Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Chester, after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania. The first Chester (CL-1) was a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1921. The second Chester (CA-27) was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930, in use throughout World War II, and decommissioned in 1946. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.