USS Quincy (CL/CA-39) was a United States Navy New Orleans -class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.

USS Quincy. The first ship lost off Guadalcanal, in what would become known as Ironbottom Sound. If only be a little while, compared to a wreck I covered bef...

On August 9th, 1942, a Japanese force of seven cruisers and one destroyer (Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi) approaches west of Savo Island, Solomons, undetected. The defeat is one of the worst ever inflicted on the U.S. Navy. Allied ships depart Guadalcanal area. Japanese vessels temporarily control waters around Guadalcanal.

Sep 24, 2015 · In QUINCY and VINCENNES the initial heel was caused by the flooding of the port wiring passage and port side compartments damaged by the torpedo explosions. On all three of these ships, as the...

On August 8, 1942 in the afternoon, Quincy, USS Vincennes (CA-44) and USS Astoria (CA-34) formed the "northern escort force" and patrolled off Savo Island to screen for transports still …

Fire of mysterious origin aboard the new $10,000,000 cruiser Quincy (CA 39) was extinguished today after a five hour battle. Damage was estimated unofficially at $ 100,000 Naval officials declined to comment on rumors of sabotage.

Subject Files, including action report, interviews, memoranda and lists regarding the sinking of the USS Quincy (CA-39) on August 9, 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island; Miscellaneous correspondence, 1942, 1960; Naval War College Thesis, 1948; Photographs of the International Air Races, 1923, and the surrender of the Japanese at Tokyo Bay ...

Laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in her namesake city of Quincy, Massachusetts, USS Quincy was the second New Orleans Class Heavy Cruiser and commissioned into US Navy service in June 1936 as a member of the US Atlantic Fleet.

Subject Files, including action report, interviews, memoranda and lists regarding the sinking of the USS Quincy (CA-39) on August 9, 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island; Miscellaneous correspondence, 1942, 1960; Naval War College Thesis, 1948; Photographs of the International Air Races, 1923, and the surrender of the Japanese at Tokyo Bay ...

Subject Files, including action report, interviews, memoranda and lists regarding the sinking of the USS Quincy (CA-39) on August 9, 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island; Miscellaneous correspondence, 1942, 1960; Naval War College Thesis, 1948; Photographs of the International Air Races, 1923, and the surrender of the Japanese at Tokyo Bay ...