USS Chester

Survived

Type	Heavy cruiser
Class	Northampton
War	Second World War
Main guns	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3)

Screened Yorktown at the Coral Sea.

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, after torpedo damage repairs and overhaul, 2 October 1943. Photo: USN;, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3)
4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm)
Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)
Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm)
Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	6 March 1928
Launched	3 July 1929
Commissioned	24 June 1930
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa 570 ft (170 m) pp
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Complement	92 officers 608 enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

3 July 1929

Battle of the Coral Sea

Survived

4–8 May 1942

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap on 11 August 1959

Scrapped at Panama City, Florida