Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

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 #NH 94939.

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 #80-G-343434.

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 #NH 98972.

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 #NH 98973.

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 #NH 98974.

Port bow ariel view while conducting her Preliminary Acceptance Trials in the Atlantic, during May 1960.

U.S. Navy Photo.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Rear Admiral Charles H. Lyman, USN, speaking during the ship's commissioning ceremonies, at the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania, 3 June 1960. Note "Talos" guided missiles behind the speaker's platform.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98963.

Undated starboard bow view while at anchor. The crew appears to be at quarters.

U.S. Navy photo.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Underway on 13 October 1960. Photographed by PH1 Kinley.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH98948.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Underway on 13 October 1960. Photographed by PH1 Kinley.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98949.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) "Talos" guided missiles on the ship's missile launcher, November 1960. Note the insignia on the launcher, depicting a missile hitting an airplane, SPG-49 missile guidance radars pointed in the same direction as the launcher, and the large diamond-shaped antenna for the ship's SPS-2 radar.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #KN-1120.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Launches a "Talos" guided missile. The original photograph bears the rubber-stamped date 1 November 1960, but was accompanied by a press release describing missile firings in February 1961 and identifying the photographer as Seaman Virgil Sawyer.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98964.

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 #NH 98975.

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 #NH 98976.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Steams off El Morro Fortress, on the northwest tip of San Juan, Puerto Rico, circa 1960. Note the old cannon in the fort, including five muzzle-loading types at left and a late-19th Century breech-loading rifle in the center.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98951.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Underway at sea, while operating with a Second Fleet task force, 19 January 1961. Taken by PHC C.A. Berntsen, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98952.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Fires a "Talos" guided missile, during exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, 4 May 1961. Taken by PH3 D.R. Botts, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98953.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Fires a "Talos" guided missile while off San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16 November 1961. Taken by Seaman Lenhoff.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98954.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Underway on 8 November 1962.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98958.

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 #NH 98977.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Underway at sea, circa 1965. This photograph, which was received by "All Hands" magazine on 9 June 1965, was accompanied by the following caption: "The guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CLG-4) will take over temporary duty as flagship for Commander Second Fleet Vice Admiral K.S. Masterson on June 19th."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98955.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) At the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, for a 32-week repair and overhaul period. The ship was relieved as flagship for Commander Second Fleet on 12 January 1966 and entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 17 January. The original photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 1 February 1966.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98959.

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 #NH 98978.

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 NTDS antenna beyond.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98979.

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 #NH 98980.

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 #NH 98981.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) in port at dusk, circa 1967. The original photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 26 December 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

USNHC Photo #NH 98960.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) At anchor in the harbor at Gaeta, Italy, her home port as flagship of the Sixth Fleet, March 1967. Taken by PHC H.L. Wise, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98956.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Leaving Naples Bay, Italy, on 31 July 1967, while serving as flagship of the Sixth Fleet. Taken by PH2 J.E. Higgins, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98957.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) and the USS Springfield (CLG-7) refueling from the USS Chikaskia (AO-54) in the Mediterranean Sea, Southeast of Palma de Majorca, Spain in 1967.

From the collection of Clarence Wolfe.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 82583 .

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Docked at Rota Naval Station, Spain, 27 August 1970.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #K-86514.

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 #NH 98982.

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, 5 January 1972. Taken by PH1 Robert D. Fennell, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

USNHC Photo #NH 98961

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1974. Photograph received from the ship, 1974. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

USNHC Photo #NH 83498-KN

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) Fires her 6"/47 guns during exercises on the Salto di Guirra missile range, off Sardinia, 23 April 1975.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #K-108728.

USS Little Rock (CG-4) steaming with USS Saratoga (CV-60) and other units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, en route to an anchorage near Gaeta, Italy, on 16 March 1976. The ships are returning from a training exercise.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center # NH 98962.