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USS Quincy
Three
United States Navy
ships have been named
USS
Quincy
, after the town of
Quincy, Massachusetts
.
(the first Quincy?)
The second
Quincy
(CA-39)
was a
heavy cruiser
sunk during
World War II
, at the Battle of Savo Island in August
1942
.
The third
Quincy
(CA-71) was also a
heavy cruiser
, named to commemorate her predecessor and commissioned
1943
, serving through the rest of WWII and in the
Korean War
, decommissioned in
1954
.