USS Springfield (CL 66) Underway off Boston, Massachusetts, 6 January 1945. Photographed from a Squadron ZP-11 blimp. The ship's camouflage is Measure 33, Design 24d.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-301391.

USS Springfield (CL 66) Steaming near Boston lightship, Massachusetts, 10 January 1945. Photographed from a Squadron ZP-11 blimp. The ship's camouflage is Measure 33, Design 24d.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-301395.

USS Springfield (CL 66) Fires her 6"/47 and 5"/38 guns, during gunnery practice in the Pacific, circa 1947-1948. Note that the cruiser still retains one aircraft catapult.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-706316.

Springfield (CL 66) during her conversion at the Fore River Yard of the Bethlehem Steel Co. at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 30 October 1958. Springfield arrived at the Fore River Yard on 5 May 1957 and was recommissioned as CLG 7 on 2 July 1960.

Springfield (CL 66) during her conversion at the Fore River Yard of the Bethlehem Steel Co. at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 3 July 1959. Springfield arrived at the Fore River Yard on 5 May 1957 and was recommissioned as CLG 7 on 2 July 1960. Note the Farragut-class guided missile destroyer fitting out on the left. This would be Farragut, Luce, or Macdonough.

Springfield (CL 66/CLG 7) during her conversion to a guided missile cruiser at the Bethlehem Steel Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 2 October 1959. Note the Farragut-class guided missile destroyer fitting out on the Right. This would be Farragut, Luce, or Macdonough.

USS Springfield (CLG 7) Underway at sea, 10 July 1960. Photographed by PH2 Sain.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98205.

USS Springfield (CLG 7) Steams through a Mediterranean storm in early November 1960, while en route to Barcelona, Spain, from Villefranche, France. According to the original photo caption, this was "one of the biggest storms to hit the Mediterranean area in the last two decades." View looks forward from atop the ship's pilothouse.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98210.

USS Springfield (CLG 7) Fires a "Terrier" guided missile on the Ceres Missile Range, in the Mediterranean Sea, 6 June 1961. Photographed by PH1 D.C. Grant.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98206.

USS Little Rock (CLG 4) and the USS Springfield (CLG 7) refueling from the USS Chikaskia (AO 54) in the Mediterranean Sea, Southeast of Palma de Majorca, Spain in 1967.

From the collection of Clarence Wolfe.

USS Springfield (CLG 7) Moored off Villefranche, France, 13 January 1967, while serving as flagship of the Sixth Fleet.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98207.

News article concerning the departure of USS Springfield from Villefranche, France.

From the collection of Frank Tibus.

A picture of the ship leaving our home port of Villefranche, France in 1967 flying our homeward bound pennant . From what I was able to look up, we were the last 6th Fleet flagship to be homeported not only in Villefranche,but in France itself after President De Gaulle asked all NATO forces to leave. When the USS Little Rock (CLG 4) relieved us in Rota, Spain and took over as 6th Fleet flagship she was homeported in Gatea, Italy. I'm a frequent visitor to your website and find it very interesting, also noticed not many pictures of ships flying homeward bound pennants. Thought you may be interested in adding a picture of one. This one was a little special since I think they designate one foot of pennant for every guy who served oversees for a designated period of time, and most of us aboard at the time met the required time frame . Since the pennant couldn't exceed the length of the ship 610ft. thats how long it was and had to be supported by balloons to hold it in the air.

From the collection of Frank Tibus.

A piece of the above mentioned "Homeward Bound Pennant"

.From the collection of Frank Tibus.

USS Springfield arriving back in the United States (Boston MA), 16 February 1967.

From the collection of Frank Tibus.

USS Springfield (CLG 7) Underway, circa the 1960s.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98209.

USS Springfield (CLG 7) Underway, circa the 1960s.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98208.

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.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #KN-20967.

Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania - Three stricken cruisers await disposal in the Reserve Basin, October 1978. The ships, whose hull numbers have been painted out, are (from left to right): ex-Newport News (CA 148); ex-Springfield (CG 7); and ex-Northampton (CC 1).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #K-121961.