Following departure from the Delaware Capes in October and training out of Guantanamo Bay and Norfolk, Va., she left Hampton Roads for the Mediterranean 3 February 1947.

[1] Reclassified CLG–6 on 23 May 1957, she commenced conversion to[1] a Providence-class[citation needed] guided missile light cruiser at Boston in June 1957.

[3] Following shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Providence arrived at her new home port of Long Beach, California, 29 July 1960.

She appeared as the fictional U.S.S Almira in the motion picture "The Honeymoon Machine" (1961) using stock footage taken of her at anchor in harbor.

Following exercises off the West Coast, she arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, in May 1962, and relieved Oklahoma City as flagship of the 7th Fleet.

During a three-day visit to Saigon in January 1964, she hosted South Vietnamese and American dignitaries, and delivered more than 38 tons of "Project Handclasp" materials to local humanitarian organizations.

[1] Deployed to WestPac 12 November 1966, she again relieved Oklahoma City (CLG–5) as flagship of the 7th Fleet on 1 December 1966 at Yokosuka, Japan.

After this, as part of Operation Formation Star, Providence along with three carrier groups headed for the Sea of Japan as the USS Pueblo was captured by North Korea.

Providence was also called upon on numerous occasions to participate in operations to interdict the flow of supplies in North Vietnam.

This daring and successful raid on military targets in the Haiphong harbor area demonstrated superior teamwork and professionalism by the officers and men of USS Providence.

Their sustained superior performance reflected great credit upon themselves, their ship, and the United States Naval Service.