USS Providence (CL-82)

History

USS Providence (CL-82/CLG-6/CG-6) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser and the The fourth ship is named after the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Providence was in service from 1945 to 1949. From 1957 to 1959, she was converted into a guided missile cruiser and flagship. She held this position from 1959 to 1973.

After retiring, she was finally scrapped in 1980.

She was placed by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts, July 27, 1943; launched December 28, 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Roberts; and commissioned May 15, 1945. Providence left Boston on June 13, 1945, to complete the reorganization from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

After arriving in Newport, Rhode Island on Sept. 4, she trained future cruiser and carrier crews through Oct. 6.

Specification

Basic

Year of Service

1945

Origins

United States

Status

stop service

Destroyed, scrapped.

supplement

1,255

staff

Class information

Class

Cleveland Class

Class Size

29

ships

Class

USS Cleveland (CL-55); USS Columbia (CL-56); USS Montpellier (CL-57); USS Denver (CL-58); USS Santa Fe (CL-60) ; USS Birmingham (CL-62); USS Mobile (CL-63); USS Vincennes (CL-64); USS Pasadena (CL-65); USS Springfield (CL-66) ; USS Topeka (CL-67); USS Biloxi (CL-80); USS Vicksburg (CL-81); USS Providence (CL-82); USS Manchester (CL-83) ); USS Vicksburg (CL-86); USS Duluth (CL-87); USS Miami (CL-89); USS Wilkes Barre (CL-90); USS Oklahoma City (CL-91); USS Little Rock (CL-92); USS Galveston (CL-93); USS Youngstown (CL-94); USS Amsterdam (CL-101); USS Portsmouth ( CL-102); USS Wilkes Barre (CL-103); USS Atlanta (CL-104); USS Dayton (CL-105)

Carrier

US (retired)

Characters

Sea Bombing

Maritime bombardment/attack of surface targets/areas primarily through ship-based ballistic weapons.

Land Assault

Littoral attacks against surface targets primarily through ship-based missiles/missile weapons.

Sea Patrol

Active patrolling of critical waterways and sea areas; also serves as a local deterrent against air and maritime threats.

Airspace Denial/Deterrence

Neutralization or deterrence of flying elements by airborne missile weapon ballistics.

Fleet Support

Provide support (fire or materiel) to major surface fleets in blue water environments.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

610. 0 feet

185.93m

Ray

66.3 feet

20.21m

Draft

25.5 feet

7.77m

Shift

12,000 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

4 x steam boilers feeding 4 x 100,000hp geared steam turbines on 4 x shafts.

Surface Velocity

section 32.5

(37.4 km/h)

Area

11,001nm

(12,660 miles | 20,374 kilometers)

Armament

Original: 12 x 6" (150 mm)/47 caliber main guns mounted in four tri-gun turrets. 12 x 5" (128 mm)/38 caliber (AA) anti-aircraft gun. Six towers, two cannons. 16 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns in four quad-arm positions. 12 x 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns in six positions with two guns.

10 x 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns in single gun position. After 1960: 3 x 6" (150 mm) /47 guns in a triple turret. 2 x 5" (127 mm) / 38 caliber guns in a dual turret. 1 x Mark 9 RIM-2 "Terrier" Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM), dual launcher mount.

Aircraft

Originals: 4 x Retrievable Seagulls (Curtiss SOC Seagull).