[Note: The above USS CHICAGO (CG-11) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS CHICAGO (CA-136) or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]. By hanging one plane over the side with the crane the crew was still able to launch a Seahawk from the catapult for spotting services. 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. 35) just doing my job as a Radioman working in . A disability law firm has teamed with veterans advocates to host an interactive map of U.S. ship locations during the Vietnam War. USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. On 7 February, as the crisis eased, Chicago departed to resume PIRAZ duties in the Gulf of Tonkin from 12 February to 6 March. Operations with the carriers, including a diversion to the south to avoid a typhoon, continued until 9 August when Rear Admiral Shafroth's bombardment unit returned to Kamaishi. Following an ECM exercise Chicago participated in a competitive missile firing exercise and won a gold Missilery "E" for her Tartar battery. Chicago took Knox in tow until a fleet tug arrived at the scene from Pearl Harbor on 5 March.[7]. Examination and evaluation of the new missile systems were completed by 2 December, following successful trials at the Pacific Missile Range off southern California. USS CHICAGO served her country for 35 years, 1 month and 20 days, until decommissioned on 1 MAR 1980. Two days later, while supporting mining operations off Haiphong Harbor, the cruiser came under heavy fire from enemy shore batteries but was able to open the range without suffering any damage. The scale of U.S. air operations increased dramatically as strike and interdiction missions, designed to restrict the movement of men and supplies, were conducted throughout North Vietnam. Repairs at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard lasted until 18 October when the cruiser conducted two days of sea trials. The cruiser remained in port, receiving boiler repairs and equipment upgrades, until 23 February when the ship began post-repair sea trials and crew training. 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. 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 . Fleet exercises off Okinawa, and a port visit to Pusan, South Korea, at the end of July, were followed by refugee surveillance in the South China Sea. Following inspections and battle problem training, the cruiser sailed to Philadelphia for post-shakedown repair availability on 16 April. A pre-decommissioning inspection classified the cruiser as unfit for further economical naval service, due the high cost of modernization required, and on 1 March 1980 Chicago was decommissioned at San Diego. Sgt. Arriving on station 3 October Chicago conducted PIRAZ and search coordination duties until 7 November when the ship steamed into Yokosuka for upkeep. Designed to counter the Soviet Navy's presence in Somalia and Aden on the Indian Ocean, the low-key port visits were intended to demonstrate that "the Indian Ocean is not a Russian lake". 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. Chicago spent Christmas 1970 in Hong Kong and celebrated the new year in Subic Bay. Twelve days later, the ship began additional Search and Rescue (SAR) duty in the Gulf. 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. On 5 March, during exercises off southern California, the cruiser also earned her eleventh consecutive Missile "E". , 2022-23 Nombre: _ _ _ _ downey Perodo: _ _ UNIDAD 9 - Guerra de Vietnam marzo 202 3 . After a final readiness test, and embarking five guests of the Secretary of the Navy, Chicago departed for another deployment on 6 November. 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. Following inspections, and ordnance loadout at Seal Beach on 3 March, Chicago began a regular schedule of training operations out of San Diego. After a weekend stop at Pearl Harbor, where the passengers were debarked, the ship stopped at Guam, and Subic Bay, before arriving in the Gulf of Tonkin on 6 December. 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. Another MIG was credited to Chicago's score when the cruiser's aft Talos battery scored a long-range kill on 9 May. The cruiser also directed friendly fighters against North Vietnamese aircraft. 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. After a visit to Vancouver the following week, Chicago returned to San Diego to begin overhaul preparations. Helicopter and underway replenishments were interrupted two days later, when the formation was circled by two Soviet "Badger" reconnaissance planes, but exercises continued until 8 December. After repairs and upkeep, the ship steamed for Guam on 16 March, arriving five days later to refuel, before arriving in Pearl Harbor on 31 March. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. Local operations continued in the spring, including more missile evaluation tests through February 1966. Upon arrival in San Diego on 11 March the cruiser began the usual post-deployment leave and upkeep period. command tour in USS CHICAGO (CG-11) was one of the most extraordinary in modern U.S. . 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. Underway on 24 January 1946, the cruiser arrived in Shanghai on 18 February for occupation duty. USS CHICAGO served her country for 35 years, 1 month and 20 days, until decommissioned on 1 MAR 1980. All Rights Reserved. These were the largest destroyer type ships in existence at the time, being 533 feet long and having a full load displacement of 7,800 tons. After conducting training exercises, and calibrated her compasses in Chesapeake Bay, the cruiser got underway 12 March for the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad. In January 1972, CHICAGO fired four RIM-8H . Additional upkeep, tender availability, and type training continued through the new year as the cruiser prepared for another deployment. 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. In mid-June, the cruiser began Talos fire control developmental testing with the Naval Electronics Laboratory. Arriving in Juneau, Alaska, on 10 June, the ship paid an official visit to that city before returning to San Diego eleven days later. In response to the shooting down of an EC-121 by North Korean fighters on 14 April, that killed all 31 personnel on board, the Task Force patrolled the Sea of Japan during the crisis that followed. Arriving three days later, after avoiding the third typhoon of the deployment, the ship spent six days in that liberty port. This involved maintaining two helicopters on patrol station to provide rescue coverage for Naval aircraft reconnaissance missions. If you served in USS Chicago (CG-11), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. 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. Additional upkeep, tender availability, and type training continued through the new year as the cruiser prepared for another deployment. There, along with other Seventh Fleet ships, she helped rescue Vietnamese refugees fleeing the mainland, picking up five herself. Toward this end Chicago, on 21 August, embarked several Mauritian government officials for a two-day cruise to Rodrigues Island. Arriving on station in the Gulf of Tonkin three weeks later, via Yokosuka, Okinawa, and Subic Bay, the ship relieved the cruiser Belknap, beginning PIRAZ duties from 12 November to 14 December. Arriving in San Diego on 15 May, via Guam and Pearl Harbor, the cruiser began preparations for an overdue yard period. Chicago, still serving as flagship for Commander First Fleet, began the new year quietly, with team training at the Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare school in San Diego. August 31, 2018 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) held a. Driscoll.[9]. That operation, exercise "Valiant Heritage", took place from 2 March to 11 March with forces from Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the United States. Finally, after refresher training, fleet exercises, and weapons load-out, the cruiser departed for another WestPac deployment on 21 May 1974. UU. Sailing in rough seas, the ship completed the non-stop voyage on 7 December. Task group exercises with Midway (CV-41), "Multiplex 2-76" from 19 to 25 May and "Multiplex 3-76" in the South China Sea from 4 to 7 June, and port visits to Subic Bay and Keelung, occupied Chicago through June. Underway that same day, with the destroyer Stockham, added for anti-submarine screen, the ships joined Rear Admiral Radford's Task Group 38.4 north of the Mariana Islands on 8 July. On 15 October, after memorial services for two cruisers lost in the Solomon Islands battles during World War II, Canberra and the earlier Chicago, the cruiser began two weeks of exercises in the Coral Sea. The escort was straddled and hit by 5" shell fire, began smoking, and retired into the harbor. Communications security, nuclear safety, and operational readiness inspections, as well as final engineering checks, were completed by the end of August. Following a month in port, and several service inspections, Chicago left San Diego on 13 April to deploy to the Western Pacific. 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. 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. 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. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. CHOOSE A SHIP TO SEE INFORMATION ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM OR Over the next twelve days, inspection teams helped the Japanese garrison on O Shima and Nii Shima demolish gun emplacements, artillery, ammunition and other military equipment on the islands. Stripped of equipment by 11 August the hulk was sold for scrap to Southwest Recycling, Inc., Terminal Island, California on 9 December 1991. Sailing in rough seas the ship completed the non-stop voyage on 7 December. Escort duties for Kitty Hawk continued through September when, on 6 October, she sailed for Australia. During fleet exercise Hot Stove in August-September, Chicago practiced anti-air and ASW operations, including firing ASROC and tube-launched torpedoes against submerged "enemy" submarines. Covert attacks of North Vietnam by U.S.-owned Norwegian Nasty fast patrol boats help push the United States into the Vietnam War. 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. Known as PIRAZ, for "positive identification and radar advisory zone,"[4] 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. Among these was the second MiG downed by Navy aces Randy Cunningham and William P. Leaving Hong Kong on 31 August, Chicago joined rendezvous with Enterprise (CVN-65) for a war-at-sea exercise lasting until 8 September, before returning to Subic for a lengthy upkeep period. Rejoining the Task Group five hours later Chicago once again screened the carriers as they launched air strikes against the Tokyo-Nagoya area. Preliminary acceptance trials were conducted throughout the summer until 2 September when Chicago officially joined the First Fleet as an active unit. 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. On 29 July, in company with King George V and several American battleships, Chicago participated in a night shore bombardment mission against the port of Hamamatsu. On 29 July, in company with the British battleship King George V and several American battleships, Chicago participated in a night shore bombardment mission against the port of Hamamatsu. Arriving home on 14 December the ship remained in port, for leave, repairs, and upkeep, into March 1975. 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. 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. At 1212, the cruiser joined the battleships in firing on the iron works and warehouses. 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. For the next six days the cruiser screened the carriers as they launched continuous strikes against the Japanese Home Islands until 15 August and the Japanese armistice. 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. The day of May 10, 1972 I was stationed on the USS Chicago (code: Red Crown) that day. USS Chicago,SSBN,was delivered to US Navy in 1981. Launched on 20 August 1944 she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 January 1945, Captain Richard R. Hartung, USN, in command. 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. The cruiser visited several other ports in Japan before clearing for the west coast on 14 January 1947. Repairs at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard lasted until 18 October, when the cruiser conducted two days of sea trials. On her second PIRAZ tour, in early August, Chicago assumed the duties of anti-air warfare commander for short periods of time and demonstrated the ability of a CG to track complex air operations. Anchoring in Sagami Wan on 27 August, and then moving to Tokyo Bay on 3 September, the cruiser supported the unloading of supplies and equipment for Third Fleet occupation forces. At 1251, the cruiser's secondary battery guns began firing on a Japanese destroyer-escort type vessel. Author T. J. Jackson Lears was a communications officer aboard Chicago at this time. Chicago departed Subic Bay en route to San Diego on 24 February escorted by the frigate Knox. During this refit, Chicago received new digital fire control systems, replacing the old analog computers, installed new missile launchers, and expanded her electronics equipment. USS Chicago,SSBN,was delivered to US Navy in 1981. 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. That operation, exercise "Valiant Heritage", took place from 211 March with forces from Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States. After a visit to Vancouver the following week, Chicago returned to San Diego to begin overhaul preparations. Steams in formation with USS NICHOLAS (DD-419) and USS O'BANNON (DD-450) in the Gulf of Tonkin, 6 March 1968. From 9 September to 24 October, the cruiser underwent a major restricted availability as repairs were conducted to fuel tanks, boiler casings, and the main propulsion plant. Supply replenishment, inspections, and a midshipmen's cruise in June and July, were followed by exercises, inspections, and a dependent-guest cruise into October. The cruiser visited several other ports in Japan before clearing for the west coast on 14 January 1947. The Gulf of Tonkin AffairIllusion and Reality (Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1969), p. 80. These short cruises, concentrating on gunnery and underway training, lasted through February 1979. In company with Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), the cruiser departed for the Caribbean on 7 May, enroute to the Pacific. 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. During fleet exercise "Hot Stove" in AugustSeptember, Chicago practiced anti-air and ASW operations, including firing ASROC and tube-launched torpedoes against submerged "enemy" submarines. Returning to San Diego on 4 March the ship underwent operational readiness, technical proficiency, boiler, electronics, and nuclear warfare acceptance inspections. After arrival on 23 November Chicago received an overhaul at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, before returning to the Far East. The map could help support veterans' claims for Agent. I'm far from a hero, and I was very distant from any of the radio relays to those fighting aircraft on that day. 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. 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, Vancouver, and Esquimalt, British Columbia. Departing 25 August, the cruiser returned, via Subic Bay, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, to San Diego on 17 September. [10] Chicago came under fire from North Vietnamese coastal artillery batteries, but was able to maintain missile envelope coverage while moving out of gun range before suffering any damage. 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. Preliminary acceptance trials were conducted throughout the summer until 2 September, when Chicago officially joined the 1st Fleet as an active unit. New equipment and combat coordination procedures were also implemented, extending the cruiser's operational readiness date to 14 December. 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. Chicago left Subic Bay on 11 January and resumed PIRAZ station until 18 February. These responsibilities, improved over the past year, included radar surveillance, coordinating barrier CAP and recue operations, providing MIG and border warnings, and a wide variety of communication and real-time data sharing services. Assigned to tender availability on 1 September, the ship received boiler and other repairs and inspections from Isle Royale before departing for another WestPac deployment on 11 October 1967. Chicago departed Yokosuka on 17 November and resumed PIRAZ station from 20 November to 19 December. At 1251 the cruiser's secondary battery guns began firing on a Japanese destroyer-escort type vessel. At 1212 the cruiser joined the battleships in firing on the iron works and warehouses. Chicago spent her first six weeks preparing for sea duty before departing on 26 February 1945 for Norfolk. In 1966 CHICAGO began a series of five WestPac-Vietnam deployments. Launched on 20 August 1944 she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 January 1945, Captain Richard R. Hartung, USN, in command. 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. All four Talos fire control systems were upgraded to include anti-ship targeting and an experimental video target tracker was installed. Arriving in Japan on 19 November the ship visited Yokosuka before departing for home on 27 November. Communications security, nuclear safety, and operational readiness inspections, as well as final engineering checks, were completed by the end of August. 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. USS Snohomish County (LST-1126) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.Named after Snohomish County, Washington, she was the only U.S. naval vessel to bear the name.. LST-1126 was laid down on 16 November 1944 at Seneca, Illinois by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 9 February 1945; and commissioned on 28 February 1945. After repairs and upkeep the ship steamed for Guam on 16 March, arriving five days later to refuel, before arriving in Pearl Harbor on 31 March. Through 1965 CHICAGO prepared to return to full duty status, undergoing numerous sea trials and tests of new weapons systems. Chicago remained with the carriers until 23 August when she departed for Japan. Starting in January 1967, the cruiser settled into the busy routine of training, exercises, and inspections. Representative of the new technological focus on guided missiles, Chicago was refitted with Tartar and Talos SAM stowage, loading, launching, and guidance systems. COL KIRK remained over night and departed the 24th. Picking up her helicopter detachment the cruiser departed the next day for duty with Task Force 77 on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. USN Veteran Primary Unit 1970-1972, QM-0000, USS Wahoo (SS-565) Service Years 1970 - 1974 1974 Morehead, Howard, EM3 NEC EM-0000-Electrician's Mate Status USN Veteran Primary Unit 1971-1974, EM-0000, USS Conquest (MSO-488) Service Years 1970 - 1974 1974 Bradford, Danny, HM2 NEC HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman Status USN Veteran Primary Unit Following a visit to Hong Kong in early October, the cruiser spent the next month conducting training and fleet exercises in the Philippines area until getting underway for Guam on 17 November. Enroute to Sasebo, via Subic Bay, the cruiser stopped at the Okinawa Missile Range to fire two more practice missiles on 18 November. Out of the Shadows - SecGru OIC onboard USS Chicago (CG-11) (Part 4 of 7) April-June 1972 - The two SHRIKE missile hits on the WORDEN were a "mission kill" on her. The cruiser also directed friendly fighters against North Vietnamese aircraft. This involved maintaining two helicopters on patrol station to provide rescue coverage for Naval aircraft reconnaissance missions. Examination and evaluation of the new missile systems were completed by 2 December, following successful trials at the Pacific Missile Range off southern California. Vietnam war was 1965-1975. [5] After a port visit to Hong Kong, where the ship had to avoid a typhoon on 17 July. On 4 August the cruiser participated in "Multiplex 1-7T", followed by a successful missile firing exercise off Poro Point, Luzon, on 7 August. Arriving home on 8 July the ship underwent a local availability before entering Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 25 August for a Complex Overhaul. Departing 4 January 1978 the cruiser visited Subic Bay and Hong Kong before starting a month of exercises in the Philippine Sea. Air Force Tech. After a visit to Hong Kong from 16 to 21 December, the cruiser moved to Subic Bay for an import availability period completed on 3 January 1968. [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. Escort duties for Kitty Hawk continued through September when, on 6 October, she sailed for Australia. During this refit Chicago received new digital fire control systems, replacing the old analog computers, installed new missile launchers, and expanded her electronics equipment. On 7 February, as the crisis eased, Chicago departed to resume PIRAZ duties in the Gulf of Tonkin. However, this book entices me just because I was there: off the coast of North Vietnam (see pg. On 15 May 1973, Chicago began carrying out six months of sea trials, tests, and training evolutions. After a week at Apra the ship departed on 29 November for San Diego. Chicago then departed the area for San Francisco for alterations, receiving upgraded Tartar missile systems and improved electronics. Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars", "An Unclassified Summary Of PIRAZ (1968)", "United States Naval Operations Vietnam, Highlights; July 1966", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Chicago_(CA-136)&oldid=1137425788, Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, Third Row - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Fourth Row - WWII Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal w/Asia Clasp - National Defense Service Medal, Fifth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Campaign Medal (11) - Humanitarian Service Medal, Sixth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1C Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, This page was last edited on 4 February 2023, at 16:15. This, and later tests, examined guidance improvements and experimented with missile replenishment at sea. After a week at Apra Harbor, the ship departed on 29 November for San Diego. Supply replenishment, inspections, and a midshipmen's cruise in June and July, were followed by exercises, inspections, and a dependent-guest cruise into October. 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. Finishing work continued until 25 October, when Chicago departed the shipyard. 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. On 5 July a Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King search and rescue helicopter operating from Chicago rescued an A-4E Skyhawk pilot from Constellation who had ejected off the coast of North Vietnam on 4 July. After a practice Talos missile shot off Okinawa on 27 August, and a short visit to Keelung, Taiwan, the ship returned to her station on 7 September. [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. In company with the battleship North Carolina, Chicago arrived at the atoll on 5 July and immediately refueled from Pan American. 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. 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.