Allied Warships

USS Chicago (ii) (CA 136)

Heavy cruiser of the Baltimore class


USS Chicago (ii) as completed.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassBaltimore 
PennantCA 136 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Jul 1943 
Launched20 Aug 1944 
Commissioned10 Jan 1945 
End service1 Mar 1980 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 6 June 1947.
Recommissioned as a guided missile cruiser on 2 May 1964.
Decommissioned 1 March 1980.
Stricken 31 January 1984.
Sold 9 December 1991 to be broken up for scrap.

 

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1Capt. Richard Renwick Hartung, USN10 Jan 1945???

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