USS Vincennes

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 (of flag
     carrier Iran Air) in 1988.

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