What is USS Chicago (SSN-721)?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:USS ''Chicago'' (SSN-721)}} [[File:USS Chicago (SSN-721) returns from Desert Storm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The USS Chicago in [[San Diego]], [[California]]]] '''USS ''Chicago'' (SSN-721)''' is a [[submarine]], the fourth ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the city of [[Chicago, Illinois]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Guam Welcomes USS Chicago|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=66766|publisher=United States Navy|accessdate=21 June 2012|archive-date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616213240/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=66766|url-status=dead}}</ref> The contract to build her was awarded to [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]] on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 5 January 1983. She was [[launched]] on 13 October 1984. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{commonscat-inline}} [[Category:Naval ships of the United States|Chicago (SSN-721)]] [[Category:Chicago]] {{multistub|US|military}}