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USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard.Launched on 20 August 1944, she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 January 1945, Captain Richard R. Hartung, USN, in command.
USS Chicago (CA-136) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, commissioned in 1945; later converted to an Albany-class guided missile cruiser and redesignated CG-11, then struck in 1984. USS Chicago (SSN-721) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1986, retired from active service in 2023.
Chicago before and after her conversion.. The conversion was extensive, stripping the ships down to their hulls, removing all armament and the ship's superstructure. USS Albany (CA-123), an Oregon City-class cruiser, was converted at Boston Naval Shipyard starting in January 1959 and recommissioned as CG-10 on November 3, 1962.
USS Canberra (CAG-2) USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) USS Providence (CLG-6) USS Albany (CG-10) Artist conception of Strike cruiser Mark I variant (1976 version) With the exception of the purpose-built nuclear powered guided missile cruiser Long Beach , all of the early guided missile cruisers were converted heavy or light cruisers from the World War ...
For the next nine days, the ship acted as SAR and strike support ship for the aircraft carriers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin. Relieved by USS Chicago (CG-11) on 18 June, William H. Standley reached Pearl Harbor on 4 July 1969, pushing on for the Galápagos Islands the next day. Transiting the Panama Canal on 16 July, the ship reached Mayport ...
On 30 September 1959, Columbus was retrofitted as an Albany-class guided missile cruiser, joining USS Albany (CG-10) and USS Chicago (CG-11) as the only three ships of this line, and reclassified CG-12. USS Columbus (CG-12) was subsequently recommissioned on 1 December 1962 (following a much shorter conversion period than either Chicago or ...
English: The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Chicago (CG-11) in the Coral Sea, in October 1979. The photograph was taken from the deck of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) as the two ships joined company to conduct a replenishment at sea exercise. The photo was taken during during exercise "Kangaroo II", 10-28 October ...
English: The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Chicago (CG-11) moored in Seattle, Washington (USA), during the summer 1971 midshipman training cruise. Date: