Mediterranean 16 June, she arrived at Philadelphia on the 25th. (BB-63) 5 to 9 April 1946, and Alexandria, Egypt, in May. Piraeus, Greece, in December, Istanbul with Missouri

Trained prospective cruiser and carrier crews until 6 October.ĭeparting Boston in November, she visited Upon arrival at Newport, R.I., 4 September, she Jackson in command.ĭeparting Boston 13 June 1945, Providence (CL-82) completed shakedown launched 28 December 1944 sponsored by Mrs. (CL-82) was laid down 27 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., The USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:ĬLG-6 Deployments - Major Events Add a CLG-6 Shellback Initiation USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) served her country for 13 years, 11 months and 14 days, until decommissioned on. USS PROVIDENCE was decommissioned in August 1973 and subsequently scrapped in 1980. She provided air defense and shore bombardment from off the coast of Vietnam. 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. 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. From 1957 through 1959, PROVIDENCE underwent a conversion to CLG-6, a guided missile cruiser.

PROVIDENCE deployed four times to the Mediterranean and was then decommissioned in 1949 and placed in reserve. By the time she was worked up for deployment World War II had ended. The USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6), a Cleveland class light cruiser, was commissioned on as CL-82.

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