USS Quincy ( CA - 71 ) 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 . Service history . World War II . The third " Quincy " ( CA - 71 ) , a heavy cruiser , was authorized 17 June 1940 ; laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co . , Shipbuilding Div . , Quincy , Mass . , as ST . PAUL 9 October 1941 ; renamed " Quincy " 16 October 1942 to perpetuate that name after destruction of the second " Quincy " at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942 ; launched 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 , Mass . , 15 December 1943 , Capt . Elliot M . Senn in command . After shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Paria , between Trinidad and Venezuela , the new cruiser was assigned , 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 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 15 May 1944 . " Quincy " sailed out of Belfast Lough 20 May for the 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 , 6 June 1944 , she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach , Baie de la Seine . During the period 6 through 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 the ships USS " Corry " ( DD - 463 ) and " Glennon " ( DD - 620 ) during their efforts to abandon their ships after they had struck mines and participated in the reduction of the town of Quineville on 12 June . " Quincy " steamed to Portland , England 21 June and joined TF 129 . She departed Portland 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 on 26 June . The heavy cruiser sailed for Mers - el Kebir , North Africa on 4 July , arriving there the 10th . She proceeded to Palermo , Sicily , 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 Straits of Messina . Between 27 July and 13 August , the cruiser participated in training exercises at Malta and Camarota , Italy . On the afternoon of 13 August , in company with four British cruisers , one French cruiser , and four American destroyers , " Quincy " departed Malta for the landings on the southern coast of France , arriving Baie de Cavalaire 15 August . For three days the group provided fire support on the left flank of the U . S . 7th Army . " Quincy " transferred 19 August to TG 86 . 4 , and until the 24th , engaged the heavy batteries at Toulon , St . Mandrier , and Cape Sicie . She steamed westward the afternoon of 24 August to support minesweepers clearing the channel to Port de Bouc in the Marseilles area . " Quincy " was detached from European duty on 1 September and steamed for Boston , arriving one week later . She remained at Boston for the installation of new equipment through 31 October , when she got underway for training in Casco Bay . After fitting out at Boston for a Presidential cruise , " Quincy " steamed for Hampton Roads , Va . 16 November . President Roosevelt and his party embarked on " Quincy " on 23 January 1945 at Newport News , Va . for passage to Malta , arriving 2 February . After receiving calls by prime minister Winston Churchill and other dignitaries , President Roosevelt departed " Quincy " and continued on to the Crimea by air to attend the Yalta Conference . The Quincy Agreement . " Quincy " departed Malta 6 February and arrived at the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal two days later , after calling at Ismalia , Egypt . The president and his party returned 12 February , following the Yalta Conference with Stalin and Churchill , and the next day received Farouk of Egypt and Haile Selassie , Emperor of Ethiopia . From 14 February , President Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia met aboard the " Quincy " . During the meeting , President Roosevelt tried to persuade Saud to give support for Jewish immigration to Palestine and hoped that Ibn Saud might be able to offer constructive advice on the Palestine issue . There , Roosevelt and Saud concluded a secret agreement in which the U . S . would provide Saudi Arabia military security – military assistance , training and a military base at Dhahran in Saudi Arabia – in exchange for secure access to supplies of oil . After a call at Alexandria and a final meeting between president Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill , " Quincy " steamed for Algiers , arriving on 18 February . Following a presidential conference with the American ambassadors to Great Britain , France , and Italy , the cruiser steamed for the United States arriving Newport News , Va . 27 February . " Quincy " sailed out of Hampton Roads 5 March 1945 , arriving Pearl Harbor the 20th . After training in the Pearl Harbor area , she steamed for Ulithi via Eniwetok , joining the 5th Fleet there 11 April . Two days later , she departed Ulithi and joined Rear Admiral Wiltse ' s Cruiser Division 10 , in Vice Admiral Mitscher ' s Fast Carrier Task Force . From 16 April , " Quincy " supported the carriers in their strikes on Okinawa , Amami Gunto , and Minami Daito Shima . She returned to Ulithi with units of the task force 30 April . In company with units of TF 58 , " Quincy " departed Ulithi 9 May for the area east of Kyushu , arriving 12 May for carrier strikes against Amami Gunto and Kyushu . Before dawn on 14 May , the cruiser splashed a Japanese plane . Her own aircraft strafed targets in Omonawa on Tokune Shima 19 May . " Quincy " continued to support carrier aircraft strikes against Okinawa , Tokuno Shima , Kikai Jima , Amami Gunto , and Asumi Gunto until the force returned to base 13 June . En route , " Quincy " safely rode out the severe typhoon of 5 June . During the period of replenishment and upkeep at Leyte Rear Admiral Wiltse , ComCruDiv 10 transferred to " Quincy " . The cruiser departed Leyte 1 July with Task Force 38 to begin a period of strikes at Japan ' s home islands which lasted until the termination of hostilities . She supported carriers in strikes in the Tokyo Plains area , Honshu , Hokkaido , and Shikoku . " Quincy " joined the Support Force , 23 August , and four days later , helped occupy Sagami Wan , Japan , and entered Tokyo Bay 1 September . Rear Admiral Wiltse transferred his flag 17 September to " Vicksburg " ( CL - 86 ) , and 20 September " Quincy " joined the 5th Fleet as a unit of the Eastern Japan Force , TF 53 , basing in Tokyo Bay . " Quincy " was de - commissioned 19 October 1946 in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton , Wash . She was assigned to the Bremerton Group , Pacific Reserve Fleet until 31 January 1952 , when she re - commissioned to serve in the 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces in Korea . Following fitting out and readiness training , she served in the screen of the Fast Carrier Task groups ranging off the coastline of Korea 25 July through 1 December 1953 . She again decommissioned 2 July 1954 ; and is berthed at Bremerton , Wash . , in the Pacific Reserve Fleet , into 1970 . " Quincy " received four battle stars for World War II service . Stricken on 1 October 1973 , " Quincy " was sold on 20 August 1974 . Korean War . " Quincy " was decommissioned on 19 October 1946 in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton , Washington . She was assigned to the Bremerton Group , Pacific Reserve Fleet until 31 January 1952 , when she recommissioned to serve in the 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces in Korea . Following fitting out and readiness training , she served in the screen of the Fast Carrier Task groups ranging off the coastline of Korea from 25 July 1953 to 1 December 1953 . She again decommissioned 2 July 1954 , at Bremerton . Fate . " Quincy " sat in the reserve fleet at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard until she was stricken on 1 October 1973 . She was the only one of her class to retain her 40 mm mounts instead of receiving the newer 3 / 50 mounts . Of the " Baltimore class " she had the second shortest active career ( " Fall River " was in service just 2 1 / 2 years ) , and only was in active service for 5 1 / 2 years . She was sold to American Ship Dismantling Co . , Portland Oregon on 1 September 1974 for $ 1 , 156 , 667 . 66 . Awards and other recognition . " Quincy " received four battle star s for World War II service . Crew members also received campaign medals for both the Atlantic & Pacific theaters . In honor of the meeting between Saudi ' s King Abdul Aziz and Franklin D . Roosevelt aboard " Quincy " , the official residence of the American ambassador to Saudi Arabia is named Quincy House , and is located on the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh . In 1995 , to commemorate 50 years since the meeting occurred , then - U . S . Ambassador Ray Mabus unveiled a detailed model of the meeting on " Quincy " , paid for with private donations , and this model is still on display today at Quincy House . " Quincy " s ship bell has been preserved , and is on display at Constitution Common in Quincy , Massachusetts .