USS Quincy (CA-71)
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USS Quincy (CA-71) under way, 1952–54
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| Name: | USS Quincy |
| Namesake: | USS Quincy (CA-39) |
| Ordered: | 17 June 1940 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 9 October 1941 |
| Launched: | 23 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 July 1954 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1973 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1974 |
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| Class and type: | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser |
| Displacement: | 13,600 tons |
| Length: | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) |
| Beam: | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Complement: | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 x OS2U Kingfisher |
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USS Quincy (CA-71) was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name.
Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down at Fore River Shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts as St. Paul on 9 October 1941; renamed Quincy on 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second Quincy at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942. She was launched on 23 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, a daughter of Charles Francis Adams, and commissioned at the U.S. Naval Drydock, South Boston Massachusetts on 15 December 1943, with Captain Elliot M. Senn in command.
The third Quincy (CA-71), a heavy cruiser, was authorized 17 June 1940; laid down at Fore River Shipyard as St. Paul 9 October 1941; renamed Quincy 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second Quincy at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942; launched 23 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, a daughter of Charles Francis Adams; and commissioned at the U.S. Naval Drydock, South Boston, Mass., 15 December 1943, Capt. Elliot M. Senn in command.
After shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela, the new cruiser was assigned, 27 March 1944, to Task Force 22 and trained in Casco Bay, Maine until she steamed to Belfast, Northern Ireland with TG 27.10, arriving 14 May and reporting to Commander, 12th Fleet for duty. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, inspected the ship's company in Belfast Lough 15 May 1944.
Quincy sailed out of Belfast Lough 20 May for the Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland to begin special training in shore bombardment. She then returned to Belfast Lough and began final preparations for the invasion of Europe. Her float plane artillery observer pilots were temporarily assigned to VOS-7 flying Spitfires from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). At 0537, 6 June 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, Baie de la Seine.
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