Talk:USS Minneapolis (CA-36)

Error
I changed this sentence:


 * Within 2 minutes, she had sunk an enemy transport; and her second group of four salvos, with those of another cruiser, sank a second enemy ship

One of these must be Japanese destroyer Takanami, but what was the other? names only one Japanese ship was sunk. says "Amazingly, however, [Takanami] was the only ship to be hit by anything within the Japanese line." and agree (though perhaps everyone is copying from everyone else). Gdr 21:19, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)


 * Morison names every one of the eight destroyers present, and only Takanami as being sunk. The force included no transports (the whole point being to get in and get out fast, 9-knot transports simply can't be part of the plan). I think the DANFS account is seriously garbled; perhaps the writer was only working from ship's log, didn't consult independent accounts of the battle. (Makes one wonder about other DANFS writeups, hmm.) Stan 21:58, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Isn't this entry essentially a copy of this page: http://www.historycentral.com/Navy/cruiser/Minneapolis2.html ?

-chunger

Battle of Surigao Strait
It may be that this section contains a few subtle errors. The first of the two Japanese battleships to be sunk (Fuso) fell to destroyer torpedo attack; she exploded and broke in half before coming into range of Admiral Oldendorf's battle group. Of the six battleships in that group, only three produced an "enormous coordinated salvo," as those with older radar systems did not attain firing solutions until fairly late in the battle (Pennsylvania never fired her main armament, and Mississippi got off only a single salvo at the very end of the engagement). And "crossing the T," while technically correct, was largely irrelevant as Admiral Nishimura was down to a ragged "line" of three ships by the time he cane into range of the American battleships. That said, the second Japanese battleship (Yamashiro), already damaged by earlier torpedo attacks, went down half an hour after the US battleships opened fire. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgoulden (talk • contribs) 15:05, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Tassafaronga
.......and Minneapolis took two torpedo hits, one on the port bow, the other in her number two fireroom, causing loss of power and severe damage; her bow was gone back to the chain pipes.........

With regards the above wording from the main page; the wording of this sentence needs to be changed slightly as it suggests that her bow was blown off when the torpedo hit. The fact is (and as can be seen in the photo on the page), Minnie limped back into Tulagi Harbor with her bow still attached but hanging down, and it was then cut off to allow the false bow repairs to be undertaken. That cut-off-complete-bow section now rests on the bottom of Tulagi Harbor in relatively shallow water and is occasionally visited by scuba divers.

And given that her bow was actually permanently replaced at Pearl Harbor and other major repairs carried out, it may not hurt either to elaborate on a later sentence containing ".......and was able to sail for extensive repairs at Mare Island Naval Shipyard........, as she first went to Espiritu Santo (where a temporary steel bow was constructed to replace her ‘coconut palm tree log’ bow) and then to Pearl where her new (permanent) bow was fitted, after which she then went on to Mare Island for the further repairs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.150.85.102 (talk) 00:36, 19 August 2011 (UTC)