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The fourth USS Vincennes (CG-49) is a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga clas Aegis guided missle cruiser. In 1988, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 civilian passengers on board, including 38 non-Iranians and 66 children.

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