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2. USS Los Angeles (CA-135) - Wikipedia

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   Designated. 3 May 1978. Reference no. 188. The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore -class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.

3. USS Newport News (CA-148) - Wikipedia

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   Aviation facilities. 2 × aircraft catapults. Helipad (later conversion) USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines -class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.

4. USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Wikipedia

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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. She was the sole member of the Long Beach class, and the last cruiser built for the United States ...

5. List of cruisers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   CA-1, CA-6 and CA-10 were never used, as ACR-1 Maine, ACR-6 California/San Diego and ACR-10 Tennessee/Memphis were lost prior to the 1920 redesignation, and their sisters' original hull numbers were carried over. CA-20 through CA-23 were skipped with the merger of the CA and CL sequences, which allowed the reclassification of the Washington ...

6. Los Angeles-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced "six-eighty-eight") after the hull number of lead vessel USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), 62 were built from 1972 to 1996, the latter 23 to an improved 688i standard.

7. USS Northampton (CA-26) - Wikipedia

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   Northampton. (CA-26) Sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 1 December 1942. USS Northampton (CL/CA-26) was the lead Northampton -class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1930, originally classified a light cruiser because of her thin armor but later reclassified a heavy cruiser because of her 8-inch guns.