The CLG-4 and CG-4 Photo Tour
Navy and other "Official" Photographs

Little Rock at El Morro  

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Last Update:  13 May 08  "Fogged In"


Little Rock pierside, Camden, NJ
USS Little Rock, Camden, NJ

Moored at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, NJ on 19 December 1959, while completing conversion to a guided missile ship.

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

Little Rock Underway
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.

Little Rock Underway
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.
 
Little Rock at El Morro

USS Little Rock off San Juan, PR

 
The Little Rock 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.

Little Rock Underway
Little Rock Underway
circa November 1960

At sea with crew paraded on deck.

The original caption released with this photograph on 8 November 1960 reads: "USS Little Rock Returns to Philadelphia. The U.S.S. Little Rock (CLG-4) returns to Philadelphia Friday (Nov. 11) after a successful two month training cruise in the Caribbean, the Navy announced today. The powerful TALOS missile ship and her 1100 man crew will arrive at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard about 2 p.m. Little Rock will be in the yard for a holiday leave period lasting nearly two months. In January the ship departs for Norfolk, Va., for Atlantic Fleet Exercises."

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

Little Rock in Philadelphia
USS Little Rock, Philadelphia, PA

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.

Little Rock in Philadelphia Drydock
USS Little Rock - In Dry Dock
Philadelphia NSY, Philadelphia, PA

This photo is from the 1960-1961 Cruise Book.

(The picture was taken winter of 1960-1961.)

Little Rock at Sea
USS Little Rock 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.

Little Rock firing Talos Missile
USS Little Rock fires "Talos" Missile

Picture taken 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.

Talos off Little Rock
USS Little Rock fires "Talos" 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.

Little Rock Underway
USS Little Rock Underway
 8 November 1962

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

Little Rock UW Starboard View

USS Little Rock 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.

Little Rock Gaeta Harbor
USS Little Rock at anchor Gaeta.

 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.
 
Little Rock
USS Little Rock Leaving Naples Bay

Naples Bay, Italy 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.
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Little Rock at Dusk USS Little Rock at Dusk (Gaeta, Italy?).

In port (most likely Gaeta, Italy) 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.

Little Rock in Rota Spain
USS Little Rock, Rota Spain

Docked at Rota Naval Station, Spain
27 August 1970.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

CLG4 in Malta
USS Little Rock, Valleta, Malta

At anchor, Grand Harbor, Valleta, Malta
ca. November 1970.

Received from LCpl Rick Materna
, USMC
Little Rock Boston Mar 71
USS Little Rock, Boston, MA

In Boston Naval Shipyard, 28 Mar 1971
Undergoing Inclining Experiments.

Official U.S. Navy Photo

Little Rock in Med
USS Little Rock in the Med

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.

Boston NSY Dec 72
USS Little Rock, Boston, MA

In Boston Naval Shipyard, 11 December 1972
Undergoing Inclining Experiments.

Official U.S. Navy Photo #98983

Little Rock in Northern Europe
USS Little Rock in European Waters

Photographed circa 1972-1974, probably in northern European waters. Photograph was received from the ship in 1974.

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

Little Rock in Med
USS Little Rock in the Med

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.

Little Rock and Saratoga
USS Little Rock (Foreground)

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.

Little Rock Fogged in in Buffalo
USS Little Rock "Fogged In"

A great picture of the U.S.S. Little Rock taken in 2007
at her present mooring at the Naval Park in Buffalo, NY
(Wouldn't want to have to get underway in this!)

Photograph courtesy of
Dennis McAllister


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