Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Andy Zask
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul’s Silent Tomahawk Mission in Desert Storm
The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul made war history without making a sound. For 24 years, she served with pride until her 2008 decommissioning.
Launched in 1984, this nuclear submarine became the first to carry Tomahawk missiles aimed at Iraq during Operation Desert Storm in 1990.
Yet her story didn’t end there. In 2022, Minnesota Governor Walz and Navy veteran Brooks Berg rescued her iconic sail and rudder…