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uk-flag-small  Queen (D19), HMS

HMS_Queen_(D19)

The Queen was a British Ruler-class escort aircraft.  Originally the USS St. Andrews, it was built by the Seattle Tecoma Shipbuilding Corporation in the United States.  Commissioned December 7, 1943, she had a displacement of 11,400 tons.   She was returned to the United States on October 31, 1946, then later sold to the Netherlands, who put her into merchant service in July 1947.  She was eventually scrapped in Taiwan in 1972.

 

uk-flag-small  Queen Elizabeth (1913), HMS

hms queen elizabeth

The Queen Elizabeth was a Queen Elizabeth-class of Dreadnought battleships.  Commissioned December 22, 1914, she had a displacement of 31,000 tons.  She was involved in several raids on Japanese bases in Indonesia in 1945.  She was scrapped in July 1948.

 

us-flag-small  Quincy (CA-39), USS

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The Quincy was an American New Orleans-class heavy cruiser.  Commissioned June 9, 1936, she had a displacement of 9,400 tons.  On August 9, 1942, she was attacked by a large Japanese naval force and sunk during the Battle of Savo Island.

 

us-flag-small  Quincy (CA-71), USS

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The Quincy was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, and the third US ship to bear this name.  Commissioned December 12, 1943, she had a displacement of 13,600 tons.  Post-war, she served in the Korean War before being sold and scrapped in 1974.