One more tidbit. He fired the 8 inch guns (largest on heavy cruisers). Firing was from below deck using provided coordinates. He said you could...
The Quincy name was continued for a new heavy cruiser commissioned in Boston in 1943. That’s the one he was on (CA-71). One famous thing about...
It was the same ship, USS Quincy.
My dad served in the Navy on a heavy cruiser in WWII, in both the Atlantic (including Normandy) and Pacific theaters. I had two uncles that were...
