USS Little Rock (CLG - 4), off Naples, Italy, on 31 July 1967, while serving as flagship of the Sixth Fleet. History United States Name: Little Rock Namesake: City of Little Rock, Arkansas Builder: William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia Laid down: 6 March 1943 Launched: 27 August 1944 Sponsored by: Mrs. Sam Wassell Commissioned: 17 June 1945 Decommissioned: 24 June 1949 Refit: 1957 -- 1960 Recommissioned: 3 June 1960 Decommissioned: 22 November 1976 Reclassified: CLG - 4, 23 May 1957 CG - 4, 1 July 1975 Struck: 22 November 1976 Identification: Hull symbol: CL - 92 Hull symbol: CLG - 4 Hull symbol: CG - 4 Code letters: NBVW Call sign: Body Guard Motto: "Pride in Achievement '' Honors and awards: Flagship of the Sixth Fleet 1969 / 1970 Status: Donated to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York as a Museum Ship. Badge: General characteristics (as built) Class and type: Cleveland - class Light cruiser Displacement: 11,744 long tons (11,932 t) (standard) 14,131 long tons (14,358 t) (max) Length: 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) oa 608 ft (185 m) pp Beam: 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) Draft: 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean) 25 ft (7.6 m) (max) Installed power: 4 × 634 psi Steam boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) Propulsion: 4 × geared turbines 4 × screws Speed: 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km / h) Range: 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km / h) Complement: 1,255 officers and enlisted Armament: 4 × triple 6 in (150 mm) / 47 caliber Mark 16 guns 6 × dual 5 in (130 mm) / 38 caliber anti-aircraft guns 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 6 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 21 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons Armor: Belt: 3 ⁄ -- 5 in (89 -- 127 mm) Deck: 2 in (51 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm) Turrets: 1 ⁄ -- 6 in (38 -- 152 mm) Conning Tower: 2 ⁄ -- 5 in (57 -- 127 mm) Aircraft carried: 4 × floatplanes Aviation facilities: 2 × stern catapults General characteristics (1960 rebuild) Class and type: Galveston - class guided missile cruiser Complement: 1,426 officers and enlisted Armament: 1 × triple 6 in (150 mm) / 47 caliber Mark 16 guns 1 × dual 5 in (130 mm) / 38 caliber anti-aircraft guns in Mark 32 mount 1 × twin - rail Mark 7 Talos SAM launcher, 46 missiles
where did the uss little rock come from
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia