USS Little Rock (CL-92)

USS Little Rock off Venice in 1948
Overview
Type	Light cruiser
Shipyard	Cramp Shipbuilding , Philadelphia
Keel laying	March 6, 1943
Launch	August 27, 1944
Namesake	Little Rock , Arkansas
1. Period of service
Commissioning	June 17, 1945
Decommissioning	1.) June 24, 1949 2.) November 22, 1976
Whereabouts	Museum ship in Buffalo
Technical specifications
displacement	10,670  tons l.
length	185.95 m
crew	1255
drive	4 boilers, 4 turbines, 100,000 shaft horsepower
speed	32.5 kn

USS Little Rock (CLG-4) rocket launch in 1961

The USS Little Rock (CL-92 / CLG-4 / CG-4) is a decommissioned light cruiser of the United States Navy that has been a museum ship since 1977 . It is the only surviving example of the Cleveland class .

technology

For detailed information, see the article on the ship class: → Cleveland class

history

construction

The light cruiser was at the Cramp Shipbuilding - shipyard in Philadelphia on March 6, 1943, laid keel and had its launch on August 27, 1944 went into service on 17 June 1945. The USS Little Rock was after the city of Little Rock in Named the US state of Arkansas .

modification

The ship was decommissioned for the first time on June 24, 1949. In the 1950s, it was in the New York Shipbuilding Corporation -Werft to a guided missile cruiser of Galveston-class rebuilt. Instead of the aft 152 mm guns, it received a twin launcher for radar-controlled anti - aircraft missiles of the RIM-8 Talos type and instead of the second heavy front turret, larger bridge structures with staff rooms so that they could be used as a flagship . During the conversion, the ship was reclassified to CLG – 4 on May 23, 1957. The renovation was completed on December 19, 1959 and on June 3, 1960 it was put into service again. On July 1, 1975, the Little Rock was reclassified again and was given the designation CG – 4.

The "USS Little Rock" as a museum ship in Buffalo

Museum ship

The ship was finally decommissioned on November 22, 1976 and purchased in 1977 by the city of Buffalo / New York . Since June 1, 1977, the USS Little Rock has been located next to the destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) and the submarine USS Croaker (SS-246) as a museum ship in the " Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park " on the banks of the Lake Erie .

Web links

Commons : USS Little Rock (CL-92)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Commons : USS Little Rock (CLG-4)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• History of Little Rock in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
• USS Little Rock Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - Website ( Memento from November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on December 2, 2013 (English)
2. ↑ USS Little Rock (CL-92) at navsource.org as of December 2, 2013

Coordinates: 42 ° 52 ′ 39.2 "  N , 78 ° 52 ′ 51.1"  W.