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U.S.S. PROVIDENCE
(CLG-6)READY POWER FOR PEACE
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The USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6), a Cleveland class light cruiser, was commissioned on 15 MAY 1945 as CL-82. By the time she was worked up for deployment World War II had ended. PROVIDENCE deployed four times to the Mediterranean and was then decommissioned in 1949 and placed in reserve. From 1957 through 1959, PROVIDENCE underwent a conversion to CLG-6, a guided missile cruiser. Recommissioned on 17 September 1959, PROVIDENCE sailed to her homeport of Long Beach, California and then deployed to the Western Pacific in November of 1960. PROVIDENCE deployments to the Western Pacific continued throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s, at times as the Flag Ship of Commander, 7th Fleet. She provided air defense and shore bombardment from off the coast of Vietnam. USS PROVIDENCE was decommissioned in August 1973 and subsequently scrapped in 1980. USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) served her country for 13 years, 11 months and 14 days, until decommissioned on 31 AUG 1973.
The USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
CLG-6 Deployments - Major Events
Add a CLG-6 Shellback Initiation | Add a CLG-6 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUL | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 27 JUL 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation | ||
DEC | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 28 DEC 1944 | ||
MAY | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 15 MAY 1945 | ||
APR | 1959 | - | MAY | 1959 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUL | 1959 | - | JUL | 1959 | Panama Canal |
SEP | 1959 | - | SEP | 1959 | Recommisioning |
NOV | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 NOV 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1959 | - | MAR | 1960 | Dependents Cruise |
MAR | 1960 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 MAR 1960 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1960 | - | JUL | 1960 | Panama Canal |
JUL | 1960 | - | SEP | 1960 | Panama Canal |
NOV | 1960 | - | APR | 1961 | East Pack 1960 |
JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1964 | West Pac |
MAY | 1962 | - | OCT | 1964 | Western Pacific - Flagship 7th Fleet |
MAY | 1962 | - | AUG | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1962 | - | AUG | 1964 | West Pac |
SEP | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | West Pac |
SEP | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
MAR | 1963 | - | SEP | 1964 | West Pac |
APR | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 APR 1963 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 APR 1963 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 JUL 1964 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 JUL 1964 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 APR 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1966 | - | APR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1966 | - | JAN | 1969 | Western Pacific - Flagship 7th Fleet |
MAY | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 MAY 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 MAY 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1967 | - | MAY | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 NOV 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 NOV 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 DEC 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 DEC 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 DEC 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1973 | West Pac |
APR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 OCT 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 OCT 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1973 | - | Decommissioned: 31 AUG 1973 |
CLG-6 General Specifications
Class: Cleveland-class cruiser
Complement: 992 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 10000 tons
Length: 610 feet 1 inches
Beam: 66 feet 4 inches
Draft: 25 feet
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 15 July 1980
USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6)
Providence
(CL-82) was laid down 27 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co.,
Quincy, Mass.; launched 28 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Roberts; and
commissioned 15 May 1945, Capt. W. B. Jackson in command.
Departing Boston 13 June 1945, Providence (CL-82) completed shakedown
out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Upon arrival at Newport, R.I., 4 September, she
trained prospective cruiser and carrier crews until 6 October.
Departing Boston in November, she visited
Piraeus, Greece, in December, Istanbul with Missouri
(BB-63) 5 to 9 April 1946, and Alexandria, Egypt, in May. Leaving the
Mediterranean 16 June, she arrived at Philadelphia on the 25th. Following
departure from the Delaware Capes in October and training out of Guantanamo Bay
and Norfolk, Va., she left Hampton Roads for the Mediterranean 3 February 1947.
After exercises and port visits in the Mediterranean, she departed Athens,
Greece, in May, and arrived at Boston later that month.
Departing Newport, R.I., in November, she
operated in the Mediterranean from 20 November 1947 to 2 March 1948, visiting
Naples in December, Taranto in January, and Trieste and Venice in February,
returning to Newport in March. Sailing from Newport in September 1948, she
served the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean from 23 September 1948 to 14 January
1949, visiting Thessalonika in October, Marseilles in November, Trieste and
Venice in December, and Oran in January, returning to Newport later in January.
She decommissioned at Boston 14 June 1949, and entered the Atlantic Reserve
Fleet.
Reclassified CLG-6 on 23 May 1957, Providence commenced conversion to a
guided missile light cruiser at Boston in June 1957. Provided with modern
missiles, command ship facilities, and a nuclear weapons capability, she
recommissioned 17 September 1959, Capt. Kenneth L. Veth in command. Following
shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, she arrived at her new home port of Long
Beach, Calif., 29 July 1960. After a six month tour of duty with the 7th Fleet,
she returned to Long Beach 31 March 1961.
Following exercises off the west coast,
she arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, in May 1962, and relieved Oklahoma City (CLG-5) as flaghip of the 7th Fleet. During 1962 and
1963 she participated in 7th Fleet exercises. During a three day visit to
Saigon in January 1964, she hosted South Vietnamese and American dignitaries,
and delivered more than 38 tons of Project Handclasp materials to local
humanitarian organizations. Departing Yokosuka in July 1964, she returned to
Long Beach in August. In October 1964 she began exercises in the Eastern
Pacific. During January to June 1965, she received modern communications
equipment. Spending the remainder of 1965 off the west coast with the 1st
Fleet, she participated in exercises and visited various west coast ports.
Deployed to WestPac 12 November 1966, she
again relieved Oklahoma City (CLG-5)
as flagship of the 7th Fleet on 1 December 1966 at Yokosuka, Japan. She
contributed to a major bombardment of enemy positions in Vietnam I April 1967.
She duelled with an enemy shore battery off the DMZ on 25 May. In July she
provided gunfire support for amphibious operations. She bombarded enemy storage
areas south of Da Nang 10 October.
During 1968, she provided gunfire support off Vietnam during
each month except June and December. In February 1968, during the enemy's Tet
offensive, gunfire from Providence effected
an important breach in the wall of an enemy strongpoint at Hue. During 1969 she
operated with the 1st Fleet off the west coast. Into 1970 she remained active
with the Pacific Fleet.
[Note: The above USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]