---The Little Rock was the first ship to bear the name of Little Rock, Arkansas.
--- The only guided missile cruiser on display in the U.S. and sole survivor of the Cleveland Class, the most numerous of U.S. wartime cruisers (29 vessels total).
--- The Little Rock made four cruisers to the Mediterranean and two to the North Atlantic.
--- She served with distinction as flagship for both the Second and Sixth fleets.
