USS San Francisco Memorial

The memorial in 2018

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 / 37.782807; -122.511544

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[1] "In World War II, San Francisco's namesake ship was a Navy hero". SFChronicle.com. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-10-06.

[2] "Lands End – USS San Francisco Memorial – Public Art and Architecture from Around the World".

[3] "How SF's namesake ship survived a World War II 'suicide' mission". SFChronicle.com. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-10-06.

[4] ttps://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/upload/USS_San_Francisco_sr_2014.pdf^{[bare URL]}

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