Central Minnesota Company Restoring Submarine Parts for New Veterans Museum

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI

Sep 22, 2025 | 4:30 PM

Minnesota Military Museum

(KNSI) – A second central Minnesota company is helping bring the new Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum at Camp Ripley to life ahead of its planned 2026 grand opening.

C4 Welding in Sauk Rapids is currently restoring the sail and rudder from the decommissioned USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the first Navy ship named for the Twin Cities. The Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine served from 1984 to 2008 before being sent to the Naval boneyard in Puget Sound, Washington.

The submarine parts made their way to Minnesota in 2022, when St. Cloud-based Anderson Trucking Services transported them to the area for inclusion in the new museum. According to museum officials, the extensive renovation work will be completed in time for the facility’s opening.

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