 {|      |} uss springfield (cl-66/clg-7/cg-7) was one of 27 cleveland-class light cruisers built for the united states navy during world war ii. she was the third us navy ship to be named after springfield, illinois. commissioned in 1944, she served briefly in the atlantic before transferring to the pacific. there she served with fast carrier task forces, primarily in an anti-aircraft role, but also in a shore bombardment role in the last stages of the pacific war. she earned two battle stars for wartime service. like all but one of her sister ships, she was decommissioned and laid up soon after the end of world war ii. in the late 1950s she was one of three cleveland-class ships to be converted into  guided missile cruisers. as part of this conversion, she was modified to become a fla
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