LITTLE ROCK CG 4

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Cleveland Class Cruiser Keel Laid 6 March 1943 - Launched 27 August 1944 USS LITTLE ROCK CL-92 Commissioned 17 June 1945 - Decommissioned 24 June 1949 USS LITTLE ROCK CLG-4 Reclassified Guided Missile Cruiser (CLG) 23 May 1957 Recommissioned 3 June 1960 USS LITTLE ROCK CG-4 Redesignated Guided Missile Cruiser (CG) 1 July 1975 Decommissioned 22 November 1976 Struck from Naval Register 22 November 1976 Transferred 1 June 1977 to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Now a Museum ship

Naval Covers

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1. USS Little Rock CL-92 / CLG-4 / CG-4 Covers Page 1    (1946-1976)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning 17 June 1945 to 24 June 1949

Light Gun Cruiser - CL-92

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-16

1946-10-27

Navy Day 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-16a

1949-01-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1946-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-16a

1949-05-31

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

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2nd Commissioning June 3 1960 to November 22 1976

 

Locy Type FDC 2t(nu)

1960-06-03

As CLG-4. First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC 9ef(nu)

1960-06-03

As CLG-4. First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-02-26

As CLG-4

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS)

1961-01-03

As CLG-4

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1970-10-27

As CLG-4

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1971-08-04

As CLG-4

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (D2,USS)

1975-05-14

As CLG-4

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CG-4,USS)

1976-01-13

As CG-4

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (CLG-4,USS)

1975-05-14

As CLG-4

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Naval Park Sta." Buffalo NY

1990-05-28

Memorial Day. Cacheted. From the Jon Howard collection.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Naval Park Station" Buffalo NY

1992-07-17

Cacheted. From the Jon Howard collection.

 

Other Information

USS LITTLE ROCK earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named after Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name LITTLE ROCK - USS Little Rock CG-4 and USS Little Rock LCS-9.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Ruth May Wassell, the wife of Little Rock alderman Sam M. Wassell.

 

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