USS Chicago (CA-29)

USS Chicago (CA-29), underway off New York City, during the fleet review on 31 May 1934.
History
United States
NameChicago
NamesakeCity of Chicago, Illinois
Ordered18 December 1924
Awarded
  • 19 April 1927
  • 13 June 1927 (supplementary contract)
BuilderMare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Cost$11,100,000 (limit of cost)
Laid down10 September 1928
Launched10 April 1930
Sponsored byMiss. E Britten
Commissioned9 March 1931
ReclassifiedCA-29, 1 July 1931
Identification
Honors and
awards
3 × battle stars
FateSunk by air attack during the Battle of Rennell Island, 30 January 1943
General characteristics (as built)[1][2]
Class and typeNorthampton-class cruiser
Displacement9,300 long tons (9,449 t) (standard)
Length
  • 600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa
  • 572 ft (174 m) pp
Beam66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft
  • 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) (mean)
  • 23 ft (7.0 m) (max)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement
  • 90 officers 601 enlisted
  • 1,111 on board at time of sinking
Sensors and
processing systems
CXAM radar from 1940
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 3–3+34 in (76–95 mm)
  • Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
  • Barbettes: 1+12 in (38 mm)
  • Turrets: 342+12 in (19–64 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 1+14 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried4 × SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1942)[3]
Armament

USS Chicago (CL/CA-29) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago. After surviving a midget submarine attack at Sydney Harbour and serving in battle at the Coral Sea and Savo Island in 1942, she was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedoes in the Battle of Rennell Island, in the Solomon Islands, on 30 January 1943.

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ^ "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1984). Cruisers of the US Navy 1922-1962. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-974-X.