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United States Navy ships
The names of commissioned ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, for United States Ship. Non-commissioned, primarily civilian-manned vessels of the U.S. Navy under the Military Sealift Command have names that begin with USNS, standi ...
have been named USS ''Chicago'', after the city of
Chicago
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Illinois
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* was a protected cruiser launched in 1885 and active in World War I as a submarine tender, then a barracks ship, finally being renamed ''Alton'' in 1928 and lost at sea while under tow in 1936.
* was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1931 and active in World War II, until lost at the
Battle of Rennell Island
The took place on 29–30 January 1943. It was the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II. It occurred in the South Pacific between Rennell Is ...
in January 1943.
* was a heavy cruiser, commissioned in 1945; later converted to an guided missile cruiser and redesignated CG-11, then struck in 1984.
* is a nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1986,
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United States Navy ship names