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USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach, California.
The last ship to be assigned a hull number in the Heavy and Light Cruiser sequence would be the 1950s era nuclear powered Long Beach, though this ship would be assigned another number and designation under the guided missile cruiser hull classification before launch. Long Beach class (CLGN/CGN-160) Long Beach, completed as CGN-9 (1961)
Other missions include ballistic missile defence and capital ship escort for anti-aircraft defense. The ship was commissioned on 20 September 1986 and was homeported at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California. Bunker Hill saw service in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War and deployed off the Somalian coast to prevent piracy.
Stricken on 1 January 1974, and sold on 16 May 1975 (sale #16-5049) to the National Steel Corporation for $1,864,380.21, and scrapped in San Pedro, California. The flying bridge and a small portion of the bow section of the Los Angeles is on display at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, CA.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
The ship arrived at her home port on 17 February and remained in port through 5 March when the ship commenced a three-month restricted availability at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. [2] On 2 June 1965, Worden returned to San Diego for evaluation of a newly installed radar system. She continued to operate in her home port area and participated ...
Long Beach, the largest of all the nuclear cruisers, was equipped with a C1W cruiser reactor, while all the others were equipped with D2G destroyer reactors. In the summer of 1964, Long Beach and Bainbridge would meet up with USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) , the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, [ 1 ] to form Task Force One , an all ...
USS Long Beach (PF-34), launched in 1943, was a Tacoma-class frigate that saw use from 1943 to 1945, before being loaned to the Soviet Navy and then in 1962 to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Shii. USS Long Beach (CGN-9), launched in 1959, was the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the world, serving from 1961 to 1995 ...