USS Quincy (CA 39) Photographed during the later 1930s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 42259.

USS Quincy (CA 39) Underway at sea, circa 1937.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 50314.

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USS Quincy (CA 39) View looking forward from her bridge, while she was steaming through rough seas in the Strait of Magellan during Cruiser Division Seven's South American Cruise, 14 May 1939. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Rear Admiral Paul H. Bastedo.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 83592

Cruiser Division Seven's South American Cruise, 1939 - View of USS Quincy (CA 39)--at left--and USS Tuscaloosa (CA 37) steaming in rough seas near the Strait of Magellan, 14 May 1939. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Rear Admiral Paul H. Bastedo.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 83591

USS Quincy (CA 39) Underway on 1 May 1940, as seen from a Utility Squadron One aircraft. Note identification markings on her turret tops: longitudinal stripes on the forward turrets and a circle on the after one.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center - NH 97697

USS Quincy (CA 39) In New York Harbor, 23 May 1942, following her last overhaul. In the left background is HMS Biter (British Escort Aircraft Carrier, 1942). Note Quincy's Measure 12, Modified, camouflage scheme.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-30732

In New York Harbor, 23 May 1942, after her last overhaul. HMS Biter (British Escort Aircraft Carrier, 1942) is in the left background, partially hidden by Quincy's bow.

U.S. National Archives - 19-N-30731

View taken 29 May 1942, at New York Navy Yard, NY looking aft from bow. Numbers and arrows denote modifications. Note USS Juneau (CL 52) in background (l) & USS Marblehead (CL 12) in background (r).

U.S. National Archives - 19-N-30724

View taken at New York Navy Yard, NY, 29 May 1942, looking forward from fantail, on centerline. Note covered .50 cal AA/MG (L&R), 1.1" guns. USS Marblehead (CL 12) in left background. USS Juneau (CL 52) in background (right).

U.S. National Archives - 19-N-30727

USS Quincy (CA 39) - View on board, looking forward over the boat deck from the secondary conn, while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard after her last overhaul, 29 May 1942. Crude # "1" in white circle (center) marks the location of the 5"/25 loading practice machine. Other notable items include: boats and boat cradle in foreground; four Curtiss SOC "Seagull" floatplanes atop the catapults; crated food piled by the after smokestack; and USS Marblehead (CL 12) at left.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-30725

USS Quincy (CA 39) - View on board, looking aft on the port side from alongside eight-inch gun turret # 1, while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard on 29 May 1942. Numbers in white circles mark recently installed items, including (# 1) splinter protection on the pilothouse; (# 2) 20mm guns just forward of the pilothouse (largely hidden behind the second 8" gun turret); and (# 3) 1.1" gun mountings on the upper bridge wings. Other notable items include paravanes on the superstructure side just forward of the second 8" gun turret and the rangefinder "tub" atop the pilothouse. Many of these features were still present when the ship's wreck was examined in August 1992.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives - 19-N-30726

USS Quincy (CA 39) Photographed from USS Wasp (CV 7), at Noumea, New Caledonia, on the eve of the invasion of Guadalcanal, 3 August 1942. She was sunk six days later, during the Battle of Savo Island. Note Quincy's signal flags and Measure 12, Modified, camouflage scheme.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives - 80-G-K-563

USS President Adams (AP 38) Photographed from USS Wasp (CV 7), at Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 August 1942. She is crowded with U.S. Marines, bound for the invasion of Guadalcanal. USS Quincy (CA 39) is in the background. Note President Adams' liferafts, landing craft and climbing netting.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives - 80-G-K-554

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA 39) photographed from a Japanese cruiser during the Battle of Savo Island, off Guadalcanal, 9 August 1942. Quincy, seen here burning and illuminated by Japanese searchlights, was sunk in this action. The flames at the far left of the picture are probably from the USS Vincennes (CA 44), also on fire from gunfire and torpedo damage.

Battle diagram showing ship movement during Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.

Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 29.

Outboard profile diagram of USS Quincy (CA 39) showing gunfire and torpedo hits during Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.

Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 29.

Photo's taken by U.S. Navy's Super Scorpio (ROV) in 1992. USS Quincy was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Photos are of wreck of Quincy on Iron Bottom Sound (Savo Sound) in the Solomon Islands.

Source: National Geographic Society.

Photo's taken by U.S. Navy's Super Scorpio (ROV) in 1992. USS Quincy was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Photos are of wreck of Quincy on Iron Bottom Sound (Savo Sound) in the Solomon Islands.

Source: National Geographic Society.

Photo's taken by U.S. Navy's Super Scorpio (ROV) in 1992. USS Quincy was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Photos are of wreck of Quincy on Iron Bottom Sound (Savo Sound) in the Solomon Islands.

Source: National Geographic Society.

Photo's taken by U.S. Navy's Super Scorpio (ROV) in 1992. USS Quincy was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Photos are of wreck of Quincy on Iron Bottom Sound (Savo Sound) in the Solomon Islands.

Source: National Geographic Society.