USS Quincy (CA-39)

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Quincy
USS Quincy (CA-39) underway in May 1940.jpg
Ship data
flag United StatesUnited States (national flag) United States
Ship type Heavy cruiser
class New Orleans class
Shipyard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , Philadelphia
Launch June 19, 1935
Commissioning June 9, 1936
Whereabouts Sunk in 1942
Ship dimensions and crew
length
179 m ( Lüa )
width 18.85 m
Draft Max. 5.94 m
displacement 10,136 tn.l.
 
crew 763 men
Machine system
machine 8 × steam boiler
4 × geared turbine
Machine
performance 		107,000 PS (78,698 kW)
Top
speed 		32.7 kn (61 km / h)
propeller 4th

The USS Quincy (ID: CA-39) was a heavy cruiser in the United States Navy . The ship belonged to the New Orleans class and was laid down on November 15, 1933 by the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy , Massachusetts . The launch was on June 19, 1935, the ship was put into service on June 9, 1936 in Boston under the command of William Faulkner Amsden . The cruiser, like all other New Orleans class ships, was built to the standards and provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

First missions

Shortly after the Quincy was assigned to Cruiser Division 8 (CruDiv8; Atlantic Fleet ), she was called up for her first deployment to the Mediterranean on July 20, 1936, to protect American interests in Spain during the Spanish Civil War . On July 26th, the Quincy passed the Strait of Gibraltar and reached Málaga a day later . During its mission, the ship formed an international rescue fleet together with the Deutschland , the Admiral Scheer and the Admiral Graf Spee . During this time, the Quincy rescued a total of 490 refugees to Marseille and Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) until it was replaced by the Raleigh on September 27 .

On October 5, the Quincy returned to the Boston Naval Shipyard to prepare for the final acceptance process, which took place March 15-18, 1937. On April 12, the ship set out for the Pacific to join Cruiser Division 7 . She crossed the Panama Canal April 23-27 and reached Pearl Harbor on May 10th.

The Quincy took part in a tactical exercise with the Pacific Fleet on May 20, the first of many maneuvers the Quincy completed in 1937 and 1938. From March 15 to April 28, she participated in an important battle exercise of the Pacific Fleet off Hawaii , the " Fleet problem XIX". After an overhaul at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard , the Quincy took part in her division's tactical operations off San Clemente , California. On January 4, 1939, the Quincy was finally ordered to the North Atlantic , where she patrolled the remainder of 1939. With the Atlantic fleet, she took part in the “Fleet Problem XX” from February 13th to 26th.

World War II and fall

During the Second World War , the Quincy was part of various task forces , including Task Forces 16 and 18, under the command of Rear Admiral Norman Scott . In July 1942, the Quincy was together with other ships, including her sister ships Astoria and Vincennes , on the way to the South Pacific to invade the Solomon Islands Guadalcanal . Before the attack, on August 7, the Quincy destroyed several Japanese facilities and an oil depot during the bombing of Lunga Point . Prior to the planned American invasion of Guadalcanal, the Quincy was attacked by Japanese cruisers during her patrol in the channel between Florida Island and Savo Island in the early hours of August 9, leading to the battle of Savo Island between the American and Japanese naval forces. The crew of the Quincy was surprised by this attack and was not immediately ready to fire, which is why the Quincy was caught in the crossfire between the Japanese cruisers Aoba , Furutaka and Tenryū . As a result, she was hit by two torpedoes from the Tenryū and badly damaged. At 2:10 a.m., most of the bridge crew, including the captain, were killed by grenades. At 02:16, the cruiser was hit by another torpedo, this time from the Aoba . The Quincy survived a few more direct hits, which caused 370 dead and 167 wounded on board the cruiser. The ship finally sank at 02:38 as a result of its severe damage; the two sister ships Astoria and Vincennes were also sunk. All three ships were among the first to sink in Ironbottom Sound .

photos

  • The Quincy 1942

  • Burning Quincy in the headlights of Japanese cruisers

  • Map of the shipwrecks in Ironbottom Sound

Awards

While serving in World War II, the Quincy received a Battle Star .

literature

Web links

Commons : USS Quincy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files