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USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

Heavy cruiser
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.... Wikipedia
Length: 673′
Launched: September 16, 1944
Beam: 71′
Construction started: February 3, 1943
Aircraft carried: 4
Armament: 9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 cal guns; 12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns; 48 × Bofors 40 mm guns; 22 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Commissioned: 17 February 1945