<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The first day of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rennell_Island" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Rennell Island">Battle of Rennell Island</a>, <a about="#mwt99" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Chicago"},"2":{"wt":"CA-29"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chicago_(CA-29)" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Chicago (CA-29)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Chicago</i><span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>(CA-29)</a> is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.<sup about="#mwt103" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_29#cite_note-18" id="mwqg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqw">[18]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt100" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFStille2014">Stille, Mark (2014). <i id="mwCDM">US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-War Classes</i>. Osprey Publishing Ltd. p.<span id="mwCDQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>24. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCDU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCDY" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-630-5" id="mwCDc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-630-5"><bdi id="mwCDg">978-1-78200-630-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt100" class="Z3988" id="mwCDk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=US+Heavy+Cruisers+1941-45%3A+Pre-War+Classes&amp;rft.pages=24&amp;rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing+Ltd&amp;rft.date=2014&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-78200-630-5&amp;rft.aulast=Stille&amp;rft.aufirst=Mark&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+29"></span></span>