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Photo # NH 98976:  Midships view of USS Little Rock, during an inclining experiment at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1960

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4), 1960-1977
-- Inclining Experiment Views

Like nearly all the Navy's ships, USS Little Rock was the subject of a number of "inclining experiments" during her service. This work, frequently done in the course of shipyard overhauls, involved shifting heavy weights on board the ship and carefully measuring the resulting changes in her trim, all to help determine her stability characteristics. The resulting information was vital to keeping the ship in safe condition, both during normal operation and during stressful occasions, such as when riding out major storms or after receiving significant damage. Photographs taken during inclining experiments are often very detailed, and provide an excellent record of a ship's equipment and general external arrangement.

This page features selected photographs taken while USS Little Rock (CLG-4) was undergoing inclining experiments.

For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4. Previously CL-92), 1944-1977 -- Views taken 1960-1963.


    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 #: NH 98972

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    At the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 19 December 1959, while completing conversion to a guided missile ship.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 147KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98973

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View amidships on the port side, looking forward, taken at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 19 December 1959, while she was completing conversion to a guided missile ship.
    Note details of the ship's forward superstructure, smokestack, boat davit and stowage racks for inflatable life rafts.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98974

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View looking forward along the port side, from off the after superstructure, 19 December 1959. Taken at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, while she was completing conversion to a guided missile ship.
    Note SPG-49 guidance radars for Little Rock's "Talos" missile system (in lower right) and the very large diamond-shaped antenna for her SPS-2 height-finding search radar (atop the after superstructure).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 138KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98975

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    At the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, in December 1960, probably while undergoing an inclining experiment.
    Note scaffolding around her masts.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98976

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View amidships on the starboard side, taken the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, in December 1960, probably while she was undergoing an inclining experiment.
    Note boat stowage and handling arrangements. Boats appear to include a motor whaleboat, two personnel boats and a utility boat.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 157KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98977

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View of the ship's after superstructure, from starboard, while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 11 January 1963.
    The large round antenna for her newly-installed SPS-30 radar is in the top center of the image.
    Ship in the background appears to be USS Diamond Head (AE-19).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98978

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View of the ship's forward superstructure, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 141KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98979

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View of the ship's foredeck area, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966.
    Note her twin 5"/38 gun mount and triple 6"/47 gun turret, with anchor-handling gear and a large communications antenna beyond.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 125KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98980

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View amidships, from port, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966.
    Note motor whaleboat suspended from the sliding davit, with a utility boat stowed immediately aft.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98981

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View of the ship's after superstructure, from starboard, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966.
    Note SPG-49 (at left & left center) and SPW-2 (at top center) guidance radars for her "Talos" missile system, and inflatable life rafts stowed around the deckhouse sides.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 137KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98982

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    Undergoing an inclining experiment at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, 28 March 1971.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98983

    USS Little Rock
    (CLG-4)

    View on the ship's foredeck, looking aft on the starboard side, while she was undergoing an inclining experiment, at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, on 11 December 1972.
    Note ceremonial flagstand by the ship's 6"/47 gun turret.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 117KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     

    For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4. Previously CL-92), 1944-1977 -- Views taken 1960-1963.


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


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