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.

USS Saint Paul (CA 73) fires a salvo from her forward eight-inch gun turrets at enemy troops closing in on Hungnam, North Korea, during the evacuation of UN forces from that port. Photograph is dated 21 December 1950.

Sep 2, 2015 · Saint Paul II (CA-73) Caption: Saint Paul (CA-73) underway in the early 1950's. She has been little modified since her first completion, except for new search and fire-control radars and twin...

Nov 29, 2021 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the USS Saint Paul (CA-73) Heavy Cruiser Warship including pictures.

PAUL (CA-73), a Baltimore class cruiser, was commissioned on 17 FEB 1945. USS ST. PAUL was built at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Quincy, Mass., and after shakedown training, with the war in Europe over, headed for the Pacific in May 1945.

Almost 50 Oral Histories of USS Saint Paul sailors are available through the Library of Congress and other sources. They are listed in the above article- Collected Oral Histories- Stories from Our Sailors. How to find an Oral History (Personal Narrative) at the Library of Congress: · …

USS SAINT PAUL was the sixth BALTIMORE - class heavy cruiser and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. USS SAINT PAUL decommissioned in April 1971, following 26 years of continous active service including combat in three wars. She was sold for …

On 7 April, in special TF 74, with destroyers Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), and Massey (DD-778), landing ship-dock Fort Marion (LSD-22) and high speed transport Begor (APD-127), St. Paul helped to carry out raids on rail lines and tunnels utilizing 250 commandos of the 41st Independent Royal Marines.

USS Saint Paul, one of the twelve Baltimore class heavy cruisers,* was built by the Bethlehem Steel Company at Quincy, Massachusetts and commissioned on 17 February 1945.

USS St Paul (CA-73) was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser that took part in the final carrier raids on Japan during 1945 and carried out three combat tours of Korea, firing the last naval salvo of the war and five combat tours of Vietnam.