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USS Vincennes (CG-49)

US US Navy

1985-2005

Timeline

DateEvent
Aug 28, 1981 Ordered as DDG-49
Oct 19, 1982 Laid down
Apr 14, 1984 Launched
Jul 6, 1985 Commissioned
Jul 3, 1988 Aircraft shot down Airbus A300 Iran Air Flight 655 over the Strait of Hormuz during an attack by Iranian surface vessels, believing it to be an inbound hostile
Jun 29, 2005 Decommissioned
Jun 29, 2005 Struck inactive at Naval Base Kitsap