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Quincy

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ClassNew Orleans class
TypeHeavy cruiser (CA)
HullCA-39
FateSunk. at the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. This is CA-39, not the later Quincy. Her captain was killed.
Armament (class)Three triple 8-inch turrets and two funnels.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Quincy
U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Wasp (CV-7). USS Quincy (CA-39) at anchor off Noumea on 3 August 1942.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

USS Quincy (CA-39) was a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. William Faulkner Amsden served as her captain from 9 June 1936 until he was relieved on 4 December 1937. On 9 August 1942, in the Battle of Savo Island, Quincy was on the northern patrol at Savo Island.

Japanese cruisers and torpedoes sank her there. No single ship is credited with the kill. Her captain was killed.

Before she sank, one of Quincy's salvos hit the Japanese cruiser Chokai in the chart room, close to Mikawa. The gunfire damaged Chokai. Mikawa was not hurt.

Quincy went down at Savo Island on 9 August 1942. A later ship also carried the name Quincy; CA-39 is the cruiser sunk in that battle.

The pictures on this page are the originals.