SHIP'S LOG USS QUINCY (CA-71) 5/12/44 to 7/31/44 - WW2

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Historical Military Document SHIP'S LOG U.S.S. QUINCY CA - 71 12 MAY 1944 to 31 JULY 1944 These Ship's Log pages were copied from the Originals at the National Archives From the collection of a highly decorated, Boston area, WW2 Veteran who had ties to USS Quincy CA-39 (sank in 1942) and USS Quincy CA - 71. Covers the period of the General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspection of the ship (see photos of this event that we are offering on different auction) and the Invasion of Normandy. Reading the Log give you insight as to just how stern Captain E.M. Senn was. The Quincy served in the European and Pacific fronts and was the ship chosen to transport FDR to Yalta. WE ARE SELLING MANY PHOTOS AND USS QUINCY ITEMS IN COMING WEEKS...... ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ USS Quincy (CA-71) , a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy . She was the third ship to carry the name. Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company , Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts as St. Paul on 9 October 1941; renamed Quincy on 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second Quincy at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942. She was launched on 23 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, a daughter of Charles Francis Adams , and commissioned at the U.S. Naval Drydock, South Boston Massachusetts on 15 December 1943, with Captain Elliot M. Senn in command.( Captain Senn was present for the commissioning and is listed in the program you are bidding on ) Service history World War II After shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria , between Trinidad and Venezuela , the new cruiser was assigned on 27 March 1944 to Task Force 22 and trained in Casco Bay , Maine , until she steamed to Belfast , Northern Ireland , with TG 27.10, arriving on 14 May and reporting to Commander, 12th Fleet for duty. General Dwight D. Eisenhower , Supreme Commander Allied (Expeditionary) Force , accompanied by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk , inspected the ship’s company in Belfast Lough on 15 May 1944. Quincy stood out of Belfast Lough on 20 May for the River Clyde and anchored off Greenock, Scotland to begin special training in shore bombardment. She then returned to Belfast Lough and began final preparations for the invasion of Europe. At 0537 on 6 June 1944, as part of Task Force 125 , she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach , Baie de la Seine . VCS-7, a U.S Navy Spotter Squadron flying Supermarine Spitfire VBs and Seafire IIIs , was one of the units which provided targeting coordinates and fire control. From 6–17 June, in conjunction with shore fire control parties and aircraft spotters, Quincy conducted highly accurate pinpoint firing against enemy mobile batteries and concentrations of tanks, trucks, and troops. She also neutralized and destroyed heavy, long range enemy batteries, supported minesweepers operating under enemy fire, engaged enemy batteries that were firing on the crews of Corry , Glennon , and Rich during their efforts to abandon their ships after they had struck mines. She then participated in the reduction of the town of Quineville on 12 June 1944. Quincy steamed the Isle of Portland , England on 21 June and joined TF 129. She departed Portland on 24 June for Cherbourg , France . The bombardment of the batteries surrounding the city commenced in conjunction with the Army’s assault at 1207. Nineteen of the twenty-one primary targets assigned the task force were successfully neutralized or destroyed, thus enabling Army troops to occupy the city that day.The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers-el-Kebir , North Africa, on 4 July, arriving there on 10 July. She proceeded to Palermo , Sicily , on 16 July, arriving two days later. Quincy , based at Palermo through 26 July, conducted shore bombardment practice at Camarota in the Gulf of Policastro . She then steamed to Malta via the St... read more

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