Guided Missile Cruiser: USS Long Beach

[Brian James]

One of Class, Nuclear powered Guided Missile Cruiser USS Long Beach pictured fitting out at Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyards, Quincy, Massachusetts in 1961.

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Guided Missile Cruiser USS Long Beach pictured at Fremantle in August 1968.

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Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser USS Long Beach pictured under construction at Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts on July 2nd 1959. The Farragut Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Macdonough is visible on the right.

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USS Long Beach Visits Le Havre ....1962...https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA ... y/cruisers

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USS Long Beach: The Navy's Nuclear-Powered Crusier Was a Game Changer

USS Long Beach, which was the third ship to be named after the California city, was laid down in December 1957 and launched in July 1959. She made some real history

Meet USS Long Beach: Most naval history buffs can tell you that the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, while USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – yet many may wrongly assume that the carrier was also the first United State Navy surface warship to be powered by nuclear energy.

In fact, it was the USS Long Beach (CGN-9), a warship that was originally intended to be no larger than a frigate but during the design stage was rapidly increased to the dimensions of a heavy cruiser, which has the distinction of being the first nuclear-powered surface vessel.

See - https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... ger-207371 - LFT

[Brian James]

Natick Class Harbour Tug USS Wenatchee pictured assisting one of Class, Guided Missile Cruiser USS Long Beach as she departs on her final deployment in November 1993.