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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Providence (CLG-6), 1959-1980 --
National Archives Photos


This page features photographs of USS Providence (CLG-6) that should be available from the National Archives.

For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Providence (CLG-6, previously CL-82), 1945-1980.


    In addition to the images presented on other pages, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Providence (CLG-6). The following list features some of these images:

    The images listed below are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • Photo #: USN 1043013
    USS Providence (CLG-6) underway at low speed in July 1959. Probably taken during initial post-conversion trials, as most radars have not yet been installed on her masts.
    Port broadside (rather toward the bow) surface view.


  • Photo #: USN 1044698
    USS Providence (CLG-6) commissioning ceremonies, 17 September 1959. Taken at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
    Nearly stern-on view (slightly to starboard), taken from about the height of the ship's superstructure, with crewmen in formation aft and a large crowd on the adjacent pier.


  • Photo #: USN 1046521
    USS Providence (CLG-6) at rest, probably in Boston Habor, Massachusetts, 24 November 1959.
    Starboard bow surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046522
    As USN 1046521, but starboard broadside surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046523
    As USN 1046521, but starboard quarter surface view.


  • Photo #: USN 1046470
    USS Providence (CLG-6) underway on 2 December 1959. Photographed by Rohl.
    Starboard broadside (somewhat toward the bow) high aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046471
    As USN 1046470, but aerial view from directly astern.

  • Photo #: USN 1046472
    As USN 1046470, but starboard broadside aerial view from a somewhat lower altitude.

  • Photo #: USN 1046473
    As USN 1046470, but port bow aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046474
    As USN 1046470, but port broadside (rather toward the bow) aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046475
    As USN 1046470, but starboard bow aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046476
    As USN 1046470, but starboard quarter aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1046477
    As USN 1046470, but aerial view from almost directly ahead (and slightly to starboard).


  • Photo #: USN 1078745
    USS Providence (CLG-6) in Pearl Harbor, September 1960.
    Starboard broadside (somewhat toward the bow) surface view.


  • Photo #: USN 1053894
    USS Providence (CLG-6) at sea off the coast of Japan, 18 March 1961. Photographed by PH3 W.T. Portman, Jr., of USS Coral Sea (CVA-43).
    Starboard broadside low aerial view.


  • Photo #: USN 1059785
    USS Providence (CLG-6) at sea, 12 January 1962. Photographed by Moen.
    Aerial view taken from almost directly astern.

  • Photo #: USN 1059786
    As USN 1059785, but port broadside low aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1059787
    As USN 1059785, but taken from almost directly ahead (and slightly to port).

  • Photo #: USN 1059788
    As USN 1059785, but starboard broadside aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1060443
    As USN 1059785, but port broadside (and somewhat toward the stern) aerial view.


  • Photo #: USN 1065053
    USS Providence (CLG-6) entering Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during Operation "Potluck", 21 June 1962. Photographed by PH2 R.H. Miller, of USS Hancock (CVA-19).
    Starboard bow low aerial view.

  • Photo #: USN 1065054
    USS Providence (CLG-6) leading a column of other ships in Buckner Bay during the joint U.S. and British Operation "Potluck", 21 June 1962. Photographed by PHC K.R. Kimbal, of USS Hancock.
    Port bow low aerial view. Providence is at the left side of the view, with HMS Ark Royal (CVA), HMS Tiger (CL) and USS Hancock (CVA-19) following.


  • Photo #: USN 1104717
    USS Providence (CLG-6) homeward bound off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, August 1964. Photographed by PH3 J.W. Franklin.
    Port bow low aerial view, with the mountains of Oahu in the background.

  • Photo #: USN 1104718
    As USN 1104717, but taken from lower altitude and nearly directly off the ship's bow. Land is in the background.

  • Photo #: USN 1104719
    As USN 1104717, but port bow low aerial view, rather tight on the bow. No land is visible.

  • Photo #: USN 1104720
    As USN 1104717, but starboard quarter low aerial view, with the ship partially silhouetted against the morning sun. Diamond Head is seen at the extreme right, with the Oahu coast ranging across the entire background.

  • Photo #: USN 1104721
    As USN 1104717, but low aerial view from directly off the ship's bow. No land is visible.

  • Photo #: USN 1104722
    As USN 1104717, but port quarter low aerial view. No land is visible.


    NOTE: The three photographs listed immediately below were probably made from 35mm color slides. They are, in all likelyhood, relatively "grainy". All three show the ship from a moderate distance.

  • Photo #: K-91791 (color)
    USS Providence (CLG-6) underway after leaving San Diego, California, 29 November 1971. Photographed by PH2 O'Brien.
    Starboard quarter low aerial view, very tight on the stern.

  • Photo #: K-91793 (color)
    As K-91791, but port bow low aerial view.

  • Photo #: K-94228 (color)
    USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea during a gunfire mission off Quang Tri, Vietnam. Photographed by PH1 Charles R. Pedrick.
    Starboard broadside low aerial view, with mountains in the background.


    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".

  • For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Providence (CLG-6, previously CL-82), 1945-1980.


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