USS San Francisco Memorial at Lands End

The USS San Francisco Memorial at Lands End commemorates the crew of the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38), a ship named for the city that saw intense combat in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. The cruiser suffered heavy casualties in that battle and many of the crew were later laid to rest or memorialized in San Francisco. The stone memorial and plaques at Lands End honor those lost and the ship’s service.