USS Quincy

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Three United States Navy ships have been named USS Quincy, after the town of Quincy, Massachusetts.

• The first Quincy (AK-21) was a German cargo ship seized in 1917 and used until 1922, then sold.

• 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, and decommissioned in 1954.