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Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Vincennes, after the town of Vincennes, Indiana, site of an important Patriot victory in the American Revolution.

The first Vincennes was an 18-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1826, the first US 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 (Iran Air Flight 655, of flag carrier Iran Air) in 1988. She has now been decommissioned

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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 Four [[United States Navy]] ships have been named '''USS ''Vincennes''''', after the town of [[Vincennes, Indiana]], site of an important [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] victory in the [[American Revolution]].
-* The first [[USS Vincennes (1826)|''Vincennes'']] was an 18-gun [[sloop-of-war]] commissioned in [[1826]], the first Navy vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
+* The first [[USS Vincennes (1826)|''Vincennes'']] was an 18-gun [[sloop-of-war]] commissioned in [[1826]], the first US Navy vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
 * The second [[USS Vincennes (CA-44)|''Vincennes'' (CA-44)]] was a [[heavy cruiser]] commissioned in [[1937]] and lost in the [[World War II]] [[Battle of Savo Island]].
 * The third [[USS Vincennes (CL-64)|''Vincennes'' (CL-64)]] was a [[light cruiser]] commissioned in [[1944]] and active in the war, and decommissioned in [[1946]].