US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes

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The US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes was an American warship of the New Orleans class that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk by Japanese forces in 1942.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Orleans-class cruiser
United States Navy ship
heavy cruiser
warship
alliance Allies of World War II
armament 5-inch dual-purpose guns
8-inch naval guns
anti-aircraft guns
battle Battle of Savo Island NERFINISHED
builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
causeOfDestruction naval gunfire
torpedoes
class New Orleans class
classRole treaty cruiser
commissioned 1937
conflict World War II
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewType officers and enlisted sailors
designStandard Washington Naval Treaty limits
enemy Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
era World War II era
interwar period
fate sunk in combat
hullClassificationSymbol CA-44
launchDate 1936
locationOfSinking Solomon Islands
near Guadalcanal
material steel hull
namedAfter Battle of Vincennes
Vincennes, Indiana
navalFleet U.S. Pacific Fleet
surface form: United States Pacific Fleet
operator United States Navy
propulsion steam turbines
role escort ship
surface combatant
servedIn Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
serviceBranch United States Navy
serviceEntry late 1930s
shipType heavy cruiser
shipyard Fore River Shipbuilding Company
surface form: Fore River Shipyard
status shipwreck
sunkBy Imperial Japanese Navy
sunkIn 1942
theaterOfOperations Pacific War
usedFor convoy escort
fleet screening
shore bombardment

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Battle of Savo Island notableShip US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes
Battle of Savo Island shipSunk US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes
this entity surface form: USS Vincennes