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.

The memorial in 2018

References
  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. https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/upload/USS_San_Francisco_sr_2014.pdf
  •  California portal
  •  War portal


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