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Chester

Class	Northampton class
Type	Heavy cruiser (CA)
Hull	CA-27
Fate	Afloat. In the cruiser screen at Coral Sea, and not sunk there. Still afloat at the surrender. Decommissioned in 1946.
Armament (class)	Three triple 8-inch turrets and two funnels.
Command	Fairfield, Arthur Philip Captain from 24 June 1930

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Chester (CA-27) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Arthur Philip Fairfield was her captain from 24 June 1930.

On 8 May 1942 she was at the Battle of the Coral Sea. That day she served in the cruiser screen with Kinkaid's cruisers. The screen was her place in the battle. She was still afloat when the action of 8 May ended.

In February 1945 Chester was at Iwo Jima. On 17 February she bombarded the beaches, two days before the battle date of 19 February 1945. She survived the war and was still afloat at the surrender. Chester was decommissioned in 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.