USS Little Rock, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class
light cruiser, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commissioned
in mid-June 1945, two months before the end of the Pacific War
fighting, in October of that year she began her maiden operational
deployment, a cruise to Latin America that lasted until March
1946. Little Rock served in the Mediterranean Sea in June-September
1946 and again during 1947 and 1948. One of many light cruisers
eliminated from the active force by Truman Administration defense
economies during the latter part of the decade, she was decommissioned
in June 1949.
In May 1957, following some eight years in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Little Rock was reclassified as a guided missile light cruiser, with the new hull number CLG-4. Extensive conversion work was done at Camden, New Jersey during the next three years. The ship's story and picture coverage continues in "Online Library" page USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4).
This page features all the views we have related to USS Little Rock (CL-92, later CLG-4) 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:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: NH 94939 USS Little Rock (CL-92) In the Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts, circa 1946-1949. Courtesy of Captain Don Fink, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-343434 USS Providence (CL-82); USS Little Rock (CL-92); and USS Portsmouth (CL-102) (listed left to right) At San Juan, Puerto Rico, 15 May 1948. Note the differing radar antenna rigs, and other details of these three Cleveland class light cruisers, each ten numbers apart in the cruiser hull number series. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-706506 U.S. Sixth Task Fleet, Commanded by Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman Sixth Task Fleet ships silhouetted by the evening sun, while anchored in Phaleron Bay off Piraeus, Greece, 17 October 1948. The ships are (from left to right): Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Little Rock (CL-92). The following list features this image:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Little Rock (CL-92) underway off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 26 September 1945. Port quarter aerial view. USS Little Rock (CL-92) tied up at Lisbon, Portugal, 19 September 1946, while on a goodwill and training cruise with USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42). Port bow surface view, relatively tight on the bow. USS Little Rock (CL-92) underway off New York, 2 July 1947. Photographed from a plane based at Naval Air Station New York. Starboard quarter aerial view. As 80-G-279298, but starboard broadside aerial view, somethat toward the bow.
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:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 5 December 2003