USS Quincy (CA-71)
Heavy cruiser of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Quincy.
USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore-class of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name.
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USS Quincy underway, 1952–1954 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Quincy |
Namesake | City of Quincy, Massachusetts |
Ordered | 17 June 1940 |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard |
Laid down | 9 October 1941 |
Launched | 23 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry S. Morgan |
Commissioned | 15 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1954 |
Stricken | 1 October 1973 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser |
Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
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 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × OS2U Kingfisher |
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