&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Quincy_(CA-71)_underway_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_1952-54.jpg) USS Quincy underway, 1952–1954
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Quincy |
| Namesake | City of Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Ordered | 17 June 1940 |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down | 9 October 1941 |
| Launched | 23 June 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry S. Morgan |
| Commissioned | 15 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 2 July 1954 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1973 |
| Identification |
|
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
| Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Speed | 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
|
| Aircraft carried | 4 × OS2U Kingfisher |
| Aviation facilities |
|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:ICS_November.svg){kind=small}
&sq=&lang=&file=File:ICS_Whiskey.svg){kind=small}
&sq=&lang=&file=File:ICS_Golf.svg){kind=small}
&sq=&lang=&file=File:ICS_Juliett.svg){kind=small}
USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore-class of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name.