USS Chicago

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United States Navy ship heavy cruiser warship

USS Chicago was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II, seeing significant action before being sunk in early 1943.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy ship → heavy cruiser → warship →
armament	8-inch naval guns → anti-aircraft guns →
attackedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft →
builtAt	Mare Island Naval Shipyard →
category	Northampton-class cruisers of the United States Navy → Ships sunk by Japanese aircraft → Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean → World War II cruisers of the United States →
causeOfSinking	aerial torpedo attack →
commissionedInto	United States Navy →
commissionedInYear	1931 →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States of America →
dateOfSinking	1943 →
displacementClass	10,000-ton-class cruiser →
era	World War II era →
fate	sunk →
followedBy	USS Houston (CA-30) →
hasNamesake	USS Chicago (CA-136) → USS Chicago (SSN-721) →
hullNumber	CA-29 →
launchedBy	Mare Island Naval Shipyard →
launchedInYear	1930 →
locationOfSinking	Solomon Islands → near Rennell Island →
material	steel →
namedAfter	Chicago, Illinois →
navalRole	escort ship → fleet screening ship → surface combatant →
operator	United States Navy →
participatedIn	Battle of Savo Island NERFINISHED → Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED → Guadalcanal Campaign →
precededBy	USS Northampton (CA-26) →
propulsion	steam turbines →
servedIn	Pacific Fleet → Pacific Ocean →
serviceBranch	United States Navy →
shipClass	Northampton-class cruiser →
shipType	heavy cruiser →
sunkDuring	Battle of Rennell Island →
sunkIn	World War II →
sunkInMonth	January 1943 →
theaterOfWar	Pacific Theater →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Rennell Island ("USS Chicago (CA-29)") →	notableShipSunk
Battle of Savo Island →	shipDamaged
USS Chicago (CA-29) ("USS Chicago (CA-136)") →	successorShipName