Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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'3f?!u.r l L l --.4 - '-fl 12 l l i W? VQZXIKAWMWYQY W 955522 t 1 l 1 F1 sa t e 1 Anniversary Ball begins as FTM'i Watson col- lects tickets at the entrance to the Cay Nineties Room of Club Alliance. On the evenings of December 22 and 23, 1969 our crew celebrated OK CITY'S Quarter Century of service to the Navy. They were momentous oc- casions, with color, pomps and circumstance fit for Kings and Queens. Attended by many, enjoyed by all, the memories will linger for many years. Delve with us now into a pictorial display of our 25TH ANNIVERSARY BALL. Captain Howell congratulates BM1 Lee and his wife for his selection as OK CITY Sailor of the Year , BM3 Bradley beams as winner of a 35100.00 Savings Bond. FTMW IvlcGroarty, Chairman of the Recreation Committee, and BMCM Vaden, Master of Ceremonies, look on. -f.-AQ. we-S55

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02111515 Wiifflf IIIIE VE COME Z-I LUNG WAY BBB E At conception the USS OKLAHOMA CITY CCL-913 was a blueprint and a mass of unstructured steel. Her Iife's blood would be supplied by the sweat and toil of hundreds of men. The Second World War was her legitimate parent, and freedom and justice her life's ambition. Born on the quay at William Cramp and Son Shipyards, Philadelphia, December 22,1944, OKLAHOMA CITY was similar Qto any youngster, a little uncoordinated but anxious to try her legs. At first sight she re- sembled a giant steel octopus with her twelve, six inch-47 caliber cannons and twelve, five inch-38 caliber dual purpose guns. In addition, she sprouted twenty-eight, 40 mm. and fourteen, 20 mm. anti-aircraft guns. But the gaudy looking child soon developed a pride and character of her own. The men who had nurtured her gave the ship poise and personality. After several Shakedown cruises, CL-91 was ready to join the Pacific Fleet. She passed through the Panama Canal and joined the U. S. THIRD Fleet on june 6, 1945. From there she saw limited action in the last few months of the war, participating in the Okinawa Campaign and the bombardment of japan. With the long awaited peace treaty, OK CITY had served her purpose and was inactivated, then decommissioned on june 30, 1 947. For ten years the OKLAHOMA CITY lay dormant with the Pacific Reserve Fleet. In May 1957, she was faced with new challenges, flagship and warship. Recommissioned September 7, 1960, at Hunter's Point as CLC-5, the USS OKLAHOMA CITY became the first combat unit of the Pacific Fleet to successfully fire a TALOS guided missile. With a new configuration and a new lease on life, OK CITY accepted the dual mission bestowed on her. Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Today, in OKLAHOMA CITY's third tour with the SEVENTH Fleet, she still answers the calls of flagship and warship. Gunfire support missions are still a reality, and we are just as able and willing to answer the call as we were twenty-five years ago. As a good will ambassador, the OK CITY has carried the SEVENTH Fleet Flag to most major ports in the Western Pacific. OKLAHOMA CITY was conceived in war and dedicated to justice twenty-five years ago. Captain C. B. HUNT, her first Commanding Officer, ex- pressed his thought on this at the close of the war: The job of keeping peace is still ahead of us. The ship you commissioned, the work you did readying her for battle, and the spirit you imparted to her . . . . . md will continue as a force for peace, justice, and understanding among nations in order that your c i ren may never have to fight for liberty as we have had to. The years have changed. The cause of freedom has not. But, .... WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY .... KLRHOMA - E' mx, .bf . cw 5 S50 C' I f. X x fr ' . , ,ff V Q I . .N - X: X jj N f I 1

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