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During this tour, Long Beach was responsible for directing the downing of one Soviet-made An-2 "Colt" aircraft that was attempting to engage South Vietnamese naval units. The shoot-down was executed by an F-4 Phantom II under the control of a Long Beach air intercept controller. The cruiser returned to Long Beach, California, in July 1967.
In June, the frigate crossed the Pacific to her new home port, Long Beach, California. Her next five Far Eastern tours, in 1966–67, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972–73, also involved Vietnam War combat operations, as well as voyages to Australia and, beginning in 1970, the Indian Ocean.
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)
Operation Sea Orbit was the 1964 circumnavigation of Task Force One of the United States Navy, consisting of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and her escorts, the cruisers USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge. This all-nuclear-powered unit sailed 30,565 miles around the world for sixty-five days without refueling. [1] [2]
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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 ...
Hellenic Navy decommissioned its last active duty cruiser, Elli in 1965. Haitian Navy only cruiser, Consul Gostrück sank due to the inexperience of her crew in 1910. Indian Navy decommissioned its Crown Colony-class cruiser, INS Mysore in 1985. Indonesian Navy decommissioned its only cruiser, the Sverdlov-class cruiser RI Irian in 1972.
Early in 1966 she headed for home and reached Long Beach 1 February. [1] In 1965 Gridley was runner up of the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award, for the best feeding food ship in the Navy.(Medium afloat class) In 1966, the destroyer leader won the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award, for the best feeding food ship in the navy (Medium afloat ...