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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 US Navy began a study on scrapping nuclear submarines; two years later shallow land burial of reactor compartments was selected as the most suitable option. In 1990, USS Scamp was the first US nuclear-powered submarine to be scrapped .
USS Freedom (LCS-1) Freedom: Littoral Combat Ship: Stricken, final disposition pending. 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 ...
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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).
USS Long Beach (AK-9), launched in 1892 as SS Yarrowdale, was a German cargo ship seized in 1917, in use until 1921, and sold the following year. 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 ...
USS Shasta (AE-33) was a Kilauea-class replenishment ammunition ship of the United States Navy. She was named after Mount Shasta , a volcano in the Cascade Range in northern California. Shasta ' s mission was to support forward deployed aircraft carrier battle groups , which she accomplished through underway replenishment (known as "unrep") and ...
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 ...