After departing Pearl Harbor on 18 October, the warship assisted in vectoring aircraft to the site of a Navy F-8 Crusader crash site, successfully rescuing the pilot. This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register. Supply replenishment, inspections, and a midshipmen's cruise in June and July, were followed by exercises, inspections, and a dependent-guest cruise into October. USS Anchorage (LSD-36) transported troops and supplies into Qui Nhon Bay during June 1970 and January 1972 USS Antelope (PG-86) [Patrol Gunboat] - vessels with this designation are associated with operating primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways. Begun on 1 July 1959, the entire superstructure was removed and replaced with new aluminum compartments, modernized electronic systems, and an improved Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) equipped combat information center. The cruiser was also awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for her efforts in developing the PIRAZ concept on her Western Pacific cruises in 1966 and 1967-68. 5th Vietnam Deployment. Among these was the second MiG downed by Navy aces Randy Cunningham and William P. Air Force Tech. From: Commanding Officer, USS BIDDLE (DLG-34) To: Director of Naval History (OP-09B9), Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D .C. This involved maintaining two helicopters on patrol station to provide rescue coverage for Naval aircraft reconnaissance missions. We've built this interactive map to determine if your ship was inside the zone. Assigned to tender availability on 1 September, the ship received boiler and other repairs and inspections from Isle Royale (AD-29) before departing for another WestPac deployment on 11 October. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1951 Cover - Tenth Annual Airpex - Chicago, Illinois at the best online prices at eBay! After a brief diversion to the Pacific Missile Range, to conduct experimental aircraft tracking and missile firings, the cruiser entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 1 July for a regular repair period followed by machinery and electronics sea trials and inspections for the remainder of 1968. By maintaining a complete air picture, Chicago vectored damaged bombers around enemy missile sites, set up tanker rendezvous points for planes low on fuel, and directed helicopters on rescue operations. On 1 November 1958, Chicago was reclassified CG-11 and towed to San Francisco Naval Shipyard to begin a five-year conversion (20 months longer than Columbus and 13 months longer than Albany) to a Guided Missile Cruiser. . On each deployment experience and capability was gained in the use of the missile systems in fleet air defense. The escort was straddled and hit by 5" shell fire, began smoking, and retired into the harbor. Following sonar calibration and deperming in Puget Sound the cruiser arrived at her home port of San Diego to begin weapons systems qualifications. Chicago departed Subic Bay en route to San Diego on 24 February escorted by the frigate Knox. Following another period of gunnery, day battle, anti-aircraft exercises, and shore bombardment exercises off Kahoolawe Island, the cruiser departed for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, on 28 June. The destroyer, suffering a loss of power due to a fire in engineering, was taken under tow until a fleet tug arrived at the scene from Pearl Harbor. After a cruise to Hawaii from 19 October to 3 November, during which the cruiser practiced tactical data sharing training with Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) and Mahan (DLG-11), the ship finished out the year conducting tests and exercises in the San Diego area. Their primary purpose was to provide anti-air and anti-submarine protection for fast carrier task forces. The Task Force retired at 1426, leaving the port under a pall of black smoke. Technical inspections and equipment modifications, interspersed with a visit by a delegation of French officials, lasted until April when the ship conducted interim refresher training in the southern California operating areas. During the first week of October the warship participated in another anti-air exercise, this time shooting down two high-speed, high-altitude drones with Talos and Tartar missiles. Local operations continued in the spring, including more missile evaluation tests through February 1966. Departing the area, Chicago steamed south to Subic Bay, for sonar exercises with Queenfish (SSN-651), arriving at Singapore on 23 December. Added to the anti-aircraft screen, Chicago guarded the Task Group's carriers as they conducted air strikes against the Tokyo Plains area, Honsh, Japan, on 10 July. Through 1965 CHICAGO prepared to return to full duty status, undergoing numerous sea trials and tests of new weapons systems. The following day Chicago operated as a temporary seaplane carrier when Iowa (BB-61) transferred her SC-1 Seahawk floatplanes to the cruiser. Despite cutbacks that had substantially lowered her crew component, the cruiser sailed for Vietnam on 9 September. 35) just doing my job as a Radioman working in . On 15 October, after memorial services for two cruisers lost in the Soloman Islands battles during World War Two, HMAS Canberra and USS Chicago, the cruiser began two weeks of exercises in the Coral Sea. After the exercise, involving seven U.S. ships and twenty Australian and New Zealand vessels, the ship visited Sydney, Australia, for a week-long port visit, then departed for the west coast via Subic Bay and Pearl Harbor, and arrived at San Diego on 17 December. On 4 January 1965 the cruiser shifted to Long Beach to begin a series of shock tests off San Clemente Island. On 7 February, as the crisis eased, Chicago departed to resume PIRAZ duties in the Gulf of Tonkin from 12 February to 6 March. Several fleet exercises, two missile firing tests, and inspections filled the months until 12 June 1970 when the cruiser underwent a two week repair and alteration period. Missile shots and convoy exercises off Mindoro, a barrier exercise off Bruckner Bay, and visits to Yokosuka, Keelung, and Hong Kong lasted until late November. On 17 April, Chicago was ordered to proceed to the Sea of Japan, off Korea, for duty with Task Force 71. On 15 June Chicago began evaluating the concept of radar surveillance of all U.S. Navy air operations over designated areas of the Gulf and North Vietnam. Chicago and USS Long Beach were given the unusual assignment of protecting A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair aircraft mining Hai Phong harbor at low altitude. Underway for such widely divergent responsibilities as providing guest cruises for the Secretary of the Navy, serving as First Fleet flagship, and air warfare exercises with Constellation (CVA-64), the cruiser spent the first five months of the year off California. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. On 31 January 1969 Chicago concluded her missile systems qualifications tests, including a Talos test firing against a missile drone, before departing for her third cruise to the Western Pacific on 13 February. The cruiser set course for San Diego before being recalled to PIRAZ station on 3 April 1972 in response to the North Vietnamese Army's invasion of the south. The cruiser was also awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for Vietnam Service, the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy, and her seventh consecutive "E" for excellence in missilery. Helicopter and underway replenishments were interrupted two days later, when the formation was circled by two Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 "Badgers", but exercises continued until 8 December. On 4 August the cruiser participated in "Multiplex 1-7T", followed by a successful missile firing exercise off Poro Point, Luzon, on 7 August. Following a month in port, and several service inspections, Chicago left San Diego on 13 April to deploy to the Western Pacific. In company with the battleship North Carolina, Chicago arrived at the atoll on 5 July and immediately refueled from Pan American. Gunfire exercises, helicopter operations, unreps, and other drills, including a real man overboard rescue on 28 February, lasted until 4 March when Chicago moored at Manila. The USS CHICAGO (CG-11) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow: The third Chicago (CA-136) was laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Following a series of missile tests in late May, and fleet exercises with Pacific naval units, the cruiser visited Seattle for the Fourth of July celebrations. In April, the warship participated in Exercise "Gray Ghost," where the cruiser operated as tactical flagship for the anti-air warfare commander, Rear Admiral E. Zumwaldt. At 1251 the cruiser's secondary battery guns began firing on a Japanese destroyer-escort type vessel. That operation, exercise "Valiant Heritage", took place from 211 March with forces from Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States. Repairs at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard lasted until 18 October when the cruiser conducted two days of sea trials. Moved to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard the heavy cruiser was placed out of commission in reserve on 6 June 1947. Departing Subic Bay on 25 June the squadron passed through the Straits of Molocca on 2 July and arrived at Karachi, Pakistan, six days later. Chicago arrived in Subic Bay on 30 September, after multi-ship exercises that included four missile shots while underway, to begin a series of operations with the 7th Fleet. Stopping at Guam on 1 October, to refuel, and Pearl Harbor on 9 October, for a dependents cruise, the ship finally returned to San Diego on 16 October. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. During this refit Chicago received new digital fire control systems, replacing the old analog computers, installed new missile launchers, and expanded her electronics equipment. Task group exercises with the aircraft carrier Midway, "Multiplex 2-76" from 19 to 25 May and "Multiplex 3-76" in the South China Sea from 47 June, and port visits to Subic Bay and Keelung, occupied Chicago through June. 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Standley (CG-32), 1971 (PDF, 4 MB). Following another period of gunnery, day battle, anti-aircraft, and shore bombardment exercises off Kahoolawe Island, the cruiser departed for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, on 28 June. Arriving at Subic Bay the cruiser underwent ten days of upkeep and type training before assuming duties as PIRAZ ship on 11 March. In both April and May, Chicago conducted experimental Talos missile tests against surface targets to demonstrate missile versatility. The warship returned to San Diego on 17 April. A number of propulsion and electronic service inspections were also conducted. After a port visit to Hong Kong, where the ship had to avoid a typhoon on 17 July, the cruiser returned to Yankee Station on 29 July. USS Chicago (CG-11) [Guided Missile Cruiser] while anchored in Da Nang Harbor on May 22, 1969, deck logs show a utility boat went ashore for one hour with 8 crewmembers aboard After a week at Apra Harbor, the ship departed on 29 November for San Diego. Stopping at Guam on 1 October to refuel, and Pearl Harbor on 9 October for a dependents cruise, the ship finally returned to San Diego on 16 October. The cruiser provided PIRAZ and screening duties for the carriers, and their constant air patrols, until 27 April when the ship departed for upkeep at Sasebo, Japan. Departing 25 August, the cruiser returned, via Subic Bay, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, to San Diego on 17 September. Underway on 13 July Chicago and her escorts began a month long at sea period, "showing the flag" in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, before arriving at Mombassa, Kenya, on 9 August. Although heavy smoke obscured the target from the cruiser's spotting planes, the combination of pre-plotting the target through photo reconaissance and radar positioning data allowed Chicago's guns to start fires in numerous buildings, several large warehouses, and among nearby oil tanks. Vietnam war was 1965-1975. Additional upkeep, tender availability, and type training continued through the new year as the cruiser prepared for another deployment. Chicago spent her first six weeks preparing for sea duty before departing on 26 February for Norfolk. This page contains Command History. After arrival at Subic Bay on 15 June, the ship prepared for an extended cruise with Fanning (DE-1076), George K. MacKenzie (DD-836), and the oiler Passumpsic (AO-107). This page contains Command History Reports from ships that served in the Vietnam War. After stops in Subic Bay and Guam, Chicago responded to a distress call from Knox (DE-1052) on 3 March. Chicago launched four RIM-8H Talos-ARM anti-radar homing missiles against North Vietnamese shore-based radar stations in February and March, but no hits were registered. After a leave and upkeep period, followed by a tender availability that installed Zuni chaff dispensers, the cruiser finished out the year conducting routine inspections, local training exercises, and operations at the missile test range. She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago. For the next two months Chicago continued shakedown training, engineering, navigation, and seamanship drills as well as missile and electronic exercises. Departing on 23 August, the ships returned to Subic Bay, via Singapore, for upkeep on 11 September. In March 1980 CHICAGO was decommissioned, and after a period in reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, WA, was sold for scrapping in December, 1991. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The cruiser monitored all aircraft flying over the gulf, directed friendly CAP, and, despite intense electronic jamming, coordinated fighter escorts during the mid-April B-52 raids against the North Vietnamese. [8] After a few days in Subic Bay, radar surveillance and air coordination continued on PIRAZ station from 3 March until leaving on 21 March to visit Hong Kong. After a practice Talos missile shot off Okinawa on 27 August, and a short visit to Keelung, Taiwan, the ship returned to PIRAZ station on from 7 September to 29 September. Underway for such widely divergent responsibilities as providing guest cruises for the Secretary of the Navy, serving as First Fleet flagship, and air warfare exercises with USS Constellation, the cruiser spent the first five months of the year off California. The cruiser monitored all aircraft flying over the gulf, directed friendly CAP, and, despite intense electronic jamming, coordinated fighter escorts during the mid-April B-52 Stratofortress raids against the North Vietnamese. The cruiser remained at San Diego for the remainder of the year. Local operations continued in the spring, including more missile evaluation tests through February 1966. USS Oklahoma City CLG 5 Combat Action Near the DMZ, Vietnam PappaJayma 89 subscribers 28K views 11 years ago USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 and USS Albert David DE 1050 on the DMZ during North. If you served in USS Chicago (CG-11), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Following readiness inspections, the cruiser departed 6 June for an Alaskan cruise with Commander First Fleet. Designed to operate offensively with strike and amphibious forces, Chicago spent her transit time conducting various anti-air drills, gunnery exercises, and radar tracking training. After another fleet exercise in July, where Chicago's Talos battery scored a direct hit on a drone at a range of 96 miles, the cruiser spent August conducting official visits to Seattle, Washington, Vancouver, and Esquimalt, British Columbia. After upkeep at Yokosuka, a visit to Hong Kong, and a typhoon evasion, the cruiser returned to the Gulf of Tonkin on 1 August to continue radar surveillance, electronic countermeasures, and missile screen duties. Following readiness inspections the cruiser departed 6 June for an Alaskan cruise with Commander First Fleet. In 1966 CHICAGO began a series of five WestPac-Vietnam deployments. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}415331N 873555W / 41.8918693N 87.5986863W / 41.8918693; -87.5986863. Triple torpedo tubes, two ASROC launchers, two 5-inch/38 guns, and two antisubmarine helicopters rounded out the cruisers modifications. At 1251, the cruiser's secondary battery guns began firing on a Japanese destroyer-escort type vessel. Designed to provide long-range air, surface, and sub-surface defense for task forces, Chicago was recommissioned at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 2 May 1964, and was assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Nine of the US Pacific Fleet. Chicago left PIRAZ station on 28 December to celebrate the new year in Singapore, and briefly crossed the equator on 4 January for a line-crossing ceremony at 10530 east. Equipment tests, as well as damage control exercises, were completed by mid-January. After a visit to Vancouver the following week, Chicago returned to San Diego to begin overhaul preparations. Radar surveillance and air coordination continued until the end of March when, despite a dramatic rise in North Vietnamese trawler traffic, the cruiser began departure from the Gulf. UU. After conducting training exercises, and calibrated her compasses in Chesapeake Bay, the cruiser got underway 12 March for the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad. Assigned to PIRAZ duty, except for a short port visit to Singapore, the cruiser supported Navy and Air Force aircraft missions into the new year. The destroyed aft gun turret aboard the USS Higbee, when the warship was at Da Nang, South Vietnam, in April 1972. On 21 June the ship, after a month of surveillance and directing air strikes against Haiphong harbor traffic, finally departed for San Diego. Starting in January 1967, the cruiser settled into the busy routine of training, exercises, and inspections. After conducting training exercises, and calibrating her compasses in Chesapeake Bay, the cruiser got underway on 12 March for the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad. Known as PIRAZ, for "positive identification and radar advisory zone," the initial duties of tracking friendly aircraft was expanded to include Air Force planes, controlling barrier combat air patrols, advising support aircraft, and coordinating strike information with the Air Force reporting center at Da Nang, South Vietnam. After the exercise, involving seven U.S. ships and twenty Australian and New Zealand vessels, the ship visited Sydney, Australia, for a week long port visit. Using radar, and assisted by spotting planes dropping flares and rockets, the ships fired at bridges, factories and the rail yard for about an hour. At 1212 the cruiser joined the battleships in firing on the iron works and warehouses. By Dale Andrad and Kenneth Conboy August 1999. . Arriving on 18 March, the cruiser conducted shakedown training and shore bombardment exercises off Culebra, Puerto Rico, before returning to Norfolk on 11 April. Rejoining the Task Group five hours later Chicago once again screened the carriers as they launched air strikes against the Tokyo-Nagoya area. The map could help support veterans' claims for Agent. Pearl Harbor Welcomes USS Chicago September 28, 2017 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM (NNS) The Pearl Harbor submarine community welcomed the crew and. After transferring 47 men and the Marine Detachment for duty at Yokosuka Naval Base, the cruiser remained in port until 23 October when she got underway for the demilitarization of the Izu Islands. Picking up her helicopter detachment the cruiser departed the next day for duty with Task Force 77 on . Repainted and rewired, Chicago spent the remainder of the year conducting inspections, and the usual machinery and electronics sea trials. To avoid exposing F-4 Phantom fighters to North Vietnamese ground-based anti-aircraft defenses, these ships patrolling offshore were given a free-fire zone for Talos missiles to engage defending MiG fighters approaching the coast from Phc Yn and Kp airfields near Hanoi. On 5 March, during exercises off southern California, the cruiser also earned her eleventh consecutive Missile "E". The cruiser also directed friendly fighters against North Vietnamese aircraft. Sailing with an amphibious group the cruiser conducted multi-ship exercises, both before and after Pearl Harbor, and arrived at Yokosuka on 3 May. These responsibilities, improved over the past year, included radar surveillance, coordinating barrier CAP and rescue operations, providing MiG and border warnings, and a wide variety of communication and real-time data sharing services. Following inspections, and ordnance loadout at Seal Beach on 3 March, Chicago began a regular schedule of training operations out of San Diego. 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