#uss minneapolis

[cursedalthoughts]

Official art of Minneapolis done by artist MEPHIST0216 for the 5th Anniversary Livestream, which is in less than 3 days from now

[carbone14]

Le croiseur lourd USS Minneapolis (CA-36) suite à une torpille reçue à la proue du navire la nuit précédente lors de la bataille navale de Tassafaronga – Campagne de Guadalcanal – Campagne des îles Salomon – Guerre du Pacifique – Tulagi – Iles Salomon – 1er décembre 1942

Photographe : Official U.S. Navy Photograph

©Naval History and Heritage Command - 80-G-211215

[mareislandfoundation]

A Legacy

It is in the heart of the first United States naval base on the Pacific Ocean and it stands on the same foundation as the original commandant’s mansion. The first mansion was the home of one of the most famous naval officers in US history, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, and it was destroyed in the Mare Island earthquake of 1898. Today’s mansion still stands on that original foundation, but much has changed from the days when that first mansion was constructed in the 1850’s. The mansion has transitioned from outdoor to indoor plumbing, oil lamps to electric lighting, carriage houses to garages etc. Of course, most of those changes were the result of the labors of public works employees or contractors, but the 10,340 bricks that constitute the walkways that meander through the spacious gardens were the work of one man who happened to command the naval base.

Vice Admiral Lowry was a man of small stature, but he was also a highly decorated naval officer who saw service in both World Wars. He was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service as Commanding Officer of the Heavy Cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36), during operations at the battle of the Coral Sea only 5 months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Following that attack Japanese forces had been rolling nearly unopposed across the Pacific. Then on 7 and 8 May 1942 his ship inflicted considerable damage on the Japanese and rendered vital protection to the US aircraft carrier USS Lexington to which it was assigned. The Battle of the Coral Sea was important as it was the first pure carrier-versus-carrier battle in history as neither surface fleet sighted the other. Though a draw, it was an important turning point in the war in the Pacific because, for the first time, the Allies had stopped the Japanese advance and lines of communication to Australia and New Zealand were kept open.

Admiral Lowry later commanded the invasions on the other side of the world at Salerno and Anzio (Italy). Lowry's Task Force 81 contained over 250 combat-loaded vessels and amphibious assault craft of all sizes and descriptions. Admiral Lowry also commanded the 74 vessels of Task Force X-Ray, assigned to see American forces safely ashore and to support their beachhead operations at Anzio. With the war ended, Admiral Lowry was soon put in command of Mare Island Naval Shipyard where he indulged one of his great passions, gardening. Admiral Lowry commanded Mare Island for 2 ½ years from 1947 to 1950 and during that time he constructed all the brick pathways that interlace the gardens behind the mansion.

Dennis Kelly

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Minneapolis (CA-36) en route to Pearl Harbor for repairs, circa January 1943. She had lost her bow when hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on November 30, 1942.

NHHC: 80-G-44544

[elvis2130]

USS Minneapolis

[judgemark45]

Heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, 11 April 1943

[jommunism]

my radio set is live! my friend Rose (@rosew1ther) got offered a takeover of ola radio in Marseille and i got to do a set!

check it out:

setlist:

(win98 intro)

kaiju queers - fell in love with a boy

G.L.O.S.S. - (we're from the future)

the chats - struck by lightning

hen and the cocks - speed

priests - modern love / no weapon

glüestick - pressure

devi mccallion & katie dey - labyrinth

black dresses - peacesign!!!

laura les - haunted

alice gas - paranoid

postblankvoid - minneapolis belongs to who???

gloo - lux 2

trigger object - organ donor

luisa e os alquimistas - descoladinha

linn da quebrada - bixa travesty

nacao zumbi - maracatu atomico

dunaj - cassiniho deleni

wintergatan - sommarfagel

shubh saran - slip

sungazer - threshold

alex(andria) gore - blur

breton - envy

yaya kim - anger is my power

shiina ringo - 葬列

polysics - rocket

buzz - 나에게로 떠나는 여행

eraserheads - 1995

sandwich - betamax

cambio - autopilot

uss - hydrogenuine

weakerthans - greatest hits collection

kaiju queers - destroy t.o.k.y.o.

(winxp outro)

[coolyo294]

imagine my disappointment seeing a new post in the USS Minneapolis tag only to find out it’s some picrew avatar’s bendy and the ink machine headcanon where they conflate the Minneapolis with the Indianapolis 

[incandescent-cypher]

hm. turns out there's a Chinese mobile shooter game featuring WWII warships as cute anime girls, including the USS Minneapolis, who looks like this:

so there's yuri fanfic out there featuring the city of Minneapolis (turned warship turned anime girl) fucking other cities/WWII warships/anime girls. fucking incredible

Fun game I enjoy playing sometimes involves typing your hometown (or nearest mid-sized city) into ao3 search

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.26 (after 1940)

1940 – World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. 1940 – World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison. 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place. 1948 – The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. 1966 – British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. 1967 – The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released. 1968 – H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed Moon landing. 1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh. 1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 1981 – Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due). 1981 – An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others. 1983 – The 7.8 Mw  Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead. 1986 – The European Community adopts the European flag. 1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. 1991 – Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri Province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board. 1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. 1998 – The first "National Sorry Day" is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people. 1998 – A MIAT Mongolian Airlines Harbin Y-12 crashes near Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia, resulting in 28 deaths. 2002 – The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured. 2003 – Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 crashes in the Turkish town of Maçka, killing 75. 2004 – United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing. 2008 – Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million. 2020 – Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, later becoming widespread across the United States and around the world. 2021 – Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States.

[bijouxbyandrea]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Postcard Antique USS Minneapolis Navy Ship 0550.

[carmenvicinanza]

Clarice Phelps

Clarice Phelps, chimica nucleare, è la prima donna afroamericana coinvolta nella scoperta di un elemento chimico, la tennessina o elemento 117.

Sostenitrice della diversità, importante è il suo contributo alla divulgazione scientifica e alla sensibilizzazione nelle nuove generazioni.

Nata col nome di Clarice Evone Salone nel 1981 a Minneapolis, nel Minnesota, è cresciuta, con tre sorelle e una madre single a Nashville, in Tennessee.

Ha iniziato a interessarsi alla scienza da bambina, guardando un programma televisivo sulle discipline STEM. Una passione sostenuta anche dai suoi insegnanti del Tennessee Aquatic Project and Development Group, organizzazione senza scopo di lucro per giovani a rischio.

Nel 2003 si è laureata in chimica all’Università di Nashville e, non riuscendo a trovare un’occupazione, si è arruolata nella Marina degli Stati Uniti dove ha prestato servizio come sottufficiale nel programma per l’energia nucleare.

Ha trascorso quattro anni a bordo della portaerei USS Ronald Reagan, dove ha gestito i controlli chimici del reattore nucleare e del generatore di vapore. Unica donna nera nella sua divisione sulla nave, per il suo lavoro si è aggiudicata il Military Excellence Award. 

Dopo essersi congedata, nel 2009, ha iniziato a lavorare all’Oak Ridge National Laboratory, dapprima come tecnica per poi diventare ricercatrice associata, fino a diventare la responsabile dei programmi che hanno prodotto gli isotopi nichel-63 e selenio-75. È stato qui che ha scoperto un nuovo elemento, il 117.

Nel 2017 è stata premiata con il YWCA Tribute to Women di Knoxville nella categoria Tecnologia, ricerca e innovazione.

Nel 2019 è stata inclusa nella tavola periodica dei giovani chimici dell’Unione internazionale di chimica pura e applicata “per i suoi contributi alla ricerca e all’impegno pubblico come importante sostenitrice della diversità“.

Nel 2021 ha conseguito un Master in Ingegneria Meccanica presso l’Università di Austin in Texas e successivamente il dottorato in filosofia nel programma di ingegneria nucleare presso l’Università di Knoxville, inTennessee. 

Fa parte dell’American Chemical Society, continua a gestire l’uso industriale degli isotopi per la divisione Isotope & Fuel Cycle Technology di Oak Ridge ed è nel comitato di sensibilizzazione educativa per le scuole della contea di Knox.

La sua carriera non è stata priva di mortificazioni, pur avendo avuto un ruolo importante nella scoperta della Tennessina, il suo nome è stato escluso dalla lista degli ospiti al gala di presentazione e dalla targa da appendere nel laboratorio. Ha dovuto imporsi affinché il suo nome venisse aggiunto insieme a quelli delle altre persone dello staff.  

Nel settembre 2018, la fisica britannica Jessica Wade, che si occupa di scrivere le storie delle scienziate su Wikipedia, aveva pubblicato un articolo su di lei che è stato cancellato l’11 febbraio 2019.

Dopo varie sollecitazioni da parte di stampa e  riviste del settore, nel 2020 la voce che riporta la sua storia e l’importante scoperta a cui ha contribuito è stata ripristinata e il suo nome appare finalmente nei media mainstream. 

Ancora una volta bisogna ringraziare Jessica Wade, che col suo incessante lavoro, dona visibilità a scienziate a cui, ancora oggi, viene negata.

[lonestarbattleship]

USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36) after an overhaul and battle damage repairs at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California.

Photographed on September 4, 1943.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 19-N-51995

[emeraldbabygirl]

Just gonna post more pics of my boat waifus to distract the mates uwu

Here’s some best girl South Dakota

Here’s some Massachusetts for the lads

Some Minneapolis. And no I don’t have Alabama and you know why? Alabama is not my boat waifu.

[bigglesworld]

Curtiss SOC Seagull. Scout observation AC. Type first flew in 1934. Being recovered by USS Minneapolis

[polysscale]

USS Minneapolis CA-36 #Diorama #ScaleModel #Miniature #ModelKit