USS Springfield (CLG-7),
flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet
Moored in a Mediterranean port, circa 1973.
A guided-missile escort ship (DEG) and several merchant ships are in the background.
Name: USS Springfield
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Laid down: 13 February 1943
Launched: 9 March 1944
Commissioned: 9 September 1944
Decommissioned: 1949
Reclassified: As CLG-7, guided-missile cruiser, 1960
Refit: 1957�??1960
Recommissioned: 2 July 1960
Decommissioned: 15 May 1974
Struck: 31 July 1980
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics (before 1960)
Class and type: Cleveland-class cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 long tons (10,160 t)
Length: 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m)
Beam: 66 ft 3 in (20.19 m)
Draft: 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m)
Propulsion: Geared turbines, 100,000 hp (74,570 kW), 4 shafts
Speed: 31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph)
Complement: 1319 officers and enlisted
Armament: �?� 12 �? 6 in (150 mm) guns in 4 �? Mark 16 turrets
�?� 12 �? 5 in (130 mm) guns
�?� 28 �? 40 mm guns
Service record
Operations: World War II
Awards: 2 battle stars
