On 24 October 1933, USS Chicago (CA-29) collided with the British freighter Silver Palm

USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago. After surviving a midget submarine attack at Sydney Harbour and serving in battle at the Coral Sea and Savo Island in 1942, she was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedoes in the Battle of Rennell Island, in the Solomon Islands, on 30 January 1943.
On 24 October 1933, Chicago collided with the British freighter Silver Palm in dense fog off Point Sur, California. Three officers aboard Chicago were killed in their quarters during the collision and an enlisted man’s arm had to be amputated as well. Silver Palm penetrated around 18 feet into the cruiser’s port bow, forward of the Number 1 gun mount.[6] At the time of the incident damage was estimated to be around $200,000 ($3.95 million today).[7] The vessel was repaired at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, departing there on 24 March 1934
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