![]() Schlichter as the commanding officer on 26 July 1984. Minneapolis-Saint Paul served initially with Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 2 at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. and was commissioned on 10 March 1984, Cmdr. ![]() Penny Durenberger, wife of Senator David F. launched on 19 March 1983 sponsored by Mrs. Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708) was laid down on 20 January 1981 at Groton, Conn., by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp. (SSN-708: displacement 6,068 length 362' beam 33' draft 32' speed 25 knots complement 110 armament 12 Vertical Launch System (VLS) tubes for UGM-109 Tomahawk submarine-launched cruise missiles and UGM-84 Harpoon submarine launched anti-ship missiles, and four torpedo tubes for Mk 48 torpedoes class Los Angeles) Paul, but was renamed on 16 October 1942, prior to launching, to perpetuate the name of the second Quincy (CA-39), a heavy cruiser lost at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942. Heavy cruiser Quincy (CA-71) was laid down on 9 October 1941 as St. Paul (CA-73), was ordered as Rochester but renamed St. The first Saint Paul, a steel passenger liner, retained her mercantile name in United States service, and served as an auxiliary cruiser in 1898 and from 1917–1919. In addition, two ships have been named for St. The second, heavy cruiser Minneapolis (CA-36), served from 1934–1947. ![]() Navy vessel named for the Twin Cities, but two other ships have been named for Minneapolis.
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