Uss Minnesota
Two ships of the
United States Navy
have been named
USS ''Minnesota
'' in honor of
the 32nd state
and the river which shares its name.
The first
USS
Minnesota
, a
wooden
steam
frigate
, saw action during the
American Civil War
, including an encounter with
CSS
Virginia
.
The second
USS
Minnesota
(BB-22)
, a
Connecticut
-class battleship
, saw
combat
during
World War I
.
Additionally,
USNS
Gopher State
(T-ACS-4)
, a
Gopher State
-class crane ship
, operates with the Ready Reserve Force of the
Military Sealift Command
as a prepositioning ship, operating with the Army.
Gopher State
is named in honor of the state of Minnesota, which is often called the Gopher State (or the North Star State). Other ships named for notable features of the State of Minnesota:
USS
Minneapolis-Saint Paul
(SSN-708)
, a
Los Angeles
-class submarine
, named for the
Twin Cities
metropolitan area
.
Minneapolis-Saint Paul
is the twentieth
Los Angeles
class sub and is in active service.
USS
Minneapolis
: Two ships have been named for the largest city in Minnesota
USS
Saint Paul
: Two ships have been named for Minnesota's
capital
and second largest city.
USS
Duluth
: Two ships have been named for Minnesota's fourth largest city (third largest before 2000), the busiest inland seaport in the world.
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