USS Oklahoma City (CL-91/CLG-5/CG-5) was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Oct 3, 2018 · The USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CLG-5), a Galveston class guided missile cruiser, was commissioned on 22 DEC 1944 as CL-91. She battled the Japanese in 1945 and then served as part of the occupation force of Japan.

Originally built as a CLEVELAND - class light cruiser and commissioned as CL 91, the OKLAHOMA CITY was the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Extensively converted to a light guided missile cruiser from 1957-60, OKLAHOMA CITY was recommissioned as CLG 5. On July 1, 1975, the ship was again reclassified CG 5.

The Oklahoma City CLG-5 and its new crew began shakedown training in January, 1961, and became the first guided missile cruiser in the Pacific Fleet to conduct a successful Talos missile launch. After shakedown and training exercises throughout the first half of 1961 the ship participated in training exercises and served as flagship for Cruiser ...

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) is moved alongside USS Providence (CLG 6) at Yokosuka Naval Station, Japan, 7 July 1964. Vice Admiral Roy L. Johnson, Commander Seventh Fleet, and his flag staff were moving from Providence to Oklahoma City at the conclusion of the former's first tour as fleet flagship.

This picture shows the major parts of the USS Oklahoma City CLG-5. The drawing depicts the 1972 configuration, but space designations were taken from the original blueprints drawn in 1959. Some minor changes may have occurred over the years. Click …

Recommissioned in 1960 as CLG 5, the ship was the first combat vessel of the Pacific fleet to successfully fire a Talos missile, the U.S. Navy's original surface to air missile (SAM). To make room for a Talos missile battery, the World War II antiaircraft guns were removed and the five-inch battery of twelve guns reduced to two.

The USS Oklahoma City was the twentieth of twenty seven Cleveland class light cruisers built during World War II. Finished late in the war the ship participated in the final actions against Japan. The Okie Boat was one of six light cruisers selected for conversion to guided missile cruisers in the 1950s. These first generation missile ships provided long range anti-aircraft defense for the fleet.

Oklahoma City (CLG-5) fires a salvo from her 6/47 guns, during a night operation in the South China Sea off Vietnam, June 1966. Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN. Official...

USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) Receives a musical send off from the Commander Seventh Fleet Band, as she heads for the U.S. West Coast after two and a half years as Seventh Fleet flagship in the Western Pacific, 2 December 1966. She had been relieved as …