There have been two ships of the United States Navy named USS Saint Paul for St. Paul, Minnesota:
USS Saint Paul (SP-1643), a former passenger liner which was refitted into a Saint Louis-class auxiliary cruiser and was in commission in 1898, and again from 1917 to 1919.USS Saint Paul (CA-73), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser in commission from 1945 to 1971.Additionally, two ships of the U.S. Navy have been named for both of the "Twin Cities" (Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota) together:
USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708), the twenty-first Los Angeles-class submarine, in commission from 1984 to 2008.USS Minneapolis/St. Paul (LCS-21) is a planned Freedom-class littoral combat ship.See alsoUSS Minneapolis