CHICAGO (CA-29) was designed for a length overall of 600 feet, 3 inches; extreme beam of 66 feet, 1 inch; standard displacement of 9,300 tons; a mean draft of 16 feet, 8 inches; and a complement of 45 officers and 576 men. She was initially armed with nine eight-inch .55 caliber guns; four 5-inch .25 caliber guns; eight .50 caliber machine guns; and six 21-inch surfaced torpedo tubes. She had a designed speed of 32.5 knots. She had armor eight inches thick and was equipped with two catapults amidships. U.S.S. Chicago was stationed in the Pacific for her fighting career. She participated in the battle of Coral Sea, was part of 'MacArthur's Navy', lost her bow at the battle of Guadalcanal, and eventually was sunk by Japanese planes on January 30th 1943 while under tow by a fleet tug.