USS Chicago (CA-136)
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USS Chicago was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 20 August 1944, she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward
USS Chicago off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 7 May 1945
Chicago during her commissioning ceremony in San Francisco in 1964, following her massive, five-year rebuild as a guided missile cruiser
Chicago in early 1970s
Chicago at sea during her 1977-78 WESTPAC cruise
RIM-8 Talos
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Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile, among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships. The Talos used radar beam riding for guidance to the vicinity of its target
USS Chicago (CA-136)
…radar 1 AN/SQS-23 sonar Armament As constructed: 9 × 8"/55 caliber guns 12 × 5"/38 caliber guns 48 × 40 mm guns 22 × 20 mm guns After refit: 2 × twin RIM-8 Talos SAM launchers (104 missiles) 2 × twin RIM-24 Tartar SAM launchers (84 missiles) 1 × Mk-16 ASROC 8-tube launcher 2 × 5"/38 caliber gun Mk 24 2 × triple Mk-32…
RIM-8G Talos missile
Last Talos missile launched by USS Oklahoma City in 1979.
Talos missile launcher on USS Long Beach, July 1961
Talos missile guidance radars, AN/SPG-49.