2018 Daily Photos
Read MoreNovember 19, 2018 -- USS Little Rock
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The USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4) is now a museum ship permanently anchored in the harbor at Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, in Buffalo, New York. If you look carefully, you can see half the ship is a darker gray. That’s because she is currently undergoing a re-paint by volunteers and they are only partially completed on this side of the ship. All this re-paint work is being done by just two volunteers working by hand.
USS Little Rock was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruisers completed during World War II, and one of six to eventually be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Little Rock, Arkansas. Commissioned in mid-1945, she was completed too late to see combat duty during World War II. After an initial South American cruise, she spent the next few years serving off the east coast of the U.S., in the Caribbean, and in the Mediterranean. Like all but one of her sister ships, she was retired in the post-war defense cutbacks, becoming part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in 1949.
In the late 1950s she was re-activated and converted to a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser, which involved removing all her aft six-inch and five-inch guns and rebuilding her aft superstructure to accommodate the Talos missile system. In her new career she served extensively in the Mediterranean, often as the Sixth Fleet flagship.
She was decommissioned for the last time in 1976 and is now a museum ship at Buffalo and
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Rick Willis
on Nov 19The Navy doesn't get rid of anything...
Donna McCommon
on Nov 19Outstanding capture of this icon.
Loyd Dalton
on Nov 19Wonderful image of this great piece of history!
johnchapmanphotographer
on Nov 19Hi, this is Great.
arctangent
on Nov 19Wonderful shot of this old survivor, who met a more dignified fate than her sister ships. And big thanks to those volunteers who are doing the repaint, and all the volunteers who keep our museums up and running for visitors to enjoy.
Judith Sparhawk
on Nov 19Big difference between those little kayaks and the big battleship.
KDP450
on Nov 19Fine old battlebus.
Gene Hyder
on Nov 19Superb shot.
Greg&Rose Photography
on Nov 19Excellent shot and info
Wayne Wendel
on Nov 19Aye, aye, really great photo.