USS San Francisco Memorial explained

USS San Francisco Memorial
Location:San Francisco, California
Country:United States
Commemorates:Casualties of the USS San Francisco

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 .[3] [4] The memorial is "oriented towards Guadalcanal" and consists of "a shell pocked section of USS San Francisco‘s bridge wings", which were removed, unrepaired, after the battle. "The site (sic) of heavy gauge steel perforated like paper captures the fury and horror of that night better than any sculpture ever could."

Notes and References

  1. News: In World War II, San Francisco's namesake ship was a Navy hero. 2018-05-25. SFChronicle.com. 2018-10-06. en-US.
  2. Web site: Lands End – USS San Francisco Memorial – Public Art and Architecture from Around the World. artandarchitecture-sf.com. 2 May 2023.
  3. News: How SF's namesake ship survived a World War II 'suicide' mission. 2018-06-09. SFChronicle.com. 2018-10-06.
  4. https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/upload/USS_San_Francisco_sr_2014.pdf USS San Francisco 2014