The Minnie, or, the War Cruise of the U.S.S. Minneapolis
- Item sets
- World War II Navy Cruise Books
- Title
- The Minnie, or, the War Cruise of the U.S.S. Minneapolis
- Alternative Title
- Minne
- War cruise of the U.S.S. Minneapolis
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not indicated] : [Publisher not indicated], [1946]
- Date
- 1946
- Description
- From the Prologue The Minnie is truly a veteran. Only a very few other fighting ships in Uncle Sam's Navy have more battle stars than the Minneapolis. During one twenty-month cruise in the Pacific she covered a distance equivalent to nearly seven times around the world. She was in port only eight days during this period which netted each crewman 48 hours of leave. The Minneapolis has served with the Third, Fifth and Seventh Fleets and in all types of operations. Many times the crew could not help but believe that the old ship was classed as expendable, as whenever there was a job to do, the Minnie seemed to be assigned to help do it. Censorship kept her name out of the hometown papers because she was always in action. It has been said the ships that get the publicity are the ones that get sunk, but the Nips couldn't sink the Minnie although they tried time after time.
- Subject
- Minneapolis (Cruiser : CA-36)
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories
- Format
- 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Rights
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