Keywords: USS Chicago CA-136 May 1945.jpg The U S Navy Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Chicago CA-136 off the Philadelphia Navy Yard Pennsylvania USA 7 May 1945 Note Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk seaplanes on the catapults and her measure 21 camouflage paint Chicago was commissioned only for 1 1/2 years before joining the reserve fleet She was converted to a guided missile cruiser from 1959 to 1964 and finally decommissioned in 1980 Official U S Navy photograph 1136-45 on Navsource org http //www navsource org/archives/04/074/04136 htm 1945-05-07 USN caption bar cropped PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Chicago CA-136 Camouflage Measure 21 |