USS Chicago

USS Chicago 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. It served in some of the last battles around the Japan home islands in WWII, and as part of the post war occupation fleet. Decommissioned after the war it was refitted as a missile cruiser beginning in the late 1950s and recommissioned in 1964, serving during the Vietnam War. It served until 1980. USS Chicago CG-11 carried the title of "The World's Most Powerful Guided Missile Cruiser".