Places

Places visited by the U.S.S. Little Rock...


From her keel laying at Cramp Shipbuilding Co. in Philadelphia, Pa., on 6 March 1943,
to her to opening as a museum at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
in Buffalo, NY on 30 June 1979, the Little Rock has been many places.

Listed below are ports the Little Rock visited while in commission, and
places her crew visited while stationed aboard her. Feel free to add to this list.
E-Mail your "Places Visited" to Woody Donaldson, the Web Master, at:
littlerocksol@acsworld.com


Ports and Places are listed by the following categories:

    1.   Ports Visited by CL-92 from 06 Mar 43 thru 24 Jun 49
    2.   Places Visited by CL-92 Crew
    3.   Ports Visited by CLG-4 from 03 Jun 60 thru 15 Jul 77
    4.   Places Visited by CLG-4 Crew


CL-92 History from Commissioning 06 March 1943 to Decommissioning 24 June 1949

Ports Visited by Little Rock while CL-92

Ports A - P

Alexandroupolis, Greece 12 Oct 48
Algiers, Algeria, 27 Feb 48
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25-30 Jul 46
Antofagasto, Chile, SA, 13 Feb 46
Antwerp, Belgium, 20-25 Jul 46
Arctic Circle (Crossed) 30 Nov 46
Argentia, Newfoundland, 07-09 Dec 46
Athens, Italy
Augusta, Sicily, 07 Jan 48
Augusta, Sicily, 01 Oct 48
Augusta, Sicily, 12 Dec 48
Balboa, Panama, CZ, - 13 Mar 46
Bizerte, Tunisia, 19 Feb 48
Bone (Annabra), Algeria, 14-16 Sep 46
Bone (Annabra), Algeria, 26 Nov 47
Callao (Lima), Peru, SA, 23 Feb 46
Cape Cod Canal, MA
Cartagena, Colombia, SA, 16 Mar 46
Charleston, SC, 8-10 Feb 47
Charleston, SC, 22 Feb 47
Colon, Panama, CZ, 11 Mar 46
Conception, Chile, SA, 29 Jan 46
Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-10 Jul 46
Crossed Equator Heading South - About 10 Nov 45
Crossed Equator Heading North - About 09 Mar 46
Gibralter, UK, 22-23 Aug 46
Gibralter, UK, 20 Nov 47
Gibralter, UK, 02 Mar 48
Gibralter, UK, 23 Sep 48
Gibralter, UK, 14 Jan 49
Goteborg, Sweden

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 20 Mar 46
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 01 Aug 47
Gutenberg, Sweden, 01-03 Jul 46
Invergarden, Scotland, 28 Jun 46
Inverness, Scotland
Iquique, Chile, SA, 16 Feb 46
Isle of Crete, Greece, 04 Nov 48
Isle of Corfu, Greece, 17 Nov 48
Isle of Rhodes, Greece, 09 Oct 48
Kavalla, Greece, 11 Oct 48
Kiel Canal (Transitted) - 19 Jul 46
Lisbon, Portugal, 15-21 Aug 46
Marseilles, France (Christmas Port) 17 Dec 48
Montevido, Uruguay, SA, 24 Nov 45
Naples, Italy,  27 Aug - 3 Sep 46
Naples, Italy,  01 Dec 47
Naples, Italy,  13 Dec 47
Newport, RI, 09 Jan - 05 Feb 47
New York City, 25-29 Oct 46
New York City, 13 Dec 46 - 06 Jan 47
Norfolk, VA, 27 Sep - 22 Oct 46
Norfolk, VA, 30 Oct - 21 Nov 46
Oran, Algeria, 07 Jan 49
Philadelphia, PA (Various dates)
Piraeus, Greece, 04-09 Sep 46
Piraeus, Greece, (Christmas Port) 21 Dec 47
Piraeus, Greece, 15 Oct 48
Piraeus, Greece, 13 Nov 48
Piraeus, Greece, 17 Oct 48
Plymouth, England 11-23 Jun 46
Plymouth, England, 31 Jul - 12 Aug 46
Port-au Prince, Haiti, Feb 47
Portland, ME, Oct 47 (To fight forest fires)


(con't.)


Ports Visited by Little Rock while CL-92

Ports Q - Z

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 09 Jul 48
Recife, Brazil, SA, 07-11 Jan 46
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, SA, 10-20 Nov 45
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, SA, 22 Dec 45 - 03 Jan 46
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, SA, 17 Jan 46

Rounded Cape Horn, Argentina, SA - About 25 Jan 46
Salonika, Greece, 07 Nov 48
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 25-30 Oct 45
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 15-22 Feb 47
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 24 Aug 47
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 15 May 48
Santa Elena, Ecuador, SA,  07 Mar 46
Santos, Brazil, SA, 17 Dec 45
Santos, Brazil, SA, 12 Jan 46
Scarpa Flow Scotland, 25-28 Jun 46
Sfax, Tunisia, 27 Oct 48

Stockholm, Sweden, 11-17 Jul 46
Tangier, Morocco 27 Feb-01 Mar 48
Taranto, Italy, 24 Jan 48
Transitted Panama Canal, 12, 13 Mar 46
Trieste, Italy, 09 Feb 48
Trieste, Italy, 19 Nov 48
Trieste, Italy, 30 Nov 48
Tunis, Tunisia
Valletta, Malta, 10-12 Sep 46
Valletta, Malta, 09 Dec 47
Valletta, Malta, 17 Jan 48
Valletta, Malta, 05 Oct 48
Valparaiso, Chile, SA, 01 Feb 46
Venice, Italy, 31 Jan 48

Venice, Italy, 26 Nov 48
Volos, Greece, 10 Nov 48






Places Visited by CL-92 Crew

The places listed below are in addition to the ports listed to the left. These are additional sights and locations that the crew of the CL-92 has visited while visiting the ports listed.


 Athens, Greece
Cortina, Italy
Isle of Capri, Italy
Le Chateau D'If, France (*)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Paris, France
Pompeii, Italy
Sorrento, Italy



(*) Count of Monte Cristo was exilled here




CLG-4 History from Commissioning 03 June 1960 to Arrival in Buffalo, NY 15 July 1977

Ports Visited by Little Rock while CLG-4:

Ports A - P

Alexandria, Egypt
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Antwerp, Belgium
Piraeus, Greece
Barcelona, Spain
Bari, Italy
Beirut, Lebanon
Bergen, Norway
Bizerte, Tunisia
Boston, MA
Bordeaux, France
Cannes, France
Cherbourg, France
Corfu, Greece
Crete, Greece
Genoa, Italy
Dubrovnick,Yugoslovia
Gibraltar
Famagusta, Cyprus
Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades), FL
Gaeta, Italy (1)
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ("Gitmo")
Hamburg, Germany
Istanbul, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey
Kingston, Jamaica
La Spezia, Italy
Liverpool, England
Livorno, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal
Malaga, Spain
Marseilles, France
Morehead City, NC
Mayport, FL
Casablanca, Moroco
Tangiers, Moroco
Montego Bay, Jamaica,
Mykonos, Greece
Naples, Italy
Newport, RI
New York City
Nice, France
Norfolk, VA (2)
Palma, Majorca, Spain
Philadelphia, PA
Pollensa Bay, Mallorca, Spain
Port au Prince, Haiti (3)
Portsmouth, VA
Portsmouth, England (1964)



(1) = Overseas Homeport
(2) = Stateside Homeport
(3) First Foreign Port of Call After Recommissioning

(4) Yorktown Naval Weapons Station


Ports Visited by Little Rock while CLG-4:

Ports Q - Z

Rhodes, Greece
Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
Rosythe, Scotland
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rota, Spain
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.
Split, Yugoslavia
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
Suez Canal, Egypt
Tangiers,
Taranto, Italy 
The Rock of Gibraltar
Thessalonika, Greece
Toulon, France
Trieste, Italy
Tunis, Tunisia
Valletta, Malta
Villefranche Sur La Mer, France ("Villa") (1)

Yorktown, VA (4)




Places Visited by CLG-4 Crew:

The places listed below are in addition to the ports listed to the left. These are additional sights and locations that the crew of the CLG-4 has visited while visiting the ports listed.
 
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece
Cairo , Egypt
Cannes, France
Cortina, Italy
Ephesus, Turkey
Florence, Italy
Isle of Capri, Italy
Isle of Wight, England
Jerusalam, Israel
London, England
Monaco
Paris, France
Peania, Greece (5)
Pisa, Italy
Pompeii, Italy
Rome, Italy
Venice, Italy
Vesuvius, Italy


(5) Goodwill Visit

We need YOUR contributions to this page !!
If you have memories about visiting places while on the U.S.S. Little Rock,
or if you recall visiting a port that is not on the list,
then PLEASE send a note to the webmaster.


Contributors to the "Ports and Places Visited" List
:
  • Ed Bergeron (CLG-4)
  • Bruce Betz
  • Kyle Fitzwater
  • J.M.Hall (CL-92)
  • Steve Hodges (CLG-4)
  • S. Glenn Krochmal (CLG-4)
  • Mark Lehmann (CLG-4)
  • Walter Nebiker (CL-92)
  • Albert E. Newhouse USMC (CL-92)
  • Tom Niedzwieck (CLG-4)
  • Robert A. Peterson (CL-92)
  • Jim Sklarz (CLG-4)
  • Ken Stupca
  • Art Tilley (CLG-4)
  • "Rounding Cape Horn" Map



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