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USS CHESTER
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CA-27 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUL | 1929 | Launch Date: 3 JUL 1929 | |||
| JUN | 1930 | Commissioned: 24 JUN 1930 | |||
| DEC | 1941 | - | JAN | 1942 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1942 | - | JAN | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1943 | - | JUL | 1943 | Gilbert Islands |
| MAY | 1944 | - | MAY | 1944 | Adak Alaska |
| FEB | 1945 | - | FEB | 1945 | Iwo Jima |
| JUN | 1946 | Decommissioned: 10 JUN 1946 | |||
CA-27 General Specifications
Class: Northampton-class heavy cruiser
Named for: Chester
Complement: 872 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 9200 tons
Length: 570 feet
Beam: 66 feet 1 inches
Flank Speed: 32 kn
Range: 13 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap on 11 August 1959
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