There have been three ships of the United States Navy named USS Saint Paul for Saint Paul, Minnesota:
- USS Saint Paul (SP-1643), a former passenger liner which was refitted into a Saint Louis-class auxiliary cruiser and was in commission in 1898, and again from 1917 to 1919.
- USS Saint Paul (CA-71), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the original name of USS Quincy (CA-71).
- USS Saint Paul (CA-73), another Baltimore-class heavy cruiser in commission from 1945 to 1971.
Additionally, two ships of the U.S. Navy have been named for both of the "Twin Cities" (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota) together:
- USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708), the 21st Los Angeles-class submarine, in commission from 1984 to 2008.
- USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) is a planned Freedom-class littoral combat ship.
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See also
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
This page was last edited on 9 March 2022, at 08:27