USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is a nuclear powered fast attack submarine, the 10th of the planned 48-boat Virginia-class.She is the third United States Navy vessel to bear the name and the second of two named for the state, while the other was named for the Minnesota River. USS Minnesota. Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1:96 scale model built in 1990 by C. Lester McLeod.

In early March 1990, the House Armed Services Committee released its report, titled USS Iowa Tragedy: An Investigative Failure. She was recommissioned at the outbreak of the American Civil War and returned to service as the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.. During the first day of the Battle of … USS Minnesota was a wooden steam frigate in the United States Navy.Launched in 1855 and commissioned eighteen months later, the ship served in east Asia for two years before being decommissioned.

The report criticized the Navy for failing to investigate every natural possible cause before concluding that the explosion was an intentional act.