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U.S.S. QUINCY

(CA-71)


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CA-71 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1941-Keel Date: 9 OCT 1941
at Bethlehem Steel Company
JUN1943-Launch Date: 23 JUN 1943
JUL1943- Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1943 - Atlantic Ocean
DEC1943-Commissioned: 15 DEC 1943
JAN1952-DEC1953Recommissioned Jan 1952
JUL1954-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