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| Minneapolis, San Francisco, and New Orleans bombard Wake, 5 Oct 1943 | SOC Seagull aircraft being lowered onto catapult of cruiser Minneapolis, after spotting for the Wake Island raid of 5 Oct 1943 | Minneapolis underway, 9 Nov 1943; note camouflage meant to disguise her as a destroyer | Minneapolis bombarding Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands with her 5-in secondary guns, 20 Nov 1943; note rings of smoke |
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| USS Minneapolis being refueled at sea in the Marshall Islands area, Jan 1944 | Task Force bound from Kwajalein to Saipan for the invasion of the Mariana Islands, mid-Jun 1944. Photo taken from USS Honolulu. Note the OS2U Kingfisher float plane on the catapult. | Minneapolis off Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945 | Inactive cruiser Minneapolis being overhauled at Keystone Ship Engineering and Drydock, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, spring 1955 |
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| Aerial view of the Reserve Fleet Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 19 May 1955 |
29 items in this album on 2 pages.
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