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U.S.S. QUINCY
(CA-71)Click to view crew list
CA-71 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1941 | - | Keel Date: 9 OCT 1941 at Bethlehem Steel Company | ||
JUN | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 23 JUN 1943 | ||
JUL | 1943 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1943 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
DEC | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 15 DEC 1943 | ||
JAN | 1952 | - | DEC | 1953 | Recommissioned Jan 1952 |
JUL | 1954 | - | Decommissioned: 2 JUL 1954 |
CA-71 General Specifications
Class: Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
Named for: Quincy
Complement: 1142 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 13600 tons
Length: 673 feet 5 inches
Beam: 70 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 33 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1974