USS Oklahoma City, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class
light cruiser built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned
a few days before Christmas 1944. She worked up in the western
Atlantic area, then went to the Pacific in the spring of 1945
to join the war against Japan. In early June she arrived in the
western Pacific to begin escorting Third Fleet aircraft carriers
as they launched raids against enemy forces and facilities in
the vicinity of Okinawa and the Japanese home islands. After the
fighting ended in mid-August Oklahoma City remained in
the region until late January 1946. She then steamed to the U.S.
West Coast, where she was decommissioned at the end of June 1947.
After nearly a decade in "mothballs" Oklahoma City was removed from the Pacific Reserve Fleet and entered a San Francisco, California, shipyard to begin conversion to a guided missile cruiser. In keeping with her intended new capabilities, she was redesignated CLG-5 in May 1957. Her history is continued in the page USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5, later CG-5).
This page features all the views we have related to USS Oklahoma City (CL-91, later CLG-5) 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." |
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
For images related to this ship after conversion to a guided
missile light cruiser, see:
In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Oklahoma City (CL-91). 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".
USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) underway at sea, 1945. Starboard broadside 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:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 28 August 2003