs embarked in either ship.
The centerpiece is a plaque immortalizing the 55 men who lost their lives while serving aboard "The Fighting Saint".
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 USS SAINT PAUL ASSOCIATION
This site is sponsored by the USS SAINT PAUL ASSOCIATION, which is comprised of former sailors and marines who served aboard the ship during her service to our country.
The objectives of the Association are to perpetuate, honor, and preserve the memory of the USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73) and USS MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL (SSN-708); to hold biennial reunions of shipmates in order to enable members to maintain contact with other shipmates; and to perpetuate the memory and accomplishments of deceased shipmates.
After graduating from boot camp at the Balboa Park Naval Training Center in San Diego, California in 1961, his orders were to report to the 7th Fleet flagship The USS SAINT PAUL CA-73.
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