William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company facilities, 15 March 1943. Cruisers visible in this photo:

Far right - Miami (CL 89) - Furthest along; aft turrets and catapults in place.
Left of Miami is Astoria (CL 90) - she is about a month behind Miami.
Left of Astoria, in the large shipway, is Oklahoma City (CL 91) - a significant portion of hull has been built.
Left of Oklahoma City is Little Rock (CL 92) - Keel was just been laid on 6 March, which is visible under crane structure.

Note the 8 submarines in various stages of construction to the left of the Little Rock (4 per shipway). They are most likely:

Devilfish (SS 292)
Dragonet (SS 293)
Escolar (SS 294)
Hackleback (SS 295)
Lancetfish (SS 296)
Ling (SS 297)
Lionfish (SS 298)
Manta (SS 299)

The shipyard's submarine construction program was not especially successful. Poor management hindered the delivery of the boats.? The first delivery was made two years after keel laying, and fitting out was then done by Portsmouth Navy Yard. The best construction time for a submarine was 644 days.

Oklahoma City (CL 91) Launching, at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 20 February 1944. Courtesy of James Russell, 1972.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 75598.

Oklahoma City (CL 91) being assisted by tugs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 16 December 1944, one week before her 22 December commissioning. Built by the Cramp Shipbuilding Co., her commissioning will be the second Cramp built light cruiser commissioned in a two week span. Source: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection.

USS Oklahoma City (CL 91) Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 9 April 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. Collection of James C. Fahey.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 95754.

USS Oklahoma City (CL 91) Underway off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 9 April 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. Collection of James C. Fahey.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 95752.

USS Oklahoma City (CL 91) Underway in the Delaware river, while operating out of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 9 April 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. Collection of James C. Fahey.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 95753.

The Oklahoma City (CL 91) enters dry dock #2 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 26 Oct 1946 during the yard's Navy Day celebration. She was in dry dock from 26 Oct to 13 Nov 1946.

USS Oklahoma City as seen in a Pacific Reserve Force nest at Mare Island, CA, 11 September 1947.

SF Museum 2374.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Is tugged from the Bethlehem Steel Company's San Francisco, California, shipyard to the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, following her conversion to a guided missile cruiser, September 1960.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1172926.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Is tugged from the Bethlehem Steel Company's San Francisco, California, shipyard to the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, following her conversion to a guided missile cruiser, September 1960.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1172927.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Steams out of San Francisco Bay, California, on 16 November 1960. Photographed by Naval Air Station Alameda, California.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98663.

Starboard side view while underway on 23 NOV 1960.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Underway on 9 December 1960. Photographed by PH2 R.J. Robey, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98662.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) In drydock at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 20 June 1961. Photographed by PH1 N.A. Archey, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98672.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Underway, circa 1962. The original print has the date 6 April 1962 stamped on its back.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98664.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Arrival at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 May 1962. The tug USS Portobago (YTM 413) is assisting as Oklahoma City is moored to Pier # 8. Photographed by P.D. Hinman, Pacific Fleet Mobile Photo Unit.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98665.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) In port with rails manned, possibly at Long Beach, California, circa 1963. The original print has the date 6 March 1963 stamped on its back.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98666.

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 #NH 98685.

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 #NH 98686.

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 #NH 98687.

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 #NH 98688.

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 #NH 98689.

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 #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 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 #NH 98684.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Test fires a booster slug from her guided missile launcher, preceding the firing of the "Talos" missile. The four firings of the booster slug were successful. The earliest date on the back of the original photograph is 17 January 1963, when it was returned after security review. It was cleared for publication on 4 November 1965.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98677.

USS Columbus (CG 12), at left, and USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Moored to Buoys 21, 22 & 23, at San Diego, California, 14 March 1964. Photographed by PH2 R.D. Fennell, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98673.

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. Photographed by PHAN R.L. White, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98674.

Harbor tugs move USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) alongside USS Providence (CLG 6) for change of Seventh Fleet flagship, 7 July 1964. Commander Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Roy L. Johnson, transferred his flag and staff from Providence to Oklahoma City at the conclusion of the former's first tour as Fleet flagship. Note LCU 637 and several harbor tugs on the wharf, at left; large dockyard cranes; tunnels in the cliff in the background; and the large number of automobiles on board Oklahoma City.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #USN 1104112.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5), Flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, Arrives at Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, for a three-day goodwill tour, with Vice Admiral Roy L. Johnson, Commander, Seventh Fleet, on board, 21 July 1964. Vietnamese Navy personnel are waiting to help berth the ship.

Official U.S. Army Photograph #USA CC-26860.

6?€�/47 Gun turret interior pictures taken on USS Oklahoma City (CL 91/CLG 5/CG 5) off of Vietnam in 1965.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bill Ray Photographer

6?€�/47 Gun turret interior pictures taken on USS Oklahoma City (CL 91/CLG 5/CG 5) off of Vietnam in 1965.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bill Ray Photographer

6?€�/47 Gun turret interior pictures taken on USS Oklahoma City (CL 91/CLG 5/CG 5) off of Vietnam in 1965.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bill Ray Photographer

Firing of the 6?€�/47 Gun turret on USS Oklahoma City (CL 91/CLG 5/CG 5) off of Vietnam in 1965.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bill Ray Photographer

U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) underway in the South China Sea off Vietnam on 13 July 1966 while serving as flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Note the Kaman UH-2B Seasprite (BuNo 150153) on the fantail. Photo by JO1 James F. Falk, U.S. Navy.

Nvy History and Heritage Command photo NH 98667

USS 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 U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1142155.

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 flagship by USS Providence (CLG 6). Note the banner across Oklahoma City's bridge face, reading "Bound for the Promised Land". Photographed by JOC Jim Falk, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98676.

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 #NH 98690.

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 USS Horne (DLG 30).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98691.

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 USS 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 #NH 98692.

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 #NH 98693.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Night time photograph of the Seventh Fleet Flagship moored at HMS Tamar, the British Naval Base in Hong Kong, during a goodwill port visit, circa the 1960s.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98675.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Underway in the Pacific Ocean, 16 February 1972.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98668.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Makes a tight turn to port while steaming in the Pacific Ocean, 16 February 1972.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98669.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) View from the ship's foredeck, looking aft at her gun battery and forward superstructure, with anchor chains in the foreground. Photograph was received in August 1972. It was probably taken during naval gunfire support operations off Vietnam earlier that year, as the paint on the ship's 6"/47 gun barrels appears to be charred and blistered from the heat of firing.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98679.

USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) View of the ship's 6"/47 guns. Photograph was received in August 1972 and was probably taken during naval gunfire support operations off Vietnam earlier in that year as the paint on the gun barrels is charred and blistered from the heat of firing.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98680.

Crewman carries a gunpowder tank for the ship's 6"/47 guns, during underway replenishment operations in the South China Sea, 3 August 1972.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98681.

Crewmen move gunpowder for the ship's 6"/47 guns from her main deck to her magazines, during underway replenishment operations in the South China Sea, 3 August 1972.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98682.

USS Oklahoma City (CG 5) Seen through a porthole on USS San Jose (AFS 7), January 1976. Photographed by PH1 J.R. Sheppard, USN. Note SH-3 helicopter on Oklahoma City's fantail.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1166905.

USS Oklahoma City (CG 5) Anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 20 September 1977. The ship is part of Task Force 77, taking part in Operation Bayanihan IV Fortress Lightning, a joint U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Republic of the Philippines Armed Forces exercise. Photographed by PH1 William L. Rodgers.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98670.

ex-Oklahoma City (CG 5) Awaiting disposal at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, circa June 1987.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98671-KN.

From left to right: ex-USCGC Glacier (WAGB 4), ex-Oklahoma City (CG 5},ex-Oriskany (CV 34). Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Douglas Gillmer

From left to right: ex-USCGC Glacier (WAGB 4), ex-Oklahoma City (CG 5), ex-Oriskany (CV 34). Puget Sound Naval Shipyard taken by LT Fallon 1990.