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1966 |
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| 12 Jan 17 / 18 Jan 28 Sep 15 Oct Various dates |
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Relieved as temporary
flagship of ComSecondFleet Entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for 32 week repair and overhaul period Inclining Experiments Dependents’ Cruise for friends and relatives. Overhaul and refresher training. |
| 1967 |
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| 26 Jan 02 Feb ?? Mar 11 Apr 19 May 05 Jun 08 Jun 09 Jun 10 Jun 30 Jun 31 Jun |
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U.S.S. Little Rock - 6th Fleet
Flag homeported Gaeta, Italy At anchor, Gaeta, Italy At anchor, Gaeta, Italy Capt. John J. Mitchell relieves Capt. Oscar F. Dreyer Blue Angels perform first show in Europe over U.S.S. Little Rock in Gaeta. Arab-Israeli Six Day War begins. USS Liberty attacked by Israeli ships and aircraft. Little Rock assisted in evacuating wounded from U.S.S. Liberty after Israeli attack. Six Day War ends. American Eagle becomes official ship’s seal emblem. Depart Naples, Italy |
1968 |
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| 24 Apr 11-12 May 13-14 May 15-16 May 17-31 May ?? Jun 01-23 Jul 12 Jul 17 Jul 23-24 Jul 25-28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul - 02 Aug 03-04 Aug 05-13 Aug 14 Aug 15-17 Aug 18-27 Aug 28 Aug - 02 Sep 03-04 Sep 04-08 Sep 09 Sep 10-13 Sep 14-15 Sep 16-19 Sep 19 Sep 20-27 Sep 27-30 Sep 30 Sep - 02 Oct 02-04 Oct 04-13 Oct 14-15 Oct 16-18 Oct 19-23 Oct 24-30 Oct 01-12 Nov 13 Nov 14-18 Nov 19 Nov 20-22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov - 04 Dec 05 Dec 06-09 Dec 10 Dec 11-31 Dec |
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Capt. W. F. V. Bennett
relieves Capt. John
C. Mitchell Athens, Greece At sea Naples, Italy Gaeta, Italy First USSR warship presents honors to 6th Fleet flagship in Med Gaeta, Italy Little Rock renders assistance to Italian fishing vessel “Olimpia” #CT 1717. Dependent's cruise) At sea Valencia, Spain At sea Palma, Majorca At sea Gaeta, Italy Naples, Italy for change of 6th fleet command from Admiral Martin to Admiral Richardson Gaeta, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Izmir, Turkey At sea Athens, Greece At sea Tunis, Tunisia At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Argostoli Bay, Greece At Sea Naples, Italy Gaeta, Italy At sea Rota, Spain At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Valleta, Malta At sea Taranto, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Toulon, France At sea Gaeta, Italy |
1969 |
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| 01-03 Jan 04-09 Jan 10-13 Jan 13-14 Jan 15-17 Jan 18 Jan 19-26 Jan 27-29 Jan 30 Jan - 02 Feb 03 Feb 04-07 Feb 08-09 Feb 10-14 Feb 14 Feb 15 Feb - 01 Mar 02-07 Mar 08-11 Mar 12-14 Mar 15-25 Mar 26 Mar 28 Mar - 01 Apr 01-02 Apr 02-14 Apr 09 Apr 15-16 Apr 17-20 Apr 21-30 Apr 01-11 May 12 May 13-14 May 15-20 May 21-22 May 23 May - 01 Jun 02-07 Jun 08-11 Jun 12-13Jun 14 Jun - 06 Jul 07-10 Jul 11-14 Jul 15-16 Jul 17-27 Jul 28-31 Jul 01-04 Aug 05-07 Aug 08-11 Aug 12-24 Aug 25-29 Aug 30 Aug - 07 Sep 08-12 Sep 13-22 Sep 23-24 Sep 25-28 Sep 29-30 Sep 01-05 Oct 06-07 Oct 08-14 Oct 15-28 Oct 29 Oct - 11 Nov 12 Nov 13-16 Nov 15 Nov 17 Nov 18-20 Nov 21-22 Nov 23-30 Nov 01 Dec 02-05 Dec 06-07 Dec 08-10 Dec 11-13 Dec 14-31 Dec |
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Gaeta, Italy At sea Taranto, Italy At sea Villefranche, France At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Casablanca, Morocco At sea Lisbon, Portugal At sea Barcelona, Spain At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea La Spezia, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy. Some of ship's company and Admiral's staff attended papal audience in Rome. At sea Palma, Majorca At sea Gaeta, Italy Naples, Italy At sea Venice, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Rhodes, Greece At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Monaco At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Rota, Spain Gilbralta At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea. Bad storm. Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (USS Little Rock first US Navy ship to go into this communist country during cold war.) At sea Athens, Greece At sea Gaeta, Italy Missing data (Perhaps Naples, Italy or Malta Naples, Italy At sea Malta Capt. Charles E. Little relieves Capt. Walter F.V. Bennett At sea Tripoli At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Valleta, Malta At sea Toulon, France At sea Gaeta, Italy (Bob Hope Christmas show aboard carrier in Bay of Naples, Italy on Dec 18) |
1970 |
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| 01-06 Jan 07-08 Jan 08-11 Jan 13-15 Jan 16 Jan 17-29 Jan 30 Jan - 06 Feb 07-19 Feb 20-22 Feb 23-25 Feb 26 Feb - 01 Mar 02 Mar 03-06 Mar 07 Mar 08 Mar 09 Mar 10-13 Mar 14-15 Mar 16 Mar - ? 31 Mar 03-07 Apr 08-09 Apr 10-12 Apr 13 Apr 14-27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr - 03 May 04-08 May 0 9-23 May 24 May 25-30 May 13 Jun 08-11 Jun 17 Jun 19-26 Jun 10-15 Jul 31 Jul - 04 Aug ?? Summer 20 Aug 24 Aug 27-28 Aug 04 Sep 04 Oct 12 Oct / Nov ?? |
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Gaeta, Italy At sea Villefranche, France Genoa, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Tangier, Morocco Gibraltar At sea Lisbon, Portugal At sea Rota, Spain At sea Barcelona, Spain At sea Gaeta, Italy Ciuadella, Minorca At sea Valleta, Malta Tunis, Tunisia Depart Tunis for Gaeta. At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Rapallo, Italy At sea Gaeta, Italy At sea Palma, Majorca Athens, Greece Little Rock (CLG-4) is in a minor collision with the Greek destroyer Longhi in the Gulf of Laconia off Greece during NATO exercise "Dawn Patrol 70". (1) 25th Anniversary of USS Little Rock. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird aboard. Temporary repair to bow at Malta Monte Carlo, Monaco. ( Princess Grace and Prince Rainier visit Little Rock.) Valencia, Spain Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia USS Springfield CLG-7 arrives in Gaeta to relieve Little Rock as Flagship. USS Springfield relieves Little Rock. Little Rock departs Gaeta with 26 wives and 10 children aboard. Pierside Rota, Spain Arrive Newport RI. First cruiser to be homeported in Newport. Depart Newport for Yorktown NWS to off load ammo. USS Little Rock enters Boston Naval Shipyard for 6 month overhaul. (1) There are some "reports" of a collision between Little Rock and a 'Turkish' destroyer about the same time. These most likely are reports of the same incident. The name of the Greek destroyer is Longhi not Lonzhi as sometimes reported. |
1971 |
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| 28 Mar 19 Apr 23 Apr Apr - Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun ?? Jun ?? Jul ?? Jul 13 Aug 16 Aug 20 Aug Aug - Sep 22 Sep 29 Sep - Oct ?? Oct 23 Oct ?? Nov 01 Dec 25 Dec ?? Dec |
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At Boston Naval Shipyard
undergoing inclining experiments Overhaul completed at Boston NSY. CDR Joseph L. Dick reports aboard as Executive Officer Newport, RI / Yorktown, VA Capt. Gordon R. Nagler relieves Capt. Charles E. Little Depart Newport for 10 week REFTRA Caribbean San Juan, PR San Juan, PR St. Thomas, VI Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Culebra Gun Range w/USS Robert Wilson Arrive Newport, RI. Berth Pier 1, starboard side to. Undergoing Habitability Renovations Underway for Yorktown, VA Caribbean for CNO Project C/S-68 St. Thomas, VI Arrive Newport, RI CCTV System WCLG-3 goes on line Depart for 5 month Med cruise Naples, Italy - Visits to Rome Malaga |
1972 |
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| 01 Jan 05 Jan Jan - Feb 17 Feb Late Feb ?? Feb 27 Jul ?? Oct 11 Dec |
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At sea - Russian helo hovers near Little
Rock. Photo Ops! Underway in Mediterranean Sea Livorno, Florence, Pisa, Trieste, Venice (dates uncertain) Three helicopters on the deck at the same time set record Athens approx. 1 month (dates uncertain) Thessaloniki (date uncertain) Capt. Robert E. Morris relieves Capt. Gordon P. Nagler Underway, Norwegian Sea for Exercise "Strong Express" At Boston Naval Shipyard undergoing inclining experiments |
1973 |
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| 24 Jul 29 Aug Early Oct 06 Oct ?? Oct 26 Oct Early Nov ?? Dec |
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Capt. Peter K. Cullins
relieves Capt. Robert E. Morris USS Little Rock relieves the USS Springfield as 6th Fleet Flagship. Istanbul, Turkey ? Athens, Greece ? 1973 Arab-Israeli (Yom Kippur) War begins. (1) Little Rock joins Task Force 60 and USS Independence 1973 Arab-Israeli War ends. Gaeta, Italy (2 days) Tunis, Tunisia. First visit since Arab-Israeli War. (1) From Wikipedia: The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War, also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The war began with a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Egypt and Syria crossed the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and Golan Heights, respectively, which had been captured by Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War. The Egyptians and Syrians advanced during the first 24-48 hours, after which momentum began to swing in Israel's favor. By the second week of the war, the Syrians had been pushed entirely out of the Golan Heights. In the Sinai to the south, the Israelis struck at the "seam" between two invading Egyptian armies, crossed the Suez Canal (where the old ceasefire line had been), and cut off the Egyptian Third Army just as a United Nations cease-fire came into effect. |
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