USS Springfield was a Cleveland -class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier Brooklyn -class cruisers, the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty.

The USS SPRINGFIELD (CLG-7), a Cleveland class light cruiser, was commissioned on 9 SEP 1944 as CL-66. After her service in both the Atlantic and Pacific in WW II, she was decommissioned in 1949.

Originally built as a CLEVELAND - class light cruiser and commissioned as CL 66, the SPRINGFIELD was the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. Extensively converted to a light guided missile cruiser from 1957-60, SPRINGFIELD was recommissioned as CLG 7.

We all know that the USS Springfield CLG-7 was the last of the Sixth Fleet Flagships for which Villefranche served as the home port. But do you know the difference between a Flagship and a "normal" U.S. Navy ship?

Springfield arrived at the Fore River Yard on 5 May 1957 and was recommissioned as CLG 7 on 2 July 1960. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. This image is available in the holdings of the National …

Springfield (CLG-7) fires a Terrier guided missile on the Ceres Missile Range in the Mediterranean Sea, 6 June 1961. Photographed by PH1 D.C. Grant. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the...

On 20 January 1967, SPRINGFIELD's home port was changed from Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, to Boston, Mass. Eight days later, she turned her duties as flagship over to LITTLE ROCK (CLG 4) and headed, via Portsmouth, England, to the United States.

USS Springfield (CL-66/CLG-7/CG-7) was one of 27 Cleveland-class light cruisers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third US Navy ship to be named after Springfield, Illinois. Commissioned in 1944, she served …

A final cruise as Sixth Fleet flagship commenced in August 1970 and lasted until September 1973. USS Springfield was decommissioned in mid-1974 and laid up at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Redesignated CG-7 in June 1975, she had no further active service and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register at the end of July 1978.

(ex - CLG 7) GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER VESSEL STATUS Class: CG 6 UIC: 03566 Status: disposed of, by navy sale Fleet: Date status Changed: 03/01/1980 Homeport: Maintenance Category: Berth: Force: Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Div, Quincy Yard, Quincy, MA MILESTONE DATES Award Date: Commission Date: 09/09/1944 Keel Date: 02/13/1943 Inactivation Date: Launch Date: 03/09/1944 Decommission Date ...