LITTLE ROCK CG 4

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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

  1. USS LITTLE ROCK CL-92
  2. Commissioned 17 June 1945 - Decommissioned 24 June 1949
    Reclassified Guided Missile Cruiser (CLG) 23 May 1957

  3. USS LITTLE ROCK CLG-4
  4. Recommissioned 3 June 1960

  5. USS LITTLE ROCK CG-4
  6. 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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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

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.



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



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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