Chicago (CG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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Cream of V Vg -5 Ripe Glues P Celery Soup I t A xc e . ,N - - M A A . . 4 oweet Pwlcles Soda1Gracke1fs A , ' . I iw f After the Battle of the Coral Sea, CHICAGO 5 support group was returned to MacArthur's Navy of which it then was the principal strength. She arrived at Sydney, Australia 14 May 1942 for upkeep and repairs. Meantime, five I- class japanese submarines headed south in the December 25, 1937 Served 1062. boafitda 'UOWGQS Cheese, md 1354394119939 Ll .U s is CHICAGO -Salad W'C 'Sp Lettuce Roast' 'Turkey Giblet Gravy 1 ' l i - Oyster Dressing 7K7f4f?59ff5fl:f?f0b5f5?3ffr Battered Aspufmgzts- Tzps 'Qdezdzed YQWE' .Crfmber-ry Sauce Parkerkouse Rolls l I I.-Butter' iC'0fQl5 Fruzt Cake 106 GTGGIWL .Candy , 1 i I . . 1 . I- I i 1 , . i Q l U , I r ,, 1 I I I 5 I l Coral Sea towards Australia. They carried four midget submarines and one plane. The plane made an observed reconnaissance flight over Port jackson, and the midget submarines were launched off Sydney Harbor 31 May 1942. One of two were detected by fishermen and a magnetic underwater loop as they made their way up the channel after dark. At 2257 lookouts in CHICAGO sighted a con- ning tower awash at 300 yards on her starboard quarter. She illuminated the target and opened fire with her 5-inch battery and machine guns. But the guns could not be depressed for so short a range as ro be effective. Some shots richocheted into a residential section of Sydney, where fortu- nately, they did not damage anything. A humor- ist invented the st-wry that the,.only casualty in- flicted by CI-IICAC-C's guntite was a lion in the famous Sydney Zoo. The yarn further exaggerat- ed in stating that Captain Bode of CHICAGO was requested to provide a new one out of lend-lease funds. The midget submarine dived as American de- stroyer FERKINS and two Australian corvettes took up the search. When danger seemed past, PERKINS picked up her old buoy inshore of CHICAGO, who thought she had holed the only midget submarine present. Near an hour past midnight of 31 may-01 june 1942, the wake of a torpedo, evidently aimed at CHICAGO, was observed to pass close aboard the cruiser. It went under a Dutch submarine and barracks boat and detonated with a great roar against the dock. The force of the explosion blew the bottom out of a barracks boat, killing a num- ber of sailors and left it a total loss. Destroyer PERKINS resumed patrol and sent her boats to fight fires and rescue the wounded. At 0215, 1 june 1942, CHICAGO and PER- KINS stood out for sea. The cruiser was close to South Head gas buoy, when a submarine peri- scope was sighted close aboard to starboard, go- ing in the opposite direction. The periscope was so close that one almost looked down vertically from CHICAGO's bridge. Whether this midget submarine had already been in and out, or was entering the harbor For the First time, is not known. During the day, two damaged and scut- tled midgets, complete with the bodies of their crewmembers were discovered on the bottom of Sydney Harbor. I Rf. Assorted .Nets Czgars .Qzyfltiettesr

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PIII:-9 .Ion rlurlng their ro- eunt tt-ip lu Alaska in conncctlon with Fleer Pt-oblum XVIII was the nnnnrtl ntlgtutiort of millions nt :cttls ...mt rltulr witttor gt-uuntls in :ln f.'...n1 watona of Sutvtlw-.rn I1..l.w-ttntt and Muxicn LI- their lt..-.q.liIIt: grounds nu the barn-n fltot-Im II the Pribllat I-4- ltucls It' Alu! n lcbrnarg of tm . froups irortr the south and pmt:-ed Itottlt up tht. PIII:ll1c Coast, Inngtohutlnt, Into one large ltertl nfl' thi- Fultunbxn Rwer ln Omtturt llttnce o rltclr mum I tt It In nuttlt it at t cae Itutt ulrttt hthxl tts tm 471 these t5L I mn ul IIL stturlrgo dunes of tttt I ortal butrtl xttluu, herd on Im IurlI s cunt. ol tht l'IILuI-t TIII. Coast ulmttl tuner Ionvtw this rtqtmxt lxettl nf utnltll to ptr-vtn' pl .ILM poxttmlg nIIll.ItInl mu II I It s nga mt-I In tlne lt tn. ruttlvt Itttt III. If ht lu hutt those anrrtmlli the vtmt ts tltty dnl before the contrng I-I the nhltt man lm only pravtdntg lucy use Lhe some prllxrrlrre methods nf ultl, wrtlt tlugout and spears Gut Lonts 'tml Itlltn are Itrnltltrvcrl lt It. Inu-Iuung Ln not: that these ut I tttl ltt-mls tsluuo have Icturnttl tht- llnttcl Stttaa just nxttctlv ten :tutes lrrtrntnl tmroun V7 for-llllnlln Itnlll ft me tutne hr rltoty or Alt-tkn B195 I3 KLI L.Itt Swtltrdny tho Clucngu luck llxe Ittettrttm. ttf tht. Vttllolo Mouse Klult to thv tlecmvc LIAKIB of lt! to 9 Iltm lukl utter' at almlfy stttttt ruxtltetl tlut hall fox seven mnlngst Nwuxlte pI'IlItrI the Iss' 'wb Imdng-I The game was more or has nt' It for-co tttttmg' nmxlt mth the Chrcago team Iumtsstng. 14 hu.-1, matured bt home runs by ichubt-r and Qurettt. Tllo team Ioult good :mtl If Llvuu uut upport at ull. ls :maart to give n gootl account of Itself tn tha Hoot In the months that followed, CHICAGO pa- troled the South PACIFIC actrng as escort for fleet tankers replenrshtng fast atrcraft carrter task forces strrktng at the enemy In the southwest Pacrftc From ttme to ttme she temporarrlyjotned the screen of atrcraft carrters LEXINGTON an YORKTOWN In the Coral Sea On 23 Aprll 1942 CHICAGOS ANZAC lAus traltan and New Zealandj Squadron was redestg nated Task Force 44 By that tlme, a powerful japanese task force had been formed In the hope of wrnntng control of the Coral Sea and thus cut off Australta from the war An amphIbIous task group of eleven troop ladden transports, guarded by a destroyer squadron, hoped to S9129 Port Mor esby A smaller amphrbrous task group planned to serze Tulagt lsland IH the Solomons and set up a seaplane base A support group butlt around a seaplane tender was to establtsh a seaplane base In the Loursrades These enemy Invaston groups were covered by ltght atrcraft carrter SHOHO four heavy crutsers, a destroyer, plus the heavy atrcraft carrter strtktng force whxch Included powerful japanese carrrers SHOKAKU and ZUIKU, screemed by two heavy crutsers and srx destroyers The mornrng of 4 May 1942 YORKTOWN arrcraft attacked the japanese Invaders at Tulagt srnkrng a Japanese destroyer, 3 mtnesweepers and four landlng barges A number of shtps, In cludrng a destroyer were damaged and fIve enemy seaplanes were also destroyed That same day Per tcrmi. fgmpatatfnn ...toot CHICAGOS Task Force 44 jotned the LEXING TON carrrer task force The mornrng of May 6 all the task forces merged IHIO Task Force 17 under the tacttcal command of Rear Admtral Frank ,lack Fletcher In carrter YORKTOWN ICV 51 The next day Rear Admtral Fletcher drspatched CHI CAGO s attack group of crutsers and destroyers to the Loursrades to IDIEICEPI any enemy attempt to move towards Port Moresby The carrrers moved northward Into the Coral Sea In search of enemy covertng forces The next day, whrle east of jomard Pass CHI CAGO s squadron was attacked by eleven srngle engme land based planes These were drrven off by combtned ant: atrcraft ftre lmmedtately after, radar prcked up 12 japanese twm engtne land based Navy torpedo planes at 75 mtles Every shtp bent on radtcal maneuvers and opened ftre as planes came In low Erght aertal torpedoes were dropped but all mtssed and frve of the enemy atrcraft were shot down The survrvrng enemy torpedo planes had scarcely rettred when 19 hlgh altrtude bombers dropped bombs from an altr tude of 15 OOO to 20000 feet CHICAGO and her srster shrps dodged the bombs as they had the torpedoes, and the planes flew away Her support group had attracted the enemy s land based atr power, a drverston to the beneftt of Rear Admrral Fletcher s atrcraft carrrers Two of CHICAGOS men were krlled and ftve were wounded by the straftng of enemy planes pw, pm, -,cmcano BIG snorf- ' COOIIS .IND IMKFR5 DFIII not IIOLNGR PFIISONNII t ..t Io e Ilolrrl new ll.IuI,IIII., Itrtttrrrtl thu gnlluy tLmr I utke out In tt-I -anl Ut-It nltl ltbnru turd I Lt nt. 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