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USS Vincennes
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Four
United States Navy
ships have been named
USS
Vincennes
, after the town of
Vincennes, Indiana
, site of an important victory in the
American Revolution
.
The first
Vincennes
was an 18-gun
sloop-of-war[?]
commissioned in
1826
, the first Navy vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
The second
Vincennes
(CA-44)
was a
heavy cruiser
commissioned in
1937
and lost in the
World War II
Battle of Savo Island[?]
.
The third
Vincennes
(CL-64)[?]
was a
light cruiser
commissioned in
1944
and active in the war, and decommissioned in
1946
.
The fourth
Vincennes
(CG-49)
is a
guided missile cruiser[?]
commissioned
1985
and notorious for shooting down an
Iranian
airliner
in
1988
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