USS Chicago underway off New York City, during the 31 May 1934 fleet review.
Name: USS Chicago
Namesake: City of Chicago
Launched: 10 April 1930
Commissioned: 9 March 1931
Honors and
awards: Three battle stars
Fate: Sunk during the Battle of Rennell Island, 30 January 1943
General characteristics
Class and type: Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement: 9,300 tons
Length: 600.3 ft (183.0 m)
Beam: 66.1 ft (20.1 m)
Draft: 16.5 ft (5.0 m)
Speed: 32 knots
Complement: 621 officers and enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems: CXAM RADAR from 1940[1]
Armament: 9 Ã? 8"/55 caliber guns
4 Ã? 5 in/25 cal guns[2]
6 Ã? 21 in torpedo tubes
