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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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USS Little Rock
Underway
8 November 1962
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
From the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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USS Little
Rock, Rota Spain
Docked at Rota Naval Station, Spain
27 August 1970.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
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USS Little Rock,
Valleta, Malta
At anchor, Grand Harbor, Valleta, Malta
ca. November 1970.
Received from LCpl Rick Materna, USMC
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USS Little Rock,
Boston, MA
In Boston Naval Shipyard, 28 Mar 1971
Undergoing Inclining Experiments.
Official U.S. Navy Photo
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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.
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USS Little Rock,
Boston, MA
In Boston Naval Shipyard, 11 December 1972
Undergoing Inclining Experiments.
Official U.S. Navy Photo #98983
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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