Thursday, January 8, 2009

USS Chicago ca29 heavy cruiser



USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy in the world war two. She was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedos in the Battle of Rennell Island, in the Solomon Islands, on 30 January 1943.
Displacement: 9,300 tons
Length: 600.3 feet
Beam: 66.1 feet
Draft: 16.5 feet
Speed: 32 knots
crew: 621 officers and enlisted sailor
Sensors and
processing systems: CXAM RADAR from 1940
Armament: 9 × 8 inch naval gun, 4 × 5 inch guns
6 × 21 in torpedo tubes

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