USS Chicago (CA-29)

USS Chicago (CA-29), underway off New York City, during the fleet review on 31 May 1934.
History
United States
Name	Chicago
Namesake	City of Chicago, Illinois
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	19 April 1927 13 June 1927 (supplementary contract)
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Cost	$11,100,000 (limit of cost)
Laid down	10 September 1928
Launched	10 April 1930
Sponsored by	Miss. E Britten
Commissioned	9 March 1931
Reclassified	CA-29, 1 July 1931
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-29 Hull symbol: CA-29
Honors and awards	3 × battle stars
Fate	Sunk by air attack during the Battle of Rennell Island, 30 January 1943
General characteristics (as built)[1][2]
Class and type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,300 long tons (9,449 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa 572 ft (174 m) pp
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) (mean) 23 ft (7.0 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears 4 × screws
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	90 officers 601 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	CXAM radar from 1940
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm) Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm) Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1942)[3]
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 16 × 1.1 in (27.9 mm)/75 anti-aircraft guns 28 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

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.