Undated starboard side photo.

Starboard side view while at anchor, pre-WWII, location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

USS Chester (CA-27) Running trials, in 1930.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55113.

USS Chester (CL-27) At anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, November 1930. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 64643.

USS Chester (CA-27), at left with other ships of Cruiser Division FOUR, in Panama Bay on 21 April 1934, at about the time of Fleet Problem XV. Ships in column behind Chester are USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Pensacola (CA-24) and the Division flagship, USS Northampton (CA-26) Photographed from a U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 93543.

USS Chester (CA-27) approaches the pier at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while preparing to dock, 27 November 1936. At right, already tied up, is USS Indianapolis (CA-35), which was carrying President Roosevelt. Note the crowds awaiting the President, who was making his first stop during the "Good Neighbor" cruise. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of Rear Admiral Paul H. Bastedo, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 68102.

Lieutenant Wilson R. Bartlett, Senior Aviator of USS Chester (CA-27), walks forward on the cruiser's well deck to make his report, after returning from a flight spotting gunfire for the ship's bombardment of Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll. In the background is damage from the bomb hit sustained during a Japanese air attack at 0820 hrs. Also visible are the port wingtips of one of a SOC "Seagull" aircraft, with the open hangar beyond. The ship's port catapult "silo" is at right, dented by the bomb's blast. Note the pilot's uniform, "Mae West" life vest, binoculars and plotting board.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 50945.

Photos of bomb damage received on 1 February 1941 after the raid on Taroa. Retiring under heavy air attack she received a bomb hit in the well deck which killed eight and injured 38.

Photo Caption "Looking aft on the main deck. Note that most of fragment holes in intake trunk are at a low level."

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

Photos of bomb damage received on 1 February 1941 after the raid on Taroa. Retiring under heavy air attack she received a bomb hit in the well deck which killed eight and injured 38.

Photo Caption "Close-up of air intake to after engine room, showing fragment damage. Screens were blown away and have been replaced. Note holes in the edges of the hangar doors. Holes behind the ladder are plugged with wood."

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

Photos of bomb damage received on 1 February 1941 after the raid on Taroa. Retiring under heavy air attack she received a bomb hit in the well deck which killed eight and injured 38.

Photo Caption "No. 2 boiler room blower intake trunk, frame 65, looking forward and to starboard. A few fragments hit the stack, and a hole can be seen in the pontoon overhead. The 7-1/2 lb. plating of the trunk was dished in 3 inches. The umbrella plating was blown loose, and was removed before this picture was taken."

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

Photo Caption "U.S.S. CHESTER
February, 1942.
Hit by 134 lb. bomb on main deck at frame 68 port. Time of hit 0820 Zone -12.

View from Signal Bridge looking aft 44 ft. above and 60 ft. forward of hit.
Time of photograph about 20 minutes after hit.
Fire has been extinguished but no repair work has been done. "

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

View from 4 ft above main deck looking 270 relative.
Time of photograph about 40 minutes after hit.
No structural repairs have been completed.
Men in foreground are reeving a new whip to the airplane crane. "

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

View from 4 ft above main deck looking 225 relative. Time of photograph about 1 hour after hit.
Wood deck has been partially cut away preparatory to welding patch over hole. "

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

View from 4 ft. above main deck looking 315 relative. Time of photograph about one hour after hit.
Wood deck has been partially cut away preparatory to welding patch over hole."

NARA San Francisco, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence Files, 1941-45, USS Chester Damage Report

Plan view, Starboard. Side, looking foward, showing alterations while at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 6 August 1942.

U.S. Navy Photo

Plan view, amidships, showing alterations while at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 6 August 1942.

U.S. Navy photo #4597-42

Plan view aft showing alterations while at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 6 August 1942.

U.S. Navy photo #4600-42

Plan view amidships, looking forward showing alterations while at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 6 August 1942.

U.S. Navy photo 4559-42

USS Chester (CA-27) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, following overhaul, 6 August 1942.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-32461.

Port bow view, taken 6 August 1942 off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA.

USN Photo.

Chester as refitted at Mare Island on 16 September 1943 shows her new open bridge without bridge wings to interfere with the sky arcs of the quad.40mm mounted at the 01 level.

U.S. Navy photo #6882-43

Chester as refitted at Mare Island on 16 September 1943 - The former Main Battery Rangefinder has been eliminated in favour of additional 20mm's and all her radars are visible-SG,SK,MK3 & MK4.

U.S. Navy Photo

Chester as refitted at Mare Island on 16 September 1943 - Notable is the sharp reduction in searchlights as compared to 1942, indicating battle experience in the Solomons - they were a hazard in night actions.

U.S. Navy Photo

Chester as refitted at Mare Island on 16 September 1943 - Plan view aft. Note the numerous floats and floater nets, a consequence of the lessons of the disastrous Solomons cruiser-destroyer night actions.

U.S. Navy Photo

Chester as refitted at Mare Island on 16 September 1943 - Plan view aft, looking Forward.

U.S. Navy Photo

Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, after torpedo damage repairs and overhaul, 2 October 1943.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-54656.

Broadside view of the USS Chester (CA 27) off Mare Island on 2 Oct 1943. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 15 Sept until 2 Oct 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #6879-43

Stern view of the USS Chester (CA 27) off Mare Island on 2 Oct 1943.

U.S. Navy Photo #6877-43.

Robert Hurst

Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Chester (CA-27) at Mare Island on 25 April 1945. She was under going inclining experiment in dry dock #3. She was in dock from 19 mar until 27 Apr 1945. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 10 Mar until 16 May 1945.

U.S. Navy Photo #2925-45

Amidships plan view of USS Chester (CA-27) at Mare Island on 25 April 1945. She was under going inclining experiment in dry dock #3.

U.S. Navy Photo #2928-45

13 May 1945 photo taken at Mare Island Navy Yard after refit. #1 turret has lost its rangefinder, her starboard catapult is removed. Her foremast has been shortened and a lattice main mast installed along with a quad 40mm gun ahead of #1 turret to take care of planes crossing and approaching the front of the ship. All of the items were removed due to the overweight/stability problems suffered by prewar(esp.) ships towards the end of the war.

U.S. Navy Photo

13 May 1945 photo taken at Mare Island Navy Yard after refit. A ventilator replaced the Starboard.Catapult. Note the NANCY IR Beacons at the Foretop below the SG and the MK-13 Fire Control Radar that replaced MK-8 atop her MK-34 Director.

U.S. Navy Photo

13 May 1945 photo taken at Mare Island Navy Yard after refit. New Main Mast with SP Fighter Control radar and ECM outfit - a TDY jammer on a topmast, DBM radar direction finders below it, intercept antennas and an S-Band jammer in a large radome.

U.S. Navy Photo

13 May 1945 photo taken at Mare Island Navy Yard after refit. Note two Twin 40's, Main Battery Director MK-34, a deck-edge TDY S-Band jamming system in a radome and Mk-28 in front of the Mk-33 Director.

U.S. Navy Photo

16 May 1945 photo taken at Mare Island Navy Yard after refit with new Fore Mast antenna equipment. Note the MK-34 radar antenna of GFCS MK-63 atop the MK-2 Quad.40mm.

U.S. Navy Photo #3624-45

16 May 1945 photo taken at Mare Island Navy Yard after refit. Note the lattice work platform built out of it and intended to carry a magnetic compass clear of the ship's steel. SP,IFF and TBS tactical radio.

U.S. Navy Photo

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Bow on view of USS Chester (CA 27) departing Mare Island on 16 May 1945.

U.S. Navy Photo #3608-45

At San Francisco, California, following overhaul, circa late May 1944. Circled numbers mark indicate recent alterations to the ship.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-73474.

Off San Francisco, California, following overhaul, circa late May 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 9d.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-73468.

USS Chester (CA-27) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 16 May 1945, following her last wartime overhaul.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-84007.

USS Chester (CA-27) Being towed away from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on her way to be scrapped, circa 1959.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 85179-KN.