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Moored at Pier 26,
North River, New York, NY Depart New York for Newport, RI Conducted training exercises out of Newport to prepare for two-week Naval Reserve training cruise out of Charleston, SC Admiral Marc A. Mitscher dies. Moored Newport, RI 1039 Moored portside to Pier 7F, Navy Yard Charleston, SC Embark Naval Reserve personnel for training cruise. Underway at 1002 for San Juan, Puerto Rico 1057 Moored portside to Naval Base, San Juan, PR Underway for Guantanamo Bay operating area Returned to Pier 7F, Navy Yard Charleston, SC to disembark large number of reservists. 1530 Underway for Leonardo, NJ 1018 Moored portside to Naval Ammo Pier #1, Berth #1, Leonardo, NJ to unload ammo 1508 Underway for Gravesend Bay, NY 0702 Passed under Brooklyn Bridge after anchoring in Gravesend Bay Moored Berth #5, Pier D, US Naval Shipyard, NY. Later moved to Drydock #4 Begin overhaul at NY NSY Captain Francis J. Mee (a classmate of Captain Smith-Hutton) relieves Captain Henri Smith-Hutton as CO CL-92. Transferred approx 100 men to USS Wilkes-Barre CL-103 1336 Underway for RI Moored portside to Berth A-2, Naval Ammo Pier, Leonardo, NJ. Gunnery Officer - LCDR Roderick O. Middleton, 2nd Division Officer - ENS William O. Raimmie. 1512 Underway for Newport, RI Moored to Buoy 2 in Gravesend Bay, NY 0752 Moored Buoy M-20, Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI. Rear Admiral Cooley, USN aboard on official business. 1430 received on board 34 cases of cigarettes, gross weight 900 lbs. Inspected as to quality by LCDR W.A.Mann, SC, USN. 1430 deck court, LCDR F.R.Hoeppner, USN met to try the cases of: .......BRAGG, John G., S2, .......OPLINGER, Leroy C., S2, .......MONKS, Leonard J., S2 and .......MERANDO, Michael F.,F2. KARCHER, Charles I. CMM reported aboard with a large contingent of men, having been transferred from USS Wilkes-Barre CL-103. Hoisted aboard A/C (Aircraft) 35412 (Pilot LTjg Hoffman), and A/C 35553 (Pilot Ens. H.L. Smith). 0849 Underway - refueled USS Brownson DD-868 and USS Fiske DD-842, 5231 gallons. 1507 General Quarters drill. 1614 LT. E.E. Sandoval hospitalized. 1758 Anchored in 16 fathoms at Block Island. 0951 Underway. 1831 Anchored SE No Mans Land Island 0701 Underway 1209 20mm and 40mm firing on plane tow. 1655 Moored to Buoy 20 Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI 1510 Underway for Boston. 2050 General Quarters drill 0942 Moored portside to USS Providence CL-82, Berth 5, US Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA 0815 Breasted ship from alongside CL-82 to Pier 4. Rudder and screws touched mud, shoulder in 20' of water. 1207 Underway singly for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Anchored, Berth #2 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 6 fathoms Approximately 60 people reported aboard 0722 Underway. General Quarters, A/C launch and recovery training. Refueled at sea from USS Caloosahatchee AO-98 Moored portside BB-3, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 0738 Underway 1413 Firing 20mm 1614 Shore bombardment (Exercise 0-77) in area of FSU-1 1810 Anchored Berth E, Guantanamo Bay 0729 Underway. Simulated mustard gas attack and other drills Moored Berth 5, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At 1531 felt severe underwater vibration, believed caused by earthquake. Simulated bomb attack and tow by USS Macomb DMS 23. 1756 Anchored in Berth A Guantanamo Bay, ship drill, General Quarters red alert, reserve party to extinguish fire on Macomb DMS 23 Anchored in Berth E, Guantanamo Bay. USS Missouri in port - first meeting after Little Rock hit Missouri with 5" star shell. 0729 Underway. Steaming singly in operating areas 5, 6, and 7 1706 Anchored Berth E Guantanamo Bay. 0728 Underway 1540 Moored starboard side BB-1, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 0835 Anchored Berth E, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 0730 Underway 1104 Lost steering control - shifted to emergency steering in hanger. Anchored Berth E, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1403 Underway. Refueled USS Fitch DMS-25. Simulated transferring stretcher case w/USS Fitch. 2003 Unidentified ship illuminated CL92. No answer to challenge. Wartime GQ, anti-submarine course. 1121 Bombardment of beach. Anchored at Berth E, Guan tanamo Bay. 1834 Hoisted Admiral's barge and got underway. 0928 Moored portside to Seawall Caribbean Sea Frontier, San Juan, PR. 1837 Underway. 2012 Culebra Island cruiser bombardment - night shore bombardment with 5" guns. Steaming singly enroute Newport, RI 0823 Arrive Newport. Moor to buoy M15 Narragansett Bay 0859 Underway for Atlantic fleet exercises Refueling Aviators LT E.E. Sandoval and LT B.F. Hoffman down at sea - located late at night. Man overboard from USS Glennon DD-840. 1144 Moored to buoy M15 Narragansett Bay. Underway singly to Norfolk, VA 0716 Anchored to receive pilot. 0919 Underway for Berth 21, Hampton Roads. 0947 Anchored Berth Zebra, Hampton Roads, VA 1327 Moored portside Pier #5, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA. Large group of men from USS New Jersey and USS Albany reported aboard. 0833 Underway. Fog. Return to M19. 0810 Underway for Operations Areas 2 and 2A. 1607 Moored M19 Narragansett Bay, Newport.. Observed Aurora Borealis. 1221 YG25 moored to port quarter to receive garbage. 0850 Underway. 1850 Moored to Buoy 29, Narragansett Bay 0900 Underway. 1613 Moored M19. Steering casualty drill. 0832 Underway, Foggy. Short range battle practice Moored to M19, Narragansett Bay. Foggy. 0831 Underway. Conducted gunfire exercises. 1752 Moored to M19, Narragansett Bay. 0804 Got Underway 0004 Moored to M19, Narragansett Bay. 1528 Underway singly for Boston. 0004 Moored portside to Pier 7, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA. Sailed for Maine without all of the crew. 0004 Moored portside to State Pier, Portland, ME. Fire parties, under command of LCDR S.D. Smith sent to Hollis Center and Kezar Falls, Maine. ( To fight forest fires ) 0930 Opened ship for general visiting. 1801 Got underway for Boston. 0813 Moored portside to Pier 7, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA. Enroute to Newport, RI 1049 Moored to M18, Narragansett Bay. BM1 D.H. Butler died when crushed between ship and chain to buoy. 1202 Cast off hook and rope on Buoy 18, and stood up to Berth 54. 1211 Anchored Narragansett Bay. Anchored in 20 fathoms at Berth 54. 0009 Moored to Buoy 19. Refueled. 338,551 gallons. Took on 2700 gallons of fuel. USMC Capt. F. Caldwell had practice maneuvers with shore party. 1044 Underway in company with CruDiv10 for Gibraltar, USS Providence CL82 and USS Portsmouth CL102 USS Gearing DD710 came alongside with mail. Steaming at 20-23 knots with Task Force 44.1 Steaming for Europe. USS Green DD711 lost man overboard. Drill general quarters, surface exercises. Motor launch #3 broke its mooring. 0820 General Quarters. 1315 Tactical exercises - standard speed 15 knots. USS Gearing DD710 assumed formation guide. OTC RAdm G.E. Dyer ComCruDiv 10. Refueled USS Bailey DD713, USS Green DD711, and USS Steinaker DD863. USS Providence CL82 assumed formation guide. Received observers from USS Ware DD865. 1909 General Quarters condition ABLE. Arrive Gibraltar Harbor. 1201 Gibraltar salting battery fired 21 gun salute in honor of marriage of Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain. Full dress ship in honor of Princess Elizabeth. 1240 moored to Berth 4 in 8 fathoms. Refueled from tanker Prestol. SS Fresno CLAA121 stood in harbor. USS Willard Kerth DD775, Douglas Fox DD779, Zellers DD777, Manchester CL83, Dayton CL105, Dyess DD880, Midway CVB41, Providence CL82, Portsmouth CL102 and HMS Devonshire. USS Dyess transported liberty party to Tangiers. 0947 Cast off all lines - got underway for Bone, Algeria. Praylo released from solitary confinement. 1423 Anchored in 20 fathoms, Lazarette Bay, Bone, Algeria with USS Midway CVB41, Providence CL82, Portsmouth CL102. On one hour notice got underway. 0808 Underway for Naples, Italy USS Gyatt DD712, Midway CVB41, Gearing DD710, Bailey DD713, and Green DD711, left in formation. 0004 Anchored in Baia di Castellamoro off Naples break water. 1322 Pulled anchor, three tugs alongside. Moored stern to M010 SanVincenzo, Naples inner harbor. Fire drill - all hands. Water barge came alongside. Administered first aid to Italian civilian Don Pasquale (in bum boat). CL82 crew threw pipe overboard. 0845 Anchors aweigh for high speed radar tracking drills. 1850 Sighted Stromboli Volcano e/r to Marsaxlokk, Malta. 0004 Anchored in berth at Marsaxlokk, Malta, in 16 fathoms with CL82, CL102 and HMS Chieftain. 0759 Underway with CL82 for gunnery practice. 0004 Returned to berth in Malta. 0757 Got Underway for Naples, Italy. 1430 Moored stern to M0101 San Vincenzo, Naples. Refueled USS Grand Canyon AD28, CL82, and CL102 Italian citizen Paliotti Gennaro of Naples had minor injury on breakwater when hit in the eye with a flying potato from the ship. Took on 800,750 rounds of small arms ammo from the Italian government. In harbor with USS Corduba AF32, CL82, CL102, DD713, HMS Georgic, USS Chipola AO63, USS Vogelsang DD866, DD710, DD712, CVB41, and five Italian destroyers. 0907 Underway for Piraeus, Greece. Steaming singly. 1050 Moored stern to Miaougle Quay Megas Harbor, Piraeus, Greece. Other ships USS Gyatt DD712 and HMS Cardon Bay. 1430 USS Bailey DD713 moored. RAdm Antonopoulos, Royal Helenic Navy paid visit. 1505 British cruiser HMS Mauritius arrived and moored alongside CL92. Transferred 27 tons of ammo to army. Christmas in Piraeus, (Athens) Greece. Pagoulatost granted special 72 hour leave |
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Greek sailors set up perimeter on
pier to guard USS Little Rock. "Truman Doctrine" shows USA support of Greek government against Communists. Captain William D. Wright relieves Captain Francis J. Mee as CL-92 CO. Departed Piraeus for Augusta, Sicily Arrive Augusta, Sicily Underway from Augusta, Sicily for operations Drills and Exercises per P.O.D. Transfer mail to USS Providence. Refueled at sea from AO-109. Movie "Molly and Me". Practice Seahawk recovery. Arrive, Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta with USS Providence Depart Valetta for Marsaxlokk, Malta Arrive Marsaxlokk, Malta Depart Marsaxlokk, Malta for Taranto, Italy Arrived at Taranto, Italy Depart Taranto, Italy for Venezia (Venice) Italy. Arrive Venice, Italy Departed Venice for Trieste, Italy Arrived Trieste same day. Departed Trieste for Bizerte, Tunisia Arrived Bizerte, Tunisia Depart Bizerte, Tunisia for Tangier, Moracco Arrived Tangier, Moracco Departed Tangier, Moracco for Gibraltar Arrived Gibraltar Depart Gibraltar for Newport, RI Atlantic storm Highline personnel to / from USS Providence CL-82. Arrive Newport, RI Marblehead, Masachusetts Transit Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts Port-au-Prince, Haiti San Juan, Puerto Rico (15-16 May) Captain Henry G. Moran relieves Captain William D. Wright as CO of CL-92. Moored Newport, RI Underway with USS Providence CL82 and USS Portsmouth CL102. 1438 Took departure for Quebec, Canada. Moored to Wolf Cove Dock, Quebec, Canada 0947 Got underway from Quebec to Newport. RI. 1415 Exercised crew at general drills. 1806 Arrived in RI - secure steering and main engines 0740 Got underway for Newport Operating Area and return. Got underway for Norfolk, VA. 1349 Moored at Norfolk, VA 1056 Got underway for St. Thomas, VI. Sailing with USS Providence CL82 and USS Portsmouth CL102. Conducting various drills - man overboard, ship handling exercises, etc. 2015 darkened ship and commenced searchlight illumination exercise. 1611 Moored at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 0811 Underway from St. Thomas to Norfolk, VA. 0631 Moored at Norfolk, VA 1814 Underway for Newport, RI 803 Entered Newport, RI 0844 Got underway for Operating Area. 1210 Commenced maneuvering on various courses and speeds 1305 Launched aircraft and recovered. 1616 Moored at Narragansett Bay, RI. 0900 RAdm George Dyer came aboard on an official visit to present Efficiency Award in gunnery to USS Little Rock. RAdm Dyer and staff, and Capt. A.L. Maher of USS Portsmouth CL102 conducted a surprise administrative inspection of vessel. Inspection party received full honors. 12 men transferred to USS Missouri, 2 men transferred to USS Rochester, 4 men transferred to USS Mississippi, 3 men transferred to USS Manchester, and several more to other ships. 0930 Sentence of R.F.Jones for (1) threw chair over side, (2) wearing of civilian clothes aboard ship, (3) disobedience of orders. Sentence: Solitary confinement on bread and water for 30 days with full ration every third day, and lose $30 per month of pay for four months. Got underway in accordance with dispatch from USS Providence - ships in formation include various units of US Atlantic Fleet. Enroute from Newport to sea to avoid hurricane. (See Note 1.) 0320 Lost #3 motor whale boat over port side. Unable to estimate storm damage due to weather conditions. Steaming singly enroute to New York. 1554 Moored in NY Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn. Naval shipyard reps investigated storm damage to ship and listed required repairs, 42 in number. 0706 Underway from NYSY to Newport, RI. 1603 Moored in Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI 0928 Depart Newport, RI for Gibraltar operating as a unit - USS Providence CL82, USS Roosevelt CVB42, USS Columbus CA74, USS Garnard, USS Compton, USS Dickson, USS Hyman, USS Beatty, and USS Bristol. 0412 Changed course to avoid unidentified merchant ship. 0625 Prepared to refuel USS Purvis and while fueling was hit by the Purvis on the starboard side incurring some damage. 1145 Arrived Gibraltar and moored at Gibraltar harbor. 0740 Underway - maneuvering on various courses at various speeds during drills. Enroute to Augusta Bay, Sicily. 0550 Sighted Filfla Island. 0737 Exercised crew at General Quarters 0742 Commenced maneuvering on various course to conform to shore bombardment exercises. 1710 Entered Augusta Bay, Sicily 0739 Assembled crew at quarters for leaving port. 0747 Underway in column formation enroute to Operation Area, Malta Island. Anchored on Hurd Banks, Malta. 0624 Got underway on various drills. 1353 Commenced maneuvering on various courses and speeds for anti-aircraft firing. 1748 Anchored in Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta. Underway to Malta Operating Area. Anchored in Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta. 0812 Underway enroute Operating Area and commenced maneuvering. Underway from Malta to Kavala, Greece. 1208 Proceeding independently to Rhodes Island, Greece. 1051 Anchored off Rhodes Island, Greece. 1752 Governor of Dodecavese Islands was received on board and paid an official visit to Capt. Moran. 2340 Got underway from Rhodes Island to Kavala, Greece. Anchored off Kavalla, Greece. 2001 Man reported overboard, but after investigation, no one admitted anything - no absentees. 0701 Underway enroute Kavala, Greece to Alexandroupolis, Greece 1251 Underway enroute to Phaleron Bay from Alexandroupolis Anchored in Phaleron Bay, Greece 0546 Underway from Phaleron Bay to Operations Area for maneuvering and drills. 1104 Anchored Phaleron Bay with USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42); USS Providence (CL-82); and USS Albany (CA-123) 1932 Underway with 6th Fleet for Sfax, North Africa 0840 Anchored Sfax, Tunisia Enroute to Suda Bay, Crete 0615 Sighted mainland of Crete. 1304 Anchored Suda Bay, Crete 0755 Enroute from Suda Bay, Crete to Salonika, Greece 1015 Anchored Salonika Harbor, Greece 0649 Depart Salonika for Volos, Greece. 1718 Anchored Volos, Greece Enroute from Volos to Phaleron Bay, Greece 0907 Anchored Phaleron Bay, Greece 0800 Enroute from Phaleron Bay to Corfu, Greece 1247 Anchored Corfu, Greece 0017 Underway from Corfu to Trieste, Italy 1026 Moored Bersaglieri, Trieste, Italy 0858 Underway from Trieste to Venice, Italy 1510 Moored at Rivia Sette Martini, Venice, Italy 0830 Underway from Venice to Trieste, Italy 1353 Moored at Trieste Underway from Trieste to Augusta, Sicily Moored at Augusta, Sicily 0741 Malta Operating Area Underway from Augusta, Sicily to Marseilles, France 0900 Fired 21 gun salute to France 0955 Moored in Marseilles, France Christmas in Marseilles, France (See Dinner Menu) (Note 1: Hurricanes were un-named at this time.) |
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Moored starboard side to, Mole "G"
Marseilles, France Heavy weather in harbor damaged ship - temporary repairs made Underway for Oran, Algeria Joined units of 6th task Fleet, USS Albany (CA-123), USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) and USS Providence CL-82) for maneuvers. USS Albany CA123 detached and ordered to proceed to Algiers 0600 Sighted Cape L'Aiguilla 0930 Commenced maneuvering at various speeds to conform to harbor entrance at Oran. Moored at Oran, Algeria. Commenced preparations for getting underway from Oran to Gibraltar. 0730 Departed Oran with USS Roosevelt in formation, joined USS Albany and USS Providence. 0800 Arrived Gibraltar Court Martial R.F.Jones SA - reduced to Seaman Recruit, confined for 9 months - to be discharged with bad conduct. 0930 Departed Gibraltar for Newport, RI A plane launched from USS Roosevelt was seen exploding in mid air and crashed in sea. 0759 Arrived and moored at Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI Took departure from Newport to Leonardo, NJ. 1100 Arrived Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, NJ to offload ammo 1458 Underway from Leonardo, NJ for New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY for pre-inactivation overhaul. 1605 Entered New York Harbor. 1032 Entered drydock at New York NSY, Brooklyn, NY. 1430 Inspection completed of underwater body subsequent to drydocking. 1300 Capt. Henry G. Moran detached from duty as Commanding Officer. Cdr. Richard Craighill assumed duties as Commanding Officer. 1025 Ship's company assembled for decommissioning ceremony. 1030 Commanding Officer reads orders to inactivate the USS Little Rock. Little Rock joins Atlantic Reserve Fleet, NY. |
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