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Photo # 80-G-343435:  USS Providence underway in the Mediterranean Sea, circa September 1948 - January 1949

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Providence (CL-82, later CLG-6), 1945-1980

USS Providence, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class light cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was commissioned in May 1945 and spent the final months of World War II shaking down in the Caribbean area. Following training service in September and October, the new cruiser left the U.S. for the Mediterranean Sea in November 1945 and remained there until June 1946. She continued her naval presence mission as the international situation deteriorated and the Cold War began, making a second Mediterranean deployment in February-May 1947, a third in November 1947 - March 1948 and a forth in September 1948 - January 1949. Providence was decommissioned in June 1949, as part of the Truman Administration's late 1940s Naval reductions, and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. With new technolgies creating an urgent need for updated warships, she was redesignated CLG-6 in May 1957 and soon began conversion to a guided-missile light cruiser. Her history is continued in the page USS Providence (CLG-6, previously CL-82).

This page features all the views we have related to USS Providence (CL-82, later CLG-6) 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 Providence (CLG-6, previously CL-82).


    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-343435

    USS Providence (CL-82)


    Underway in the Mediterranean Sea, circa September 1948 - January 1949.

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

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-343440

    USS Providence (CL-82)


    At Livorno (Leghorn), Italy, 4 December 1948.

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

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-343421

    USS Providence (CL-82)


    Syrian President Shukri El-Kwatli with two U.S. Navy staff officers on board the cruiser, while she was visiting the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 8 May 1946.

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

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-343425

    USS Fargo (CL-106)


    Firing salutes on 15 June 1946, upon her arrival at Gibraltar for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea. Photographed from USS Providence (CL-82).
    Note floater nets stowed on top of Providence's Number Two 6"/47 gun turret.

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

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-277216

    Soudha Bay, Crete


    Ships of the Sixth Task Fleet anchored in Soudha Bay, 16 April 1947, photographed from USS Leyte (CV-32). The snowy peaks at left are the Madaras Mountains.
    Ships present are (from left to right):
    USS Providence (CL-82);
    USS Dayton (CL-105); and
    USS Purdy (DD-734) -- only stern is visible.

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

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-704040

    USS Providence (CL-82)


    King Paul I and Queen Frederika of Greece visiting the cruiser, at Athens, circa May 1947.
    Standing at left are (from left to right):
    Captain J.M. Robinson, Commanding Officer, USS Shenandoah (AD-26);
    Captain A.J. Robertson, Commanding Officer, USS Providence;
    Lincoln MacVeagh, U.S. Ambassador to Greece; and
    Rear Admiral George C. Dyer, Commander Cruiser Division TEN.
    This photograph was released for publication on 14 May 1947.

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

    Online Image: 87KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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

     
    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.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-343437

    Rear Admiral George C. Dyer, USN
    ,
    Commander Cruiser Division Ten

    On board his flagship, USS Providence (CL-82), 20 May 1948.
    Note 6"/47 guns behind him.

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

    Online Image: 60KB; 590 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 98532

    USS Providence (CL-82)


    With USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) coming alongside at Gibraltar, circa late September 1948, as seen from USS Albany (CA-123). Sixth Task Fleet destroyers are moored in the right distance.
    Photo released for publication 4 October 1948. It was taken as Albany relieved USS Fargo (CL-106) as flagship of the Sixth Task Fleet, operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Two other cruisers and ten destroyers were among the units relieved in line with Navy policy of rotating ships on duty in the Mediterranean approximately every four months. The presence of a number of British Navy ships, among them the battleship Vanguard, resulted in the largest concentration of U.S. and British ships at Gibraltar since World War II.

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

    Online Image: 104KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    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):
    USS Little Rock (CL-92);
    USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42);
    USS Providence (CL-82); and
    USS Albany (CA-123).

    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.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-343441

    Cruiser Division Ten Change of Command, 16 December 1948


    Rear Admiral Arthur C. Miles (left) shakes hands with Rear Admiral George C. Dyer, whom he relieved as ComCruDivTEN. Photographed on board USS Providence (CL-82), which was then operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
    Note radio equipment behind them, including a RBO-2 receiver on the bulkhead bracket.

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

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     

    Additional image: Photo # NH 94707, a view of USS Portsmouth (CL-102) at sea on 22 April 1948, was taken from USS Providence (CL-82).


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Providence (CL-82). 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 #: 80-G-322629
    USS Providence (CL-82) underway in Quincy Bay, off Quincy, Massachusetts, 14 May 1945. Photographed from an aircraft based at NAS Squantum, Mass.
    Starboard broadside aerial view.

  • Photo #: 80-G-322630
    As 80-G-322629, but starboard quarter aerial view.

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

  • USS Providence (CLG-6, previously CL-82).


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


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    Page made 20 June 2003
    New image added 1 July 2003