Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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to CLG-5 After almost ten years in hmothballsw, life once again came to the OKLA- HOMA CITY. On 21 May 1957 she was taken from the Reserve Fleet to the Bethlehem Steel Company's San Frana cisco Shipyard. The OK City was destined to enter the missile age as a weapon suited to the necessities of mod- ern warfare. Two days after her arrival at the shipyard she became U.S.S. OKLA- HOMA CITY, KCLG-53 and during her three-year stay she received alterations that made her unrecognizable from her former self. Presently, with the excep- tion of her forward six-inch turret and five-inch mount. the OK City is a brand- new ship from the main deck up, having lost three six-inch turrets, five five-inch mounts, and two airplane catapults. She gained in return complete accom- modations for a fleet flag stall and, most important, a Talos missile system. Finally, the conversion was com- pleted, and the OKLAHOMA CITY was ready once again to take her place as an active member of the United Statesl fighting forces. On 7 September 1960 the OK City received her commission as a United States Ship under the com- mand of Captain Ben W. Sarver, USN. She was manned by a crew that had worked vigorously for many long months of pre-commissioning training to prepare both themselves and their ship for action, and they had done a good job. 6

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