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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.
Task Force One underway during Operation Sea Orbit in 1964, with USS Bainbridge (top), USS Long Beach (center), USS Enterprise (bottom) In the early 1960s, the United States Navy was the world's first to have nuclear-powered cruisers as part of its fleet. The first such ship was USS Long Beach (CGN-9).
Two nuclear-powered cruisers escort the carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in 1964 during Operation Sea Orbit: at center is the USS Long Beach (CGN-9), at left the destroyer leader USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), which was reclassified as cruiser (CGN-25) in 1975.
USS Long Beach (CGN-9), launched in 1959, was the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the world, serving from 1961 to 1995, including service in the Vietnam War and Gulf War List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) was a nuclear-powered development of the Leahy-class. Originally a guided-missile destroyer leader , the class was re-designated guided-missile cruiser in 1975. As with USS Long Beach (CGN-9) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) , Bainbridge was the only member of its single-ship class.
All but one (USS Long Beach (CGN-9)) were converted World War II gun cruisers (CL/CLG or CA/CAG), carrying either Talos or Terrier surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and in some cases also Tartar missiles. The primary mission of these ships and the guided missile frigates was to intercept Soviet anti-ship cruise missiles. One cruiser was to be ...
USS Independence (LCS-2) Independence: Littoral Combat Ship: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) Ticonderoga: Cruiser: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Long Beach (CGN-9) Long Beach: Cruiser: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) Ticonderoga: Cruiser: Stricken, final disposition pending.
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) M. USS Mississippi (CGN-40) N. USS Nimitz; R. USS Ronald Reagan; S. USS South Carolina (CGN-37) T. USS Texas (CGN-39) USS Theodore Roosevelt ...