USS Vincennes (disambiguation): Difference between revisions

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USS Vincennes (18): A 18-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1826, the first U.S. ship to circle the globe, and then a blockade ship in the American Civil War ^[e]
USS Vincennes (CA-44): Second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name, a heavy cruiser of the New Orleans-class, built in 1934, fought in the Doolittle Raid and Battle of Midway, and sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942 ^[e]
USS Vincennes (CL-64): A Second World War light cruiser, commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946 ^[e]
USS Vincennes (CG-49): Retired Ticonderoga-class cruiser, without the vertical launch system, which misidentified and shot down an Iranian civilian airliner, Iran Air flight 655, during the Iran-Iraq War ^[e]

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-{{r|USS Vincennes (18)|''USS Vincennes'' (18)}}The first Vincennes was an 18-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1826, the first U.S. Navy vessel to circumnavigate the globe. She later served as a blockade ship during the Civil War.
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-was a light cruiser commissioned in 1944 and active in the war, and decommissioned in 1946 with 6 Battle Stars awarded.