USS Quincy

Sunk

Type	Heavy cruiser
Class	New Orleans
War	Second World War
Main guns	9 × 8 inches (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3)

Caught between two Japanese columns at Savo Island and sunk with 370 of her crew. The first of many ships lost in what became Ironbottom Sound.

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39) in New York harbour, following her last overhaul. In the left background is the British escort carrier HMS Biter (D97). Note Quincy´s Modified Measure 12 camouflage scheme. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

9 × 8 inches (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3)
8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
8 × caliber 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns

Armour

Belt: 3–5 in (76–127 mm)
Deck: 1+1⁄4–2+1⁄4 in (32–57 mm)
Barbettes: 5 in (130 mm)
Turrets: 1+1⁄2–8 in (38–203 mm)
Conning Tower: 5 in (130 mm)

Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	15 November 1933
Launched	19 June 1935
Commissioned	9 June 1936
Displacement	10,136 long tons (10,299 t) (standard) 12,463 long tons (12,663 t) (loaded)
Length	588 ft (179 m) oa 575 ft (175.3 m) pp
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Complement	103 officers 763 enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

19 June 1935

Battle of Savo Island

Sunk

8–9 August 1942

Northern group