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CA-29 Chicago
United States Navy heavy cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Northampton | 1928/09/10 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal. | 1930/04/10 | 1931/03/09 | 1943/01/30
sunk | |
| Namesake: city in Illinois | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/05 | 41/12/13 |   | 12/CruDiv6 | VMF-221 to Midway |   |
| 41/12/07 |   |   | ScoutForPac/CruDiv4/DF |   |   114  |
| 41/12/07 |   |   | ScoutForPac/CruDiv4 |   |   |
| 41/12/15 | 41/12/27 |   | 11 | Jaluit Raid / Wake Reinforce |   66  |
| 42/01/19 | 42/01/24 |   | 11 | Kingman Is - Christmas Is. offensive patrol |   66  |
| 42/02/02 | 42/02/14 |   |   | sail from P.H. to join ANZAC forces |   66  |
| 42/03/06 | 42/03/09? | Reven3 | 11/CruDiv4 |   |   |
| 42/03/09? | 42/03/14 |   | 44 |   |   66  |
| 42/04/10 | 42/05/08 |   | 44 & 17.3 | xCoralS |   |
| 42/05/01 | 42/05/08 |   | 11 & 17.3 | xCoralS |   |
| 42/05/31 | 42/06/01 |   |   | hunting midget submarines off Sydney |   81  |
| 42/06 | 42/07/19 |   | 44 | patrol Coral Sea, convoys Australia, New Zealand, Esp. Santo, Noumea |   81  |
| 42/07/19 | 42/08/09 | Watch | 62.2 |   |   81  |
| 42/08/09 |   | Watch | 62.2 | xSavo -disable(torpedo) |   81  |
| 42/08/09 | 42/08/14 | Watch | 62 | sail from Guadalcanal to Noumea |   69  |
| 42/08/1? | 42/09/21 |   |   | repairs - Noumea, Sydney |   66  |
| 42/10/13 | 43/01/1? |   |   | MINY - repairs |   66  |
| 43/01/1? | 43/01/25 |   |   | sail Mare Island > Noumea |   oo  |
| 43/01/27 | 43/01/30 |   | 18 | xRennel - sunk(IJNAF) |   |