USS Vincennes (CA-44)/Definition

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Second ship of the U.S. 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