USN · CA
Quincy
Photos and infoNew Orleans-class heavy cruiser. Northern patrol at Savo Island. Japanese cruisers sank her. Not credited to one ship. One of her salvos hit Chokai's chart room, close to Mikawa.
New Orleans classSunk at the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. This is CA-39, not the later Quincy. Her captain was killed.
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
Command
Battle of Savo Island
1942-08-09 · sunk
