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Photo # 80-G-370144:  USS Galveston off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24 May 1946

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Galveston (CL-93, later CLG-93 and CLG-3), 1946-1975

USS Galveston, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class light cruiser built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was delivered to the Navy in May 1946, when almost completed. Her final outfitting was suspended in June 1946 and she was transferred to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet without having been commissioned. Reflecting plans to convert her to a guided missile light cruiser, Galveston's hull number was changed to CLG-93 in February 1956. She was again redesignated CLG-3 in May 1957, while conversion work was underway at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Her history is continued in the page USS Galveston (CLG-3).

This page features all the views we have related to USS Galveston (CL-93, later CLG-3) as a light cruiser, and provides links to others of her after conversion to a guided missile cruiser.

For images related to this ship after conversion to a guided missile light cruiser, see:

  • USS Galveston (CLG-3).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-370144

    USS Galveston (CL-93)


    Is tugged from the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 24 May 1946.
    The ship was laid up, not quite complete, in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, shortly afterwards.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 53807

    USS Galveston (CL-93)


    Is tugged from the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 24 May 1946.
    The ship was laid up, not quite complete, in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, shortly afterwards.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53808

    USS Galveston (CL-93)


    Ship's Sponsor, Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson, prepares for the christening, at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22 April 1945.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53809

    USS Galveston (CL-93)


    Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson christens the ship, during launching ceremonies at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22 April 1945.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Galveston (CL-93). The following list features this image:

    The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-370147
    USS Galveston (CL-93) off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while being tugged from the Cramp shipyard to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 24 May 1946.
    Port quarter surface view.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • For images related to this ship after conversion to a guided missile light cruiser, see:

  • USS Galveston (CLG-3).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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