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.I i W Of The I l The j u. 5. S. CHICAGO Q 11 rf' L N n V ', V--1 1 PM L SHO gl ' f, 'L 7 A. 1' ' 1 A E ,, , V' 'fb I is W '-vJfA-,WL . ' i .. 1,x- H - . .,' 'f Wf- ' 41 ' 5-.a5f'f,2, L11-fwg,:f,,,:p,g!f,, mi- L ,, K , r......-..,..-..-....-..-...,.--..-..,..,--..,.,......A......-......... Ylmxih f,oifrfn.xQ?1fY Y 7 Y EIT-'0ll!kIikY - H l YE!-TURf1Ag: 5 JUNE, 19117. 1 namrsrzs or :mm mzvn. nos uonxcs -'commNDA1'1oN'w' , 5 rzwwnn .1-mf. 1531 --- The following in qumevl horn u let. W A, Gmc.-r from mm-:sled gradu 'ku-ny.A C. 'gown H. P. N lur. G, M, 1 av M. A. I cu, O. Mnmlxs, F V, ' mm. Lg, L. I Vhcnill. DL Li. X' -nsko. W. M. cnc. C- P. un, A. .L .'i:-. 0. IK in-man, I.. I, lulduigv. xc. J mn-I. J. W. ym-., zz B. F241 U7 EMBC F211 lu EMSL: Suuh: rn Sfxic Smale vn SCSU Scale m SKHC Sculn: tu Yiic Sm!-: tv Phila Swann g.. SFRc Senlr: lu RM3v Sea-lc to RMS: Seah- Lo FC84: Sunil: to Cnr Sean no Cr-x Seah: an GM3c HAM! Lu PIIMSU llAlf to PhM3l: Y To hlglwr nun-mm! gnulr 1 . wlxxmwy. .L b.. ' Fic lu 511: flnihn. A, ij. FBL- lu Flb A wry, E. A. 1-2. .. mu ' wa, A sa. vac 1., Fm ,umm-I. W. A. F2c in Fir 1rn-nvslu. I-1. A. F21: in Flu Qnl,-rm, W U, lfisc ln F2r Wlzingor. ll. n , Fav uf Fm- llanhal.. D. H. Flin' Un F24 , nly, R. A.. Jr. Iffin- Ku F'1r Wuxi., c. Mnlwu no mmf fnwn. mnuzrc :Q Matti' aw, H. E. Scalia tn Seal: ' fem, J, 14. sum. 1.1 sm-- xnhert, L. F. Semis to Snuic '-:h, 1. C. nmnr. T. J.. Seals Seah m -Nl' Sauk Lo Seah: ' S .ff . iinxf? f f ' I -, ,432 , mnwm . ww' x . This audi: nmumza if dell?--nzed to 1:u-main Lmvrvnce R. Kline, L F Jizz uw Corpa. cur commanding uxiiccxn We have no means m :,huW our appre- uimiwn for Lhu fine leadership that hu Duns givun us in the uvo years he has ecrwd with nw. We wish you all me gum! luck und success possible in ynur new simian, Captain, um! hom: sons:- dny m serve under MAJOR Kline . Marirxcs are km-wu zhv mu-Ii nvur rm' Lhuix- prowncss with mhsl. bolt. ac- Liun. xhnuldev weapon, vfmmxonly --nllcnl an rilin, A9 a malmr of fact- Amcriczfr. mm shut xn the wurld Wm' was Ere-Y by in Uniacd Smzcn Marine vrhvm hu lind lm., nik Emlict, -'ver the how of :x German -:unur m Guam. on Am-il 6. 1917. Bm rides nn-l bayoxlcm havu nm always been earriud hy the Lxmchernecks in their expo-liucmp n- zonmi thu worm. In 1903. zu detach. mum nf IT well experienced myn ms- wrmi Ja diplurnmic may In King Mvfmslflc. ruler nf Abysffxziq u- nugf-1 :imc n Ln-my In re5:aykL4.ic.-1.f:ry und nlhui -valuables in :I:'aL'rich'n:3:l m. :er of :hu Conmunmlmxl, Navi Yrml.. Mm-u Islnnd. Lo the Commxsnnling 015- cer of thus ship. concerning the Neem Ere: I. The yu-umm nnki 'enifzicut asain,- auce xx-ndcrcd by the Fite and Rescue ' pm-nw nf :hu valium amps fm the! sfwmuon um! night' uf 25 May, 1987, is gwmly apynwciawl.. 2. The ofiicera and :mln Q! xi-asc res:-ue pnrtim- displayed n very nraixna ,L-,mug M11-il Ur willing-ness mul cu- nperntinu. 3. Thu Conunuminnr is aumfmuiuliva ui :he invaluable usaistnnce mndurnd! by Nw U. S. S. CHICAGO in :nup.ply- ing a large numlm' of men during thc' afternoon and nn addlliohal' dumil during the inllowinz night. DAMAGE CONTROL PRACTICE In n x-emu letter imm Commander Cruisers Scouting Farce. :ho U. S. S. Cixi.-ugn wav, ramgulimenied for hcr' Wm.-xudixag ,, :-F1---nzfmue in hm! yuxxra Umnagge Conn-ol pracllce. Tins illxivugu ww nur. Ln irons by a -.vide nmrglu. The N:-w Ox-huxns, As- toria mx-I Houston turned in fmu per- fqrruamzes also. The rwult is lxigiiiy gmhfying and! mmm ns s just reward for Yhe mon.: sciunlimxg- effort and :oapexntinn M55 Jncla, M. I1 Seah to S:-al: A , - WISHYG fU l'I'f0YY- played by-all hmxdu fn Lhaiv afinxlaytcg aConLinuud on pugn tam-3 fCon:Lmu:d on page Kaur! put, Q50 cpimgo on wp g,,,efm,g,ineQ f --A' -- 'A f . .., V ,. . A K -,Ani--L in ,f lf.',f':fHf:??fkjmQ'fT'?'m' 'fizxfz-xv 'y,,-f:.:'-- xl, - r ,swf ff ,, , , 5 5 H fn I KK - 'hff1fz:9:1I15!:T2'??.g , V H.. mg to the U.5., she conducted Fleet readiness Y training in 'iawaiian waters until November , -' 1941. The cruiser became a unit of Task Force 12 I ' A which was built around the carrier LEXINGTON . ' 'S' KCV-21. On 5 December 1941, she joined cruisers 1 36 PORTLAND and ASTORIA plus five destroyers W' m forming a protective screen For LEXINGTON, 35 bound For Mldway..When the japanese carrxer Y task Force made the infamous raid on Pearl Har- A bor on 7 December 1941, CHICACO's task force was about 420 miles southeast of Midway. The task force was ordered to tum around and con- 4 duct high-spged offensive sweeps to the south- east of Oahu xn a forlorn hope of intercepting the japanese carriers enroute from Hawaii to the ,,,wf,.' ga ,fy n , jg' M H W5 Marshall Islands. But the enemy fleet had taken a L northerly course and made good its escape. ' Q CHICAGO returned to Pearl Harbor on 13 De- ' F 1 cember For hurried replenishment. The following AWZQEQW -s W day she sailed with the LEXINGTON carrier task J ,A J I E force with orders to attack the japanese base at -V, N A ' ,lalf.xit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The intended Y 1 strlkle was designed to relieve the pressure on V. ' beselged Wake Island. This mission was aban- X 3 I dorreg la: week hterfbecfnuse the japanese had di- I 1 rec e eavy axrcra t reinforcements to the Mar- N' shall? and there was little chance of a successful ' N . 1 surprise attack, The defenders of Wake Island Surrendered and CHICAGO's task force returned i :- N ' to Pearl Harbor. fx .1 H: I Q - h.-.V -,lf X' - ' A .. ' ',-. :f .-12311 ,... '5' 4 fW.- 5 gig:-X . -Vf f ' ' ' -W '77, -if X X P2 f .1't 1 r.r- ,ff.y,,. , X 1 , ,M , . Q ilk! 40,0- gj,Lf QXQWMQ 'iff 034 ' M ' Q , R.. z!?Af,.Q,g:MfjffM??fAg, 4 Myzfsff an , Q, x Y , 519,353 MMM ---11 , A V V V' I 'A M Ly . .... The followmg vw She headed bark 1.-10 stl ,f Pacific to her new base at San Pedro, California jf ' ' i' A i'i 'f for normal training operations. On 25 October W 'W X' ' Y . 1933 CHICAGO was rammed bythe 6 000-ton oil Qs-Law, ' ,'., ,,.. k ' I - 'fi','L7ar1'7ci In zvi -x:6f':f S5 SILVER PALM ln a dense fo ust off W fan ef S1 wwf- n I , fliifg fg the coast of Point Sur, California. CHICAGO had E-J -,' 1 ,Q 'jfiii' f ' barely maneuvered clear of another merchant- yy! .f man and then almost immediately there came M W another ship out of the fog on our port bow, close ,.m 1 J aboar::l,daExd lzegdgi direitgyior thSIC!-lICGi?, ' '1 Wk repor e ap am er er . ays. sxgna e or - fx i emergency full speed astern, tooted the whistle, y but the approaching vessel crashed into the port F' ' W .,. -Q bow, just forward of the Number 1 gun turret l which stopped her cuttin off our bow. Three F 'fffgC??fi?G7Qf: ' ships officers were killed m their stateroums. 4 ,551 .14 , The tT1kerThsd pepetrfxtegi to njaxily amidships yi, ' 1 center me. e cruiser s orwar Lompartments wa. V below the waterline v-vrfe flQoded, but she pm- ff ,1 , ceeded under her Ax power xnto the Mare Island ' Q -' ,gag N Navy Yard fur repairs, ' ni CI-HCAGO COf'lKi?lLEP'fl to operate off the West Wx' 1 M Coast of the Umted Skates! and South America - , with an occassioqal trip into the Caribbean via 3 X the Panama Canal - until 1940. During this time w she developed fleet tactics and practiced them in ' W. Af A L I . M5 ' igji,lf.igg43Qy exercises called Fleet Problems. J P 'wg if + fm iiiqsf A , After a shorr overhaul, CHICAGO led a task s iggywg X K , eww .' .. - - my 4 Force on a cruwe to Austraha. After callmg at I' Pago Pago, American Samoa, the cruiser visited V - Sydney and Brisbane in Australia. After return- .-1 4 , l ,:qaA1',, ,L ,V - M fg' xy .:. - .L ,N ,1 sa 5 1 V ' ,. 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