Commissioned in early September, 1944, USS Springfield would be built as one of the Clevland-class light cruisers for service in the second World War. USS Springfield, the flagship of the 6th Fleet, monitoring the former Soviet Navy anti-submarine cruiser VMF Leningrad in February 1972. Commissioned in early September, 1944, USS Springfield would be built as one of the Clevland-class light cruisers for service in the second World War. Her primary role during the war was to provide assistance to carriers and assist in raids on enemy Japanese locations. She would also be a part of carrier screening and provide shore bombardment assistance. After Japan surrendered in 1945, it would only be a few years later before Springfield would join the reserve fleet, and though this would seem like the end of the cruisers career, she would luckily get a second life and be converted into a Providence-class Terrier guided missile cruiser. She would serve into the mid-1970s before being officially decommissioned and later sold for scrap. For her service in the second World War, Springfield would be awarded two battle stars. Shown here tracking Russian helicopter cruiser, Leningrad.