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		USS Monitor/CSS Virginia [aka USS Merrimack] After departing Union forces burned the Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk in April 1861, yard workers salvaged the USS Merrimack and converted her into the ironclad CSS Virginia.
		USS Arizona (BB-39) [Pennsylvania class] A lead ship of the honor escort for President Wilson's trip to France in 1918, she was on Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor when Japanese aircraft appeared just before 8:00 am on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
		USS Missouri (BB-63) [Iowa class] The fourth USS Missouri was the last battleship completed by the United States; she was laid down January 6, 1941 by New York Naval Shipyard.
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	USS Minnesota (1855) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Minnesota, a sailing/steam frigate, was launched in 1855 at the Washington Navy Yard and commissioned eighteen months later.
		The first Minnesota was actually named for the Minnesota River, keeping with the US Navy's tradition of naming sail and steam frigates for rivers, streams and bodies of water, not for the territory and later state of Minnesota.
		Minnesota was repaired and returned to duty, and she served until 1898, when she was stricken, beached and burnt to recover her metal fittings and to clear her name for a newly-ordered battleship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Minnesota_(1855) (212 words)

	Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minnesota's population of nearly 5 million is concentrated mostly in the Twin Cities metropolitan area in the east-central part of the state.
		Minnesota is home to many areas of park land, to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, as well as a number of state and county parks, most notably Itasca State Park, the official source of the Mississippi River.
		Minnesota is known for active yet quirky politics, with populism being a longstanding force among all of the political parties that call the state home.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minnesota (5446 words)

	Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Minnesota is not strongly associated with any particular food, though in recent years dishes like wild rice sausage have come from the state and more will undoubtedly follow as Minnesotan chefs seek to define their home in the culinary world.
		Minnesota is known for active yet quirky politics, with populism being a long-standing force among all of the political parties that call the state home.
		Minnesota is the northernmost of the 48 contiguous states (Alaska reaches significantly farther north), reaching to 49° 23' 04" north latitude, due to a small piece of the state known as the Northwest Angle.
	q-basic.xodox.de /Minnesota (3445 words)

	USS Minnesota
		Minnesota, a territory organized in 1849 and named for a Sioux Indian word meaning "Sky-tinted water," was admitted to the Union 11 May, the 32nd State.
		Minnesota, a wooden steam frigate, was laid down in May 1854 by Washington Navy Yard, launched 1 December 1855, sponsored by Miss Suson L. Mann, and commissioned 21 May 1857, Capt. S.
		Minnesota led n joint Army-Nnvy expedition against two important Confederate forts which had been erected at Hatteras Inlet, N.C. The squadron opened fire on Fort Clark on the morning of 28 August 1861 forcing the Confedernte gunners to abandon the fort at noon.
	www.multied.com /navy/frigate/minnesota.html (800 words)

	Wikinfo \| Minnesota
		Fort Snelling, located at the confluence of the Minnesota River and the Mississippi River, was one of the earliest U.S. military presences in the state.
		Joins the US Minnesota was designated a territory on March 3, 1849, but that territory was not coextensive with the present state, since the territory included what later became the territory of Dakota, and later still became the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
		Minnesota is home to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), as well as a number of state and county parks, most notably Itasca State Park, the source of the Mississippi River.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Minnesota (1371 words)

	Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Minnesota along with neighboring states North Dakota South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin form a region called the " Upper Midwest " a subsection of the Midwestern United States.
		Fort Snelling located at the confluence of the Minnesota River and the Mississippi River was one of the earliest U.S. presences in the state.
		Minnesota businesses and individuals paid an of 11.8% of their income in state local taxes in 1998 down from 12.7% in 1996 (Minnesota of Revenue).
	www.freeglossary.com /Minnesota (1761 words)

	MPCA News Release: MPCA Penalizes USS - Minnesota Ore Operations for Alleged Air Quality Violations
		The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and USS - Minnesota Ore Operations (USS, commonly referred to as Minntac) reached an agreement on September 17, 1999, resolving the company's past failure to comply with state air quality rules.
		USS produces taconite pellets near Mountain Iron, Minnesota, from ore the company mines and crushes at its nearby mining facility.
		Minnesota law requires owners and operators of facilities with the potential to release air pollutants to have MPCA permits.
	www.pca.state.mn.us /news/nr929a99.html (433 words)

	Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Minnesota is the largest state by area in the Midwestern United States and is in the subregion known as the Upper Midwest.
		Minnesota is part of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is located in St. Louis, MO. Appeals beyond this level go to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C..
		Minnesota is home many areas of park land, to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), as well as a number of state and county parks, most notably Itasca State Park, the official source of the Mississippi River.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/minnesota (2597 words)

	Civil War Naval Actions -- Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
		However, as they surveyed the opposite side of Hampton Roads, where the Minnesota and other potential victims awaited their fate, the Confederates realized that things were not going to be so simple.
		There, looking small and low near the lofty frigate, was a vessel that could only be USS Monitor, the Union Navy's own ironclad, which had arrived the previous evening after a perilous voyage from New York.
		USS Minnesota is also shown, in the left middle distance.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/civilwar/n-at-cst/hr-james/9mar62.htm (1119 words)

	Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands:
		USS Minnesota, survived the Civil War battle of the ironclads of the coast of Virginia by the timely arrival of the USS Monitor.
		She was decommissioned some five years later, then, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, returned to service as the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
		Minnesota was repaired and returned to duty, and she served until 1898, when she was beached, and burned here at Shackford Head to recover her metal fittings and to clear her name for a newly-ordered battleship.
	www.state.me.us /doc/parks/programs/history/shackfordhead/minnesota.htm (154 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Upon statehood of Iowa and Wisconsin the Minnesota Territory was carved out of the remaining land and established on March 3, 1849, but unlike the boundaries of modern day Minnesota, the areas western border extended far into present day North Dakota and South Dakota; all the way to the Missouri River.
		Minnesota politics include such oddities as a professional wrestler turned governor and a protester turned crowd-surfing mayor.
		Minnesota is part of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/minnesota (4386 words)

	USS Clueless Stardate 20010716.1049
		Not only did she have a steel hull and no sails at all, but she was the first warship in history to have a turret for her main guns.
		Virginia had sortied the day before against a Union blockade squadron and sank USS Cumberland and USS Congress and chased USS Minnesota onto shoal water where she grounded, while all the Union ships fired at Virginia and watched in horror as their shot bounced off her sloping armor.
		It is good that these things be done; we should remember USS Monitor as being the most radical innovation in surface warship design since the invention of the sail, and honor the volunteer crew that risked their lives in her to serve their nation.
	denbeste.nu /entries/00000286.shtml (483 words)

	USS KING DLG-10 [DDG-41]
		After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1901, he served successively in the USS EAGLE, converted gunboat, engaged in the survey of Cienfuegos, Cuba; in the USS CINCINNATI, a protected cruiser employed in the Asiatic Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War; and in the USS ILLINOIS, flagship of the European Squadron.
		He next served as Aide on the staff of Commander, Second Division, Atlantic Fleet (USS MINNESOTA, flagship), and in March 1910 was transferred to the USS NEW HAMPSHIRE, with duty as first assistant to the Senior Engineer Officer, and from August 1910 served as Senior Engineer Officer.
		When the USS S-4 was sunk off Provincetown, Massachusetts, in December 1927, he was assigned temporary duty in command of the Salvage Force that raised that submarine.
	www.uss-king.com /ejking.shtml (1560 words)

	Frequently Referenced Vessels \| Bibliographies \| Resources \| Monitor Center
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, after a two- year period as a decommissioned ship, the Minnesota was placed back into service as the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
		On December 31, 1862, while under tow by the USS Rhode Island to Beaufort, North Carolina, the Monitor encountered a storm off Cape Hatteras and sank.
		Launched in the fall of 1860 as a civilian paddle wheel steamer, this vessel was purchased, renamed, and commissioned by the U.S. Navy as a supply ship under the command of Commander Stephen D. Trenchard less than a year later.
	www.monitorcenter.org /resources/bibliographies/reffvessels (1225 words)

	The Cantabrian Expeditions -- Database
		Minnesota-A, Federation starship, Pulsar-class, Starfleet registry number NCC-19923-A. Scott Fack once served as counselor aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota-A.
		Yves Mueller was the chief engineer aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota and was later the commanding officer aboard the U.S.S. Winterthur.
		The Mustardseed was assigned to the U.S.S. Cantabrian.
	database.usscantabrian.com /m.htm (603 words)

	Battleship Photo Index BB-22 USS MINNESOTA
		Following her shakedown off the New England coast, Minnesota was assigned to duty in connection with the Jamestown Exposition, Jamestown, Va., 22 April to 3 September 1907.
		Minnesota (BB-22) pitches her forefoot out of the water during a storm, while steaming from the Philippines to Yokohama, Japan, in October 1908, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.
		Minnesota (BB-22) was then at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, receiving repairs to mine damage suffered a month earlier.
	www.navsource.org /archives/01/22.htm (1137 words)

	USS Minnesota Muster Roll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The USS Minnesota was a wooden steam frigate, originally commissioned in May 1857, and, after some service with the East India Squadron, decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard in mid 1859.
		Joshua Garrison, captain of forecastle; December 3, 1861; New York; 2; USS Shenandoah; New Jersey; 34; hazel, brown, florid; discharged December 2, 1864.
		USS North Carolina; England; 28; carpenter; grey, dark, dark.
	home.ozconnect.net /tfoen/minnesota.htm (11678 words)

	USS Stark (FFG 31)
		USS STARK was the last but one short hull version in the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class of guided missile frigates.
		USS STARK was homeported in Mayport, Florida, and is scheduled to be scrapped.
		USS STARK is named for Admiral Harold R. Stark, who served his country with distinction for four decades.
	united-states-navy.com /ffg/FFG31.HTM (989 words)

	Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		U. Steel’s Minnesota Ore Operations, located on the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota, include the Minntac plant in Mountain Iron and the Keewatin Taconite operation, 25 miles to the west.
		Minnesota Power provides electricity in a 26,000-square-mile electric service territory located in northeastern Minnesota.
		Minnesota Power supplies electric service to 136,000 retail customers, 16 municipalities and some of the largest industrial customers in the United States.
	www.mnpower.com /news/articles/2005/07-06-05longtermcontract.html (406 words)

	USN Ships--USS Minnesota (Battleship # 22)
		USS Minnesota, a 16,000-ton Connecticut class battleship, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		Minnesota served as a gunnery and engineering training ship during World War I. Damaged by a German mine on 29 September 1918, she was under repair until March 1919, then briefly served as a troop transport bringing service personnel home from France.
		After she was dismantled at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, USS Minnesota's remains were sold for scrap in January 1924.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb22.htm (696 words)

	navychronology1861b
		23 USS Release and Yankee engaged Confederate batteries at the mouth of Potomac Creek, Virginia.
		Though the battle was inconclusive, Captain Levin M. Powell of USS Potomac noted one result that could be bothersome to Union naval forces: "The caliber and long range of the rifled cannon [of Florida].
		USS Jamestown, Commander Green, captured Confederate sloop Havelock near Cape Fear, North Carolina.
	www.usnlp.org /navychronology/1861b.html (7782 words)

	Eyewitness
		When it was over, before dark, the USS Cumberland was sunk, the USS Minnesota had been forced aground, and the USS Congress surrendered and then was burned.
		The USS Cumberland was fired upon, rammed, and sunk, in a dramatic demonstration of the ironclad’s superiority in battle.
		In 1861, the Confederates salvaged the USS Merrimack, which Federal forces had scuttled and burned when forced to abandon the Navy Yard in Norfolk, and converted her into an ironclad that they christened the CSS Virginia.
	www.archives.gov /exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=17 (1032 words)

	History: Civil War - Monitor vs. Merrimack
		The battle on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack, officially the CSS Virginia, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history.
		The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout most of its existence, up until the Union Navy abandoned the Norfolk Naval Yard.
		The USS Minnesota was run aground on one of the shores.
	www.cyberessays.com /History/140.htm (1181 words)

	The Battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
		The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout most of its existence, up until the point that the Union Navy abandoned the Norfolk Naval Yard.
		Like the CSS Virginia, the USS Monitor was expected to sink; it was referred to as "Ericsson's Folly" (Johnson).
		She proceeded to sink the USS Cumberland and then ran the USS Congress aground.
	www.rpi.edu /~fiscap/history_files/monitor.htm (1117 words)

	SHIP DISASTER CREW (1864) ONE-THIRD BLACK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The USS Commodore Morris was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and spent the majority of her naval
		John Brine, landsman, September 23, 1863, New York, 1, USS Minnesota, Ireland, 26, tailor, blue, brown, florid.
		Benjamin Clarkson, landsman, November 17, 1862, New York, 3, USS North Carolina, New York, 21, laborer, negro.
	www.afrigeneas.com /forum-aarchive/index.cgi?noframes;read=19353 (2039 words)

	Naval History USS Minnesota BB-22
		The second Minnesota (BB-22) was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va., 27 October 1903; launched 8 April l905; sponsored by Miss Rose Marie Schaller; and commissioned 9 March 1907, Capt. J.
		Following her shakedown off the New England coast, Minnesota was assigned to duty in connection with the Jamestown Exposition, Jamestown, Va., 22 April to 3 September 1907.
		On 6 April l917, as the United States entered World War I, Minnesota rejoined the active fleet at Tangler Sound, Chesapeake Bay, and was assigned to Division 4, Battleship Force.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/battle/Minnesota.html (438 words)

	Ironclad
		She had rammed and destroyed the 24-gun USS Cumberland and had sunk the 50-gun USS Congress.
		Several other federal vessels, including the USS Roanoke and USS Minnesota, had suffered severe damage after running aground in efforts to avoid the Virginia.
		Over $5.9 million is being used to restore and protect the ironclad USS Cairo on display in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and $10 million has been allocated for a facility to house the ironclad CSS Jackson on display in Columbus, Georgia.
	www.usvetdsp.com /ironclad.htm (4964 words)

	USA 4"/50 (10.2 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9 and 10 Pictures
		At least USS Hovey DD-208 and probably USS Stockton and USS Long DD-209 had hinged sponsons added around the bow mounting to increase the working space.
		USS Ward was sunk during the war, but this gun survived as it had been removed when Ward was converted to fast transport APD-16
		The mini-submarine attacked by USS Ward (DD-139) and PBY 14-P-1 was found on 28 August 2002 by a team from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, not far from the location reported by USS Ward.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_4-50_mk9_pics.htm (550 words)

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