The drone reached altitudes up to 6,000 meters (20,000 ft) and ranged up to 185 kilometers (100 nmi.)

After completing a two-year maintenance and upgrade period at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in October 2011, Chicago arrived in April 2012 at her new homeport, assigned to Submarine Squadron 15, based at Joint Region Marianas on the island of Guam.

[5] In keeping with a tradition that dates back to World War II, Richard O'Kane's cribbage board was transferred from Olympia's Wardroom to Chicago's when Olympia was decommissioned on 31 October 2019, making Chicago the oldest fast attack boat in the Pacific Fleet.

[7] Chicago arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 17 January 2023 for her months-long inactivation and decommissioning process.

One of the barracks buildings at the US Navy's Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes is named "USS Chicago".