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The USS Chicago at sea
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| Career |
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| Laid Down: |
29 December 1883 |
| Launched: |
5 December 1885 |
| Commissioned: |
17 April 1889 |
| Decommissioned: |
30 September 1923 |
| Fate: |
sold/foundered (sunk) in pacific |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
4,500 tons |
| Length: |
342.2 ft (m) |
| Beam: |
48.3 ft (m) |
| Draft: |
19 ft (m) |
| Speed: |
14 knots |
| Complement: |
33 officers, 376 enlisted |
Armament:
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4 x 8-inch guns, 8 x 6-inch guns, 2 x 5-inch guns |
The first
USS Chicago (later
CA-14) was a
protected cruiser of the
United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the "New Navy". She was launched
5 December 1885 by
John Roach and Sons,
Chester, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Edith Cleborne (daughter of Navy Medical Director
Cuthbert J. Cleborne) and commissioned
17 April 1889, Captain
H. B. Robeson in command.
On
7 December 1889,
Chicago departed
Boston for
Lisbon,
Portugal, arriving
21 December. The cruiser served in European and Mediterranean waters as the
flagship of the
Squadron of Evolution until
31 May 1890 when she sailed from
Funchal,
Madeira, to call at
Brazilian and West Indian ports before returning to New York
29 July.
Chicago operated along the east coasts of North and
South America and in the
Caribbean as flagship of the Squadron of Evolution and, later as flagship of the
North Atlantic Squadron, until 1893. After taking part in the
International Naval Review in
Hampton Roads in April, she left New York
18 June 1893 to cruise in European and Mediterranean waters as flagship of the European station. During this period the ship was commanded by
Alfred Thayer Mahan, already famous as a naval strategist.
Chicago returned to New York
20 March 1895 and was placed out of commission there
1 May.
Recommissioned
1 December 1898,
Chicago made a short cruise in the Caribbean before sailing for the European Station
18 April. She returned to New York
27 September and participated in the naval parade and
Dewey celebration of
2 October 1899.
Chicago sailed from New York
25 November for an extended cruise, as flagship of the
South Atlantic Station until early July 1901, then as flagship of the European Station. With the squadron, she cruised in northern European, Mediterranean, and Caribbean waters until
1 August 1903 when she proceeded to
Oyster Bay, New York, and the
Presidential Review.
Between
3 December 1903 and
15 August 1904,
Chicago was out of commission at Boston undergoing repairs. After operating along the northeast coast, the cruiser departed
Newport News 17 November 1904 for
Valparaíso,
Chile, arriving
28 December. There, on
1 January 1905, she relieved
New York (ACR-2) as flagship of the
Pacific Station and for 3 years operated off the west coasts of North and South America, in the Caribbean, and to
Hawaii. In 1906, she played a key role in the evacuation of San Francisco during the Great Earthquake and Fire. The removal of 20,000 refugees to Tiburon by this ship was unparalleled and unsurpassed until the 1940
evacuation of Dunkirk.
On
8 January 1908,
Chicago departed
San Diego for the east coast and in May joined the
Naval Academy Practice Squadron for the summer cruise along the northeast coast until
27 August when she went into reserve.
Chicago was recommissioned the next summer (
14 May-
28 August 1909) to operate with the Practice Squadron along the east coast, then returned to
Annapolis. On
4 January 1910, she left the Academy for Boston arriving
23 January. She then served in commission in reserve with the
Massachusetts Naval Militia until
12 April 1916 and with the
Pennsylvania Naval Militia between
26 April 1916 and April 1917.
On
6 April 1917,
Chicago was placed in full commission at
Philadelphia and reported to
Submarine Force, Atlantic, as flagship. On
10 July 1919, she departed New York to join
Cruiser Division 2, as flagship in the Pacific. She was reclassified
CA-14 in 1920 and then
CL-14 in 1921. From December 1919 until September 1923, she served with
Submarine Division 14 and as tender at the Submarine Base,
Pearl Harbor.
Chicago was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor
30 September 1923; served as a
receiving ship there until 1935; renamed
Alton 16 July 1928 and reclassified
IX-5; and sold
15 May 1936.
Alton foundered in mid-Pacific in July 1936 while being towed from Honolulu to San Francisco.
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