I am from an Eastern bloc nation. In my childhood I was taught that the North Korean Navy sunk the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser U.S.S. Chicago by torpedo boat in 1950. The teaching was such:
On June 29th, 1950, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Chicago, accompanied by two destroyers, entered North Korean waters. The North Korean Navy dispatched four torpedo boats on the night of July 1st and sighted the Chicago in the early morning of July 2nd. The gunfire from Chicago could not hit the small and fast torpedo boats. The torpedo boats made five attacks, hitting the Chicago with a total of four torpedoes. The Chicago rapidly sunk while the accompanying destroyers fled.
It was never made clear which hull was sunk, since there were has been more than one U.S. Navy ship named U.S.S. Chicago. Sources are abundant in my native language referencing this teaching. Yet I am unable to find any related information in the English language. The closest thing I could find is the North Korean capture of the U.S. Navy research vessel U.S.S. Pueblo (AGER-2).
Did the North Korean Navy sink the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Chicago by torpedo boat in 1950?