List of naval ships named for Minnesota

Last updated April 11, 2022

There were 59 United States Navy or Coast Guard ships named for Minnesota, Minnesota communities, lakes, rivers and railroads.

USS Minnesota, a steam frigate named for the Minnesota River, commissioned in 1855 and sold in 1901.
USS Minnesota (BB-22), one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships, commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1921.
USS Minnesota (SSN-783), a Virginia-class attack submarine commissioned in 2013.
SS Brainerd Victory Victory ship
USS Beltrami (AK-162), an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
USS Duluth (CL-87) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser commissioned late in World War II.
USS Duluth (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966 and decommissioned in 2005.
USS Faribault (AK-179), an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30), a dock landing ship which served during World War II
USS Goodhue (APA-107) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served during World War II.
USS Gopher (gunboat), a converted lighthouse tender used as a training ship by the Minnesota Naval Militia in Duluth between 1905 and 1917.
SS Gopher State (ACS-4), a Gopher State-class crane ship serving with the Military Sealift Command, Prepositioning Force.
USS Great Northern (AG-9)
USS Hennepin (AK-187), an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
USS Itasca, a Unadilla-class gunboat in service during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
USS Itasca II (SP-803), a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
USS Itasca (SP-810), a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
USS Kaposia (AO-65) oiler type T3-S2-A1
USS Kawishiwi (AO-146), a Neosho-class oiler commissioned in 1955.
USS Kittson (APA-123), a Haskell-class attack transport commissioned for service in World War II.
USS Lake Pepin (ID 4215) built in Duluth in 1918
USS Mahonmen County (LST-912), an LST-542-class tank landing ship built during World War II.
USS Mankato (YTM-65) Medium Harbor tug
USS Mankato (YN-40) Built 1940 redesignated YNT-8, later reclassified YTB-734 and finally YTM-734.
USS Meeker County (LST-980), an LST-542-class tank landing ship built during World War II.
USS Mendota, a Sassacus-class sidewheel gunboat in service during the Civil War from 1864 to 1865.
USS Mendota (YT-33)
USS Minneapolis (C-13, later CA-17), a Columbia-class protected cruiser which served during World War I.
USS Minneapolis (CA-36), a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser which served during World War II.
USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN-708), a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in commission between 1984 and 2008.
USS Minnetonka, a wooden steam frigate launched in 1867, but renamed USS California before commissioning in 1870.
USS Minnetonka, a Casco-class monitor commissioned as the USS Naubuc in 1865 and renamed in 1869.
USS Mississippi A wooden paddle frigate named for the Ojibwe word for the river. Scuttled 1863.
USS Nicollet (AVS-6), an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II.
USS Northern Pacific
USS Olmsted (APA-188) was a Haskell-class attack transport, built and used during World War II.
USS Owatonna (YTM-756) medium harbor tug
USS Pipestone
USS Redwing (AM-48) transferred to Coast Guard and as the USS Redwing (ARS-4) USCGC Redwing.
USS Redwing (AMS-200) 1955 minesweeper
USS Redwing (YTB-783) 1985 large harbor tug
USS Renville (APA-227) was a Haskell-class attack transport, built and used during World War II.
USS Rainy River (LSM(R)-521), a WWII rocket-equipped Landing Ship.
USS Saint Croix River (LSM(R)-524) a WWII rocket-equipped Landing Ship.
USS Saint Paul, a converted merchant cruiser which served during the Spanish–American War and World War I
USS Saint Paul (CA-73), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser which served from late in World War II until the Vietnam War.
USS Sherburne (APA-205) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy, built and used during World War II.
USS Sibley (APA-206) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy, built and used during World War II.
USS Traverse County (LST-1160), a landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1970.
USS Winona, a Unadilla-class gunboat built for service during the Civil War.
USS Wapasha (YN-45) built 1938
USS Watonwan (ID-4296) single screw freighter built 1918.
USS Worthington PC-1137 PC-461-class-submarine chaser
USS Zumbrota (SO-93/YP-93)
USCGC Itasca Lake-class cutter
USCGC Mendota Lake-class cutter transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 under Lend-Lease and renamed HMS Culver. Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by U-105.
USCGC Winona (WHEC-65) WWII Owasco-class cutter.
USCGC Minnetonka (WHEC-67) WWII Owasco-class cutter.
USCGC Mendota (WHEC-69) WWII Owasco-class cutter.

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