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Chicago being prepared for launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 Apr 1930Chicago at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, Apr 1931
Chicago being prepared for launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 Apr 1930Chicago at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, Apr 1931
Chicago at Tutuila, American Samoa, during her shakedown cruise, 1931Chicago
Chicago at Tutuila, American Samoa, during her shakedown cruise, 1931Chicago's crewmen enjoying 'swim call' at Papeete, Tahiti, during the cruiser's shakedown cruise, 1931
Chicago firing a torpedo in practice, during the early 1930sLouisville, Salt Lake City, Northampton, and Chicago turning in formation with three other Scouting Force heavy cruisers to create a slick for landing seaplanes, off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 31 Jan 1933
Chicago firing a torpedo in practice, during the early 1930sLouisville, Salt Lake City, Northampton, and Chicago turning in formation with three other Scouting Force heavy cruisers to create a slick for landing seaplanes, off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 31 Jan 1933
Seven cruisers at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2 Feb 1933. Clockwise from left are Augusta, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Louisville, Pensacola, unidentified destroyer, Fox, Kane (on marine railway), Northampton, and Chester.Chicago underway off New York City, during the 31 May 1934 fleet review
Seven cruisers at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2 Feb 1933. Clockwise from left are Augusta, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Louisville, Pensacola, unidentified destroyer, Fox, Kane (on marine railway), Northampton, and Chester.Chicago underway off New York City, during the 31 May 1934 fleet review
Cruiser USS Chicago underway in Sydney Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, before the Japanese midget submarine attack that took place later that night, May 31, 1942Chicago maneuvered off Tulagi, 9 Aug 1942, as seen from destroyer Ellet
Cruiser USS Chicago underway in Sydney Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, before the Japanese midget submarine attack that took place later that night, May 31, 1942Chicago maneuvered off Tulagi, 9 Aug 1942, as seen from destroyer Ellet
Chicago of Guadalcanal the day after Battle of Savo Island, with crewmen cutting away torpedo-damaged plating to enable the ship to get underway, 10 Aug 1942Chicago at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 Dec 1942
Chicago of Guadalcanal the day after Battle of Savo Island, with crewmen cutting away torpedo-damaged plating to enable the ship to get underway, 10 Aug 1942Chicago at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 Dec 1942
Chicago off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, at the end of her last overhaul, 20 Dec 1942Heavy cruisers Wichita (foreground), Chicago (center), and Louisville (background) en route to Guadalcanal, 29 Jan 1943, hours before the Battle of Rennell Island
Chicago off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, at the end of her last overhaul, 20 Dec 1942Heavy cruisers Wichita (foreground), Chicago (center), and Louisville (background) en route to Guadalcanal, 29 Jan 1943, hours before the Battle of Rennell Island
Chicago low in the water on 30 Jan 1943, after she had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Rennell IslandUSS Louisville towing disabled USS Chicago, Battle of Rennell Island, 30 Jan 1943
Chicago low in the water on 30 Jan 1943, after she had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Rennell IslandUSS Louisville towing disabled USS Chicago, Battle of Rennell Island, 30 Jan 1943
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