USS Saint Paul (CA-73)
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USS Saint Paul (CA-73), a Baltimore-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her keel was laid down as Rochester on 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 September 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Marie Gordon McDonough, wife of John J. McDonough, then mayor of Saint Paul; and commissioned on 17 February 1945, Captain Ernest H. von Heimburg in command. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 July 1978, and was sold for scrapping in January 1980.
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West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul Downtown
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N 44.9441407 ° | E -93.0938141 ° |
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Saint Paul City Hall
West Kellogg Boulevard 15
55102 Saint Paul, Downtown
Minnesota, United States
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