USS Vincennes was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name.
USS Vincennes, passing through the Panama Canal on 6 January 1938, while en route to join the U.S. Fleet in the Pacific
Vought SB2U Vindicator covering Convoy WS-12 en route to Cape Town.
USS Vincennes en route to Guadalcanal.
Vincennes bombarding Guadalcanal on the morning of 7 August 1942.
The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea, and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battl
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
…USS Vincennes (CL/CA-44) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name. She was laid down on 2 January 1934 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's…
USS Quincy being illuminated by searchlights of Chōkai, on fire and sinking from Japanese torpedoes
HMAS Canberra (center left) protects three Allied transport ships (background and center right) unloading troops and supplies at Tulagi
Approach route of Mikawa's force from Rabaul and Kavieng (upper left), pausing off the east coast of Bougainville (center) and then traveling down The Slot to attack Allied naval forces off Guadalcanal and Tulagi (lower right)
View from the Japanese cruiser Chokai during the battle as aerial flares illuminate the Allied southern force