Chester was the second ship constructed of the Northampton class of heavy cruisers, and one of the first few ships to receive radar in 1940. She was with Northampton and Enterprise when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
She made numerous screening/covering missions as well as anti-submarine and anti-aircraft patrols during WWII, before decommissioning in 1946.
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