There were 59 United States Navy or Coast Guard ships named for Minnesota, Minnesota communities, lakes, rivers and railroads.
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USS ''Minnesota'', a steam frigate named for the
Minnesota River
The Minnesota River ( dak, Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of in Minnesota and about in South Dakota and Iowa.
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, commissioned in 1855 and sold in 1901.
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USS ''Minnesota'' (BB-22), one of the last
pre-dreadnought
Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late- 1880s and 1905, before the launch of in 1906. The pre-dreadnought ships replaced the ironclad battleships of the 1870s and 1880s. Built from steel, prote ...
battleship
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s, commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1921.
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USS ''Minnesota'' (SSN-783), a
''Virginia''-class attack submarine
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commissioned in 2013.
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SS ''Brainerd Victory'' Victory ship
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USS ''Beltrami'' (AK-162), an ''Alamosa''-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
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USS ''Duluth'' (CL-87) was a
''Cleveland''-class light cruiser commissioned late in World War II.
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USS ''Duluth'' (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966 and decommissioned in 2005.
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USS ''Faribault'' (AK-179), an ''Alamosa''-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
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USS ''Fort Snelling'' (LSD-30), a
dock landing ship
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which served during
World War II
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USS ''Goodhue'' (APA-107) was a ''Bayfield''-class attack transport that served during World War II.
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USS ''Gopher'' (gunboat), a converted lighthouse tender used as a training ship by the
Minnesota Naval Militia in
Duluth
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between 1905 and 1917.
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SS ''Gopher State'' (ACS-4), a ''Gopher State''-class crane ship serving with the
Military Sealift Command
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, Prepositioning Force.
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USS ''Great Northern'' (AG-9)
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USS ''Hennepin'' (AK-187), an ''Alamosa''-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
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USS ''Itasca'', a ''Unadilla''-class gunboat in service during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
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USS ''Itasca II'' (SP-803), a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
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USS ''Itasca'' (SP-810), a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
* USS ''Kaposia'' (AO-65) oiler type
T3-S2-A1
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USS ''Kawishiwi'' (AO-146), a ''Neosho''-class oiler commissioned in 1955.
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USS ''Kittson'' (APA-123), a ''Haskell''-class attack transport commissioned for service in World War II.
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USS ''Lake Pepin'' (ID 4215) built in Duluth in 1918
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USS ''Mahonmen County'' (LST-912), an ''LST-542''-class tank landing ship built during World War II.
* USS ''Mankato'' (YTM-65) Medium Harbor tug
* USS ''Mankato'' (YN-40) Built 1940 redesignated YNT-8, later reclassified YTB-734 and finally YTM-734.
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USS ''Meeker County'' (LST-980), an ''LST-542''-class tank landing ship built during World War II.
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USS ''Mendota'', a
''Sassacus''-class sidewheel gunboat in service during the Civil War from 1864 to 1865.
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USS ''Mendota'' (YT-33)
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USS ''Minneapolis'' (C-13, later CA-17), a
''Columbia''-class protected cruiser
Protected cruisers, a type of naval cruiser of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers re ...
which served during
World War I
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.
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USS ''Minneapolis'' (CA-36), a
''New Orleans''-class heavy cruiser
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which served during
World War II
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.
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USS ''Minneapolis-St. Paul'' (SSN-708), a
''Los Angeles''-class nuclear
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attack submarine
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in commission between 1984 and 2008.
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USS ''Minnetonka'', a wooden steam frigate launched in 1867, but renamed USS ''California'' before commissioning in 1870.
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USS ''Minnetonka'', a
''Casco''-class monitor commissioned as the USS ''Naubuc'' in 1865 and renamed in 1869.
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USS ''Mississippi'' A wooden
paddle frigate
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named for the Ojibwe word for the river. Scuttled 1863.
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USS ''Nicollet'' (AVS-6), an ''Alamosa''-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
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USS ''Northern Pacific''
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USS ''Olmsted'' (APA-188) was a ''Haskell''-class attack transport, built and used during World War II.
* USS ''Owatonna'' (YTM-756) medium harbor tug
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USS ''Pipestone''
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USS ''Redwing'' (AM-48) transferred to Coast Guard and as the USS ''Redwing'' (ARS-4) USCGC ''Redwing''.
* USS ''Redwing'' (AMS-200) 1955 minesweeper
* USS ''Redwing'' (YTB-783) 1985 large harbor tug
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USS ''Renville'' (APA-227) was a ''Haskell''-class attack transport, built and used during World War II.
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USS ''Rainy River'' (LSM(R)-521), a WWII rocket-equipped Landing Ship.
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USS ''Saint Croix River'' (LSM(R)-524) a WWII rocket-equipped Landing Ship.
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USS ''Saint Paul'', a converted merchant cruiser which served during the
Spanish–American War
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and
World War I
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USS ''Saint Paul'' (CA-73), a
''Baltimore''-class heavy cruiser which served from late in World War II until the
Vietnam War
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.
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USS ''Sherburne'' (APA-205) was a ''Haskell''-class attack transport of the US Navy, built and used during World War II.
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USS ''Sibley'' (APA-206) was a ''Haskell''-class attack transport of the US Navy, built and used during World War II.
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USS ''Traverse County'' (LST-1160), a landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1970.
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USS ''Winona'', a ''Unadilla''-class gunboat built for service during the Civil War.
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USS ''Wapasha'' (YN-45) built 1938
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USS ''Watonwan'' (ID-4296) single screw freighter built 1918.
* USS ''Worthington'' PC-1137 PC-461-class-submarine chaser
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USS ''Zumbrota'' (SO-93/YP-93)
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USCGC ''Itasca'' cutter
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USCGC ''Mendota'' Lake-class cutter transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 under
Lend-Lease
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and renamed
HMS ''Culver''. Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by U-105.
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USCGC ''Winona'' (WHEC-65) WWII
''Owasco''-class cutter.
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USCGC ''Minnetonka'' (WHEC-67) WWII ''Owasco''-class cutter.
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USCGC ''Mendota'' (WHEC-69) WWII ''Owasco''-class cutter.
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Naval ships named for Minnesota