Chicago (CG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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H... .. in X1 ,r I L 2 1 -1 -llvf' : W, , 1 o., CHICAGO returned to PIRAZ station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 12 November 1967 for five weeks of duty. She returned again in January 1968, but her stay on station was interrupted when she was ordered to head north to the coast of Korea following the seizure of USS PUEBLO by the North Koreans. CHICAGO provided PIRAZ support to the Seventh Fleet forces operat- ing in the Sea of japan. She returned to her station in the Gulf of Ton- kin in mid-February 1968 and continued PIRAZ duties in the following months with brief inter- vals away from station for upkeep in Subic Bay. She departed the Gulf of Tonkin in mid-April with her officers and men cited for professional competence initiative and devotion to duty in the development and refinement associated with the Navy Positive Identification and Radar Advisory Zone IPIRAZJ concept. The fighting cruiser re- ceived the Meritorious Unit Commendation for these pioneering efforts during the period from ,Iune to December 1966. She was further com- mended for her sustained support during Octo- ber 1967 to April 1968 as Commander PIRAZ Unit to Seventh Fleet carrier and United States Air Force forces in the Gulf of Tonkin and in the Sea of japan: CHICAGOS long-range missile capability and her development and application of advanced electronic surveillance techniques significantly improved the anti-air warfare pos- ture of United Stak , units in-the Weftern Pacif- CHICAGO departed Subic Bay on the first of May 1968 on her way home to San Diego. The next several years were spent making periodic deployments back and forth to the Western Pa- cific - primarily in the Vietnam War Zone. Following an extensive overhaul in Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1972-73 CHICAGO returned to her homeport of San Diego to continue the WESTPAC and return to .San Diego for rest and repair. W,,,,:5 ' During these years she livedup to he' reputa- . 1 H r ,- . s IC ' l Q0 endless cycle of training, exercises, deploying to 1 , ' - I' I S A J '4 l l 5, -'-ch.-f-Q I3l52Z?fl1TD: ' ' f 1, ff ,V .., fr V4. , :r-qw Y- v i V at r, 4 -Pg-, . --K .. rf.:- : ,. , Q i 1 1 . 1 8 l IH 83 6 S I F2711 e y g - ' J' if ,e il u g? 'I Iliff u 'p l Q ' li- a l c I 1 ' S9 -. f l 3-nj.:-l!:,',ii:l:-'f!x.lielz -.Jiigrr . 'l,EqIllii,t3Li -,cs ...J. -.- - -.-- :Z g ai, Y, - 'rffwr .71a1'fiJ:'-' C' ..- , .. ...',, .h,. ,. 'FNS iibfti-.Gif 3-iiwffll-5 - rigs:-.Sami-sg -.-nil: ,.ig.3 ,?tL7qT'TTfl55?IQ,j'. 1,211 it . l 'Q' A0 r ,,.,,t,,,. .---- -ui ,A YA.A I 4. -:q.9r.m- 1- '12-1J',15g'lt' -f V. g- .s.'flEt'-1 1 '9' 33ii.4x'4ili1,:5rHQ-I' l Cfilpal fiqiu ii I' 1' .E .I - I .iii -gn T'lI 1 . rid :f1'a'f11. fo V L it fg ll f . ir Q 1 , Ui , , ll L lap ' ijt ll i ll 'n wtf tl' I 'N ' ' 0'r f 4 lr 'r 'i ', lv 1' Ed fi 'ull' ' i in Q I rj 0. Ill l 'I lr li' mill W-or Q ,, .1!. 'ri in 1 It 1 Ivrri I , 7 V u ,v ' i .L 'N' gi GUI! tl ' 1 . xr , gfsigr EMEA Lf1',- - -- - T w- , -2' f- 5311 .2 ' tion as The World s Most Powerful Guided Mis- V A lf M! .bf ly I - 1 ltd bzijevln fit: .3 - I sile Cruiser ' earning eleven consecutive 'E' ' j Z ' mmm -' 4'- f for missilery excellence-a record unsurpassed in . f : ,lil 2 , ,, , fy 7, American Naval history. ' 54 ' umm . r.f-E52 1, , Each USS CHICAGO proved to be the epitome , , , Y . ,xr-T. W in . ' 1 37' 1 of American Naval might in their own times- l 2 2 ' O '-' .- - 'T 4 1- .U I TF. 'Q ' ' ships of formidable might enviable efficiency -1 . A W 4 if '- ' and proud tradition that will go long remem- nz- - 5, ,J ,V II I , - Q any bered. ' J A ' A N -Q ', ' F 11,25 Pf.- , .Girl-Q ' '- . . , -1 -e 'I' e

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