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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4), 1960-1977 --
National Archives Photos


This page features photographs of USS Little Rock (CLG-4), later CG-4 that should be available from the National Archives.

For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4. Previously CL-92), 1945-1977.



    In addition to the images presented on other pages, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4). The following list features some of these images:

    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".

  • Photo #: USN 1047970
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) on 27 April 1960, probably in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with the ship at rest or moving very slowly.
    Starboard bow surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1047978
    As USN 1047970, but starboard quarter surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1047979
    As USN 1047970, but starboard broadside surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1047977
    As USN 1047970, but surface view taken from directly ahead. This photograph's vantage point is very close to the ship, and really only shows her hull and the large communications antenna mounted well forward on her foredeck.

  • Photo #: USN 1047980
    As USN 1047970, but surface view taken from directly astern.


  • Photo #: USN 1047971
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) on 27 April 1960, probably in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with the ship at rest or moving very slowly.
    Aerial view, taken from directly ahead.

  • Photo #: USN 1047972
    As USN 1047971, but aerial view taken from directly astern.

  • Photo #: USN 1047973
    As USN 1047971, but starboard bow aerial view taken from quite tight on the bow.

  • Photo #: USN 1047974
    As USN 1047971, but port bow aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1047975
    As USN 1047971, but port broadside aerial view. The ship is underway in this photo.

  • Photo #: USN 1047976
    As USN 1047971, but port quarter aerial view.


  • Photo #: USN 1050406
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway at sea on 13 October 1960.
    High aerial view, taken from nearly ahead and somewhat to starboard.

  • Photo #: USN 1050407
    As USN 1050406, but low aerial view taken from off the ship's starboard bow.

  • Photo #: USN 1050408
    As USN 1050406, but surface (or very low aerial) view taken from off the ship's port broadside. Photographer was PH1 Kinley.


  • Photo #: USN 1109532
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway (though not moving very fast) on 8 November 1962. Photographed by PH2 Montgomery.
    Starboard bow (relatively tight on the bow) aerial view, taken from about mid-mast height.


  • Photo #: KN-8692 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1 May 1963. Photographed by PH3 Mark Helfer.
    Starboard bow (very tight on the bow) high aerial view.


  • Photo #: USN 1087676
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 8 November 1963. Photographed by PH2 Robert D. Montgomery.
    Starboard broadside aerial view.


  • Photo #: USN 1120633
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) about to drop anchor off Gaeta, Italy, 2 February 1967. Photographed by PHC O.J. Fortin.
    Port broadside low aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1120642
    As USN 1120633, but port quarter low aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1120643
    As USN 1120633, but port quarter low aerial view (rather more to the broadside than USN 1120642).


  • Photo #: K-86515 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) tied up at Naval Station Rota, Spain, 27 August 1970. Photographed by PH2 L. Kester.
    Starboard broadside aerial view, rather toward the stern.

  • Photo #: K-86516 (color)
    As K-86515, but port quarter aerial view, with the Naval Station breakwater and wharf between the camera and the ship.


  • Photo #: K-91235 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 22 September 1971. Photographed by PHCS Walter H. Long, Jr.
    Port broadside aerial view.

  • Photo #: K-91237 (color)
    As K-91235, but port bow aerial view, with the ship steaming in a turn to starboard. The Newport-Jamestown Bridge is in the distance.


  • Photo #: K-98475 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway in the Norwegian Sea during Exercise "Strong Express", October 1972. Taken by British photographer John H.P. Long.
    Port bow (rather tight on the bow) low aerial (or surface) view, taken from about the level of the top of Little Rock's forward superstructure.


  • Photo #: K-109962 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) comes alongside USS Neosho (AO-143) for refueling, while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, 21 April 1975. Photographed by PH1 L.M. MacKay.
    Starboard bow (rather tight on the bow) surface view, taken from on board Neosho, whose after well deck superstructure (including fueling hoses ready for use) dominates the left half of the image.

  • Photo #: K-109963 (color)
    As K-109962, but showing only Little Rock from off her starboard bow.

  • Photo #: K-109978 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, 21 April 1975. Photographed by PH1 L.M. MacKay.
    Port quarter (quite tight on the stern) surface view. Relatively dramatic image, showing the ship turning to port, with her wake dominating the foreground.

  • Photo #: K-109979 (color)
    As K-109978, but port broadside surface view.


  • Photo #: K-116430 (color)
    USS Little Rock (CG-4) is prepared for decommissioning ceremonies at the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania, 22 November 1976. Photographed by PHAN Vaughn.
    View on board the ship, looking forward from her stern, showing chairs lined up on her helicopter landing area, with the speakers' stand in place directly aft of Little Rock's "Talos" guided missile launcher. Launcher rails are empty.


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

    The images listed in this box 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".

  • For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Little Rock (CLG-4, later CG-4. Previously CL-92), 1945-1977.


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