USS Quincy (CA-39)
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USS Quincy was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.
USS Quincy (CA-39) in New York harbour on 23 May 1942
Quincy anchored at New Caledonia on 3 August 1942.
Quincy fighting off air attacks at Guadalcanal.
Quincy caught in Japanese searchlights, moments before sinking off Savo Island with great loss of life, on 9 August 1942
Ironbottom Sound
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"Ironbottom Sound" is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water at the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Nggela Islands of the Solomon Islands, because of t
USS Quincy (CA-39)
…many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. Quincy's wreck was discovered and explored by Robert Ballard and his crew in July and August 1992. Quincy sits upright in roughly 2,000 feet (610 m…
Ironbottom Sound, Savo Island (center), and Guadalcanal (left) on 7 August 1942, the day Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
Shipwrecks in the Ironbottom Sound
Wreath-laying ceremony at Guadalcanal in 2015
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