USS San Francisco Memorial
The USS San Francisco Memorial is a war memorial installed in San Francisco's Lands End, in the U.S. state of California.[1][2] The memorial has a plaque commemorating the approximately 100 sailors and seven Marines who died aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco.[3][4] The memorial is notable for being formed partially from the bridge of ship itself, showing some of the extensive damage received in battle.
References[]
- ^ "In World War II, San Francisco's namesake ship was a Navy hero". SFChronicle.com. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ^ "Lands End – USS San Francisco Memorial – Public Art and Architecture from Around the World".
- ^ "How SF's namesake ship survived a World War II 'suicide' mission". SFChronicle.com. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ^ https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/upload/USS_San_Francisco_sr_2014.pdf[bare URL]
External links[]
- Media related to USS San Francisco (CA-38) Memorial at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 37°46′58″N 122°30′42″W / 37.782807°N 122.511544°W
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in San Francisco
- Military monuments and memorials in the United States
- Monuments and memorials in California
- California stubs