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Photo # NH 98692:  USS Oklahoma City during an inclining experiment at San Francisco, California, June 1967

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5, later CG-5), 1960-1999
-- Inclining Experiment Views

Like nearly all the Navy's ships, USS Oklahoma City was the subject of a number of "inclining experiments" during her service. This work, frequently done in the course of major shipyard overhauls, involved shifting heavy weights on board the ship and carefully measuring the resulting changes in her trim, all to help determine her stability characteristics. The resulting information was vital to keeping the ship in safe condition, both during normal operation and during stressful occasions, such as when riding out major storms or after receiving significant damage. Photographs taken during inclining experiments are often very detailed, and provide an excellent record of a ship's equipment and general external arrangement.

This page features selected photographs taken while USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) was undergoing inclining experiments.

For more views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5, later CG-5. Previously CL-91), 1944-1999.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 98683

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view forward, taken while undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 19 October 1963.
    Note the large communications antenna and anchor handling equipment.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98684

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view forward, taken while undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 19 October 1963.
    Note the ship's 6"/47 triple gun turret and 5"/38 twin gun mount.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98685

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view of the ship's forward superstructure, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 28 September 1963.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98686

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view amidships, looking aft, taken while undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 28 September 1963.
    Note the ship's surviving gun director, a Mark 37, and radar antennas, including: SPS-10 and SPS 37/43 (larger antenna) atop the foremast; SPS-39 atop the mainmast; and SPS-30 atop the after mast.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 128KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98687

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view of the ship's after superstructure, looking to starboard, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 19 October 1963.
    Note the antenna for a SPS-30 radar atop the ship's after mast.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 152KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98688

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view of guidance radars for the ship's "Talos" guided missiles atop her after superstructure, looking to starboard, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 19 October 1963.
    These antennas include SPW-2 (smaller dish antennas) and SPG-49, the latter with "E with a hashmark" awards painted on them.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 145KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98689

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view aft, looking to starboard, taken while undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, 19 October 1963.
    Note the inclining experiment's weight shifting track temporarily installed athwartships, between the launcher for "Talos" guided missiles and the after superstructure.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98690

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view amidships, looking aft along the port side, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, in June 1967.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 163KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98691

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view forward on the port side, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, in June 1967.
    Ship in the background is the newly-completed guided-missile frigate Horne (DLG-30).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 139KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98692

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view amidships, looking to starboard, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, in June 1967.
    Ships in the background are the newly-completed guided-missile frigate Horne (DLG-30), at left, and USS Somers (DDG-34), which was then being converted to a guided-missile destroyer.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98693

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    Plan view aft, looking to starboard, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, in June 1967.
    Note the launcher for Oklahoma City's "Talos" guided missiles, helicopter landing area, and communications antennas mounted at her stern. Large blocks on her deck edge are weights used in the inclining experiment.
    Ship in the background is USS Somers (DDG-34), which was then being converted to a guided-missile destroyer.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98694

    USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)


    View of the ship's stern, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, in June 1967.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     

    For more views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5, later CG-5. Previously CL-91), 1944-1999.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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