Charles E. Rosendahl
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Charles Emery Rosendahl was a highly decorated vice admiral in the United States Navy, and an advocate of lighter-than-air flight.
Lt. Cmdr. Charles Rosendahl, USN, circa 1930
The bow section of Shenandoah after the crash
Airship moored to USS Patoka
Hindenburg in flames, 6 May 1937
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
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USS Minneapolis was a New Orleans-class cruiser built for the United States Navy before the outbreak of World War II, the second ship named for Minneapolis, Minnesota. She served in the Pacific Theate
Charles E. Rosendahl
…under the Director of Fleet Training, for airship training and base selection. On September 6, 1942, Rosendahl took command of the heavy cruiser Minneapolis (CA-36). The ship was torpedoed during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal, on November 30, 1942, losing 80 feet (24 m) of her bows and had three of…
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on 11 April 1943
Minneapolis in December 1942, showing damage received in the Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Surigao Strait.