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USS CHICAGO (CA 136 / CG 11)
Image courtesy of Al Grazevich
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Tango - Echo - foxtrot
Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski CLASS - BALTIMORE
Displacement 13,600 Tons, Dimensions, 673' 5" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 10" (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 28 JUL 1943 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Launched 20 AUG 1944
Commissioned 10 JAN 1945
Decommissioned 06 JUN 1947
CLASS -ALBANY
Displacement 17,500 Tons, Dimensions, 674' 11" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x Mk 12 Talos twin launchers (104 Missiles), 2 x MK 11 Tartar twin launchers (84 missiles),
1 x MK 112 ASROC launcher, 2 x 5"/38 gun mounts, 2 triple MK 32 torpedo tube mounts
Armor, 6" Belt, 2 1/2" Deck.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32 Knots, Crew 1222.
Operational and Building Data
Redesignated CG 11 01 NOV 1958
Commissioned 02 MAY 1964
Decommissioned 01 MAR 1980
Stricken 31 JAN 1984
Fate: Sold for scrap to Southwest Recycling, Inc., Terminal Island, CA on 24 OCT 1991
Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Third Row - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Fourth Row - WWII Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal w/Asia Clasp - National Defense Service Medal
Fifth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Campaign Medal (11) - Humanitarian Service Medal
Sixth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1C Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Service Medal
| Click On Image For Full Size Image | Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
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| CHICAGO as Heavy Gun Cruiser CA 136 (1945 - 1964) |
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| Los Angeles 0413564 |
173k |
Two Baltimore class cruisers USS Los Angeles (CA 135) (background) and USS Chicago (CA 136) on 21 August 1944 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, afloat one day after they were launched in the dry dock that they were built. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection |
Mike Green |
| Chicago 0413608 |
150k | Stern of the Chicago while under construction at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1944. | Tommy Trampp |
| Chicago 0413609 |
201k | Commissioning ceremony, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 10 January 1945. | Ron Reeves |
| Chicago 0413610 |
137k | Crewmen of USS Chicago (CA 136) ready to launch two Curtiss SC-1 Seahawks, circa March 1945. | William Blackwell |
| Chicago | 869k | 1945 image of USS Chicago, fully complemented with
spotter planes. Photo caption reads: USS CA136 Surface view, "Bow" Navy Yard, Phila., Pa. May 7, 1945 1136-45 Navy Photo 1136-45. |
Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 257k | Starboard bow photo taken at berth 15 at San Francisco Naval Shipyard as she appeared in September 1963 during her conversion. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 236k | The USS Chicago (CA 136) is seen at San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) being prepared for her conversion to a guided missile cruiser. This conversion started 1 July 1959 and the Chicago was re-commissioned on 2 May 1964 at the same yard. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 286k | One of USS Chicago's 8" barbettes is pulled off by a San Francisco Naval Shipyard crane during her conversion at the yard between 1 July 1959 and 2 May 1964. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 279k | The USS Chicago is shown in dry dock at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Her old superstructure has been removed during her conversion at the yard between 1 July 1959 and 2 May 1964. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 204k | One of Chicago's out-moded 8" guns is pulled off by a San Francisco Naval Shipyard crane during her conversion at the yard between 1 July 1959 and 2 May 1964. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 254k | Broadside view shows a Chicago mack (mast and stack = mack) lowered into place at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Photo and dates from the Commissioning Edition of the "DryDocker" of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point) of 1 May 1964. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 102k | Undergoing conversion at San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter Point), (1959 - 1964) Closer to 61-62. | USN |
| CHICAGO as converted into Guided Missile
Cruiser CG 11 (1964 - 1976) |
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| Chicago 04011115 |
202k | The ship's plaque. | Robert M. Cieri |
| Chicago 04011132 |
217k | USS Chicago (CG 11) in dry dock No. 4, San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard Hunters Point, during 1962. USS Robison (DDG 12) appears at Berth No.10 beyond; and an unidentified guppy modernized "fleet type" submarine can be seen at the end of the dock assisted by unidentified yard tugs. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 90796 |
Mike Green |
| Chicago 04011136 |
217k | U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser Chicago (CG 11) at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, on 12 September 1962. The aircraft carriers USS Hancock (CVA 19) and USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) are visible behind Chicago. Both seem to be fitted with new radars, Hancock with AN/SPS-43. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-CG 11 Chicago-19-NN-331-1. This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 7577752. |
Robert Hurst |
| Chicago 04011129 |
3.1m | Port side midships view during an inclining experiment at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 4 December 1963. | USN |
| Chicago 04011130 |
4.2m | Starboard quarter view during an inclining experiment at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 4 December 1963. | USN |
| Chicago 04011131 |
3.7m | Port side view during an inclining experiment at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 4 December 1963. | USN |
| Chicago | 204k | The USS Chicago (CG 11) as she appeared on her re-commissioning on 2 May 1964 at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. | Darryl Baker |
| Chicago | 78k | The USS Chicago (CG 11) as she appeared on her re-commissioning on 2 May 1964 at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. The Destroyer to the right is the USS Somers (DD 947). | USN |
| Chicago | 116k | Undated, Underway. | USN |
| Chicago | 182k | Undated, Underway, (Poor Quality) | USN |
| Chicago | 77k | Underway, Anchor detail at work. | USN |
| Chicago | 450k | USS Chicago entering Sydney Harbor, date unknown. | Unknown |
| Chicago | USS Chicago (CG 11) and USS Hepburn (DE 1055) , underway, date unknown. | Unknown | |
| Chicago 04011116 |
353k |
Undated port bow view while underway. U.S. Navy photo. |
Robert M. Cieri |
| Chicago 04011117 |
347k |
Undated port bow view while underway. U.S. Navy photo. |
Robert M. Cieri / BMCS Richard Miller, USNR (Ret.) |
| Chicago 04011119 |
3.3m |
Starboard bow aerial view, date and location unknown. Note the 2 5"/38 gun mounts mid-ships. Naval Shipyard Hunters Point San Francisco, Historic Shipyard Photographic Collection 1904-1974 - NARA San Francisco. |
Tracy White/ Robert Hurst |
| Chicago 04011120 |
62k | (inboard) USS Chicago (CG 11) and (outboard) USS Oklahoma City (CG 5) Date and location unknown. | Vince Venincasa |
| Chicago 04011126 |
479k |
Underway in 1965, location unknown. Official USN photo. |
Robert Hurst |
| Chicago 04011134 |
386k | At Pearl Harbor, October 1965. Note the TSAM's on the Talos and Tartar launchers. Naval History and Heritage Command Photo #NH 55152 |
Yu Chu |
| Chicago 04011135 |
83k | Charles F. Adams class destroyer USS Towers (DDG 9) being refueled by Baltimore class missile cruiser USS Chicago (CG 11) in mid 1960s around 1965-1966. | Yu Chu |
| Chicago | 65k | San Diego, 5 February 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt |
| Chicago 04011137 |
5.3m | Photo taken from the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) while on her 1966-1967 WestPac deployment. USS Chicago (CG 11), with the assistance of USS Satago (YTM 414) and USS Tensaw (YTM 418), along with 11 pusher boats (due to 30 knot winds), attempts to moor at bearth 8, Yokosuka, Japan, 25 November 1966. USS Bryce Canyon (AD 36) and USS Henry B Wilson (DDG 7) are in the background. Note the top of one of the AN/SPG-55B Fire Control Radars for the Terrier Missile systems aboard Kitty Hawk at the bottom of the photo. From the collection of AG3 Don Fitzgerald. | Bob Canchola |
| Chicago | 147k | Moored alongside USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) at North Island, 27 September 1967. | USN |
| Chicago 04011121 |
103k | Coming along side the USS Ashtabula (AO 51) off the coast of Vietnam in 1971. | M. Jay Hatley |
| Chicago 04011133 |
755k | Chicago, passing close aboard to USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) off Southern California, 1976. | BMCS Richard Miller, USNR (Ret.) |
| Chicago | 59k | USS Chicago fires a Tartar missile, during a MissileEx in the South China Sea in either 1978 or 1979. | Robert Fane |
| Chicago | 68k | USS Chicago fires a Talos missile, during a MissileEx in the South China Sea in February 1978. Photo enhanced by Yu Chu. | © Bernie Lynch |
| Chicago | 78k | Port bow view, Western Pacific, 14 March 1978. USN Photo #1172569. |
USN |
| Chicago 04011118 |
152k | Starboard bow view from the roof of an adjacent building at the San Diego Municipal Pier sometime in 1978. Taken by PH2 John Driskill. | John Driskill |
| Long Beach 04010974 |
289k | USS Chicago (CG 11) (left) and USS Long Beach (CGN 9) (right) late 1978 or early 1979 in San Diego. | John Slaughter, Webmaster, USS Ranger History & Memorial Site |
| Chicago 04011122 |
138k | A marvelous portrait taken from the carrier HMAS Melbourne during Exercise KANGAROO II, 10-28 October 1979, which involved seven USN vessel and twenty RAN and New Zealand ships. USS Chicago (CG 11) joined on 15 October after memorial services were conducted in the vicinity of the Solomons for her predecessor USS Chicago (CA 29), and for HMAS Canberra [I] lost off Savo Island in August 1942. In the photo, Chicago is preparing to undertake replenishment at sea from HMAS Melbourne. What a sight alongside she would have been, She proceeded to Sydney for a week immediately after KANGAROO II, and subsequently arrived back in San Diego via Subic Bay and Pearl Harbor on 17 December to begin preparations for her de-commissioning. Photo, Nick Thorne on HMAS Melbourne |
Fabio Pena |
| Chicago 04011124 |
105k | Chicago arriving in Sydney harbor in November 1979 after participating in exercise KANGAROO II. | Fabio Pena |
| Chicago 04011125 |
170k |
Chicago arriving in Sydney harbor in November 1979 after participating in exercise KANGAROO II. Photo by John Mortimer |
Fabio Pena |
| Chicago 04011123 |
147k | Chicago departing Sydney Harbor in November 1979. | Fabio Pena |
| Chicago | 546k | USS Oklahoma City (CG 5) (left) and USS Chicago (CG 11) (right), moored in Bremerton, WA, June 1984. | Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
USS CHICAGO (CA 136 / CG 11) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
CA-29 - CA 136 - CG 11 - SSN-721
Contact Name: Mr. John McClurg
Address: 204 Monticello Dr., Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022-3134
Phone: 216-247-3804
E-mail: None
Note About Contacts
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