  {|    |} the first uss chicago (later ca-14) was a protected cruiser of the united states navy, the largest of the original three authorized by congress for the "new navy". she was launched on 5 december 1885 by john roach & sons of chester, pennsylvania, sponsored by edith cleborne (daughter of navy medical director cuthbert j. cleborne) and commissioned on 17 april 1889, captain henry bellows robeson in command. ==service history== ===pre-world war i=== thumb | left | illustration of one of chicagos two beam-propeller engines. chicago was a twin-screw ship; a similar engine drove the screw on the other side of the vessel. on 7 december 1889, chicago departed boston for lisbon, portugal, arriving on 21 december. the cruiser served in european and mediterranean waters as the [[flags
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