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2. 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 .

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

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   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)

4. These are the missile cruisers the US Navy spent $1.84 ... - AOL

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   The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires Standard Missiles (SM) 2 missiles at an airborne drone during a live-fire weapons shoot in the Pacific Ocean in this handout ...

5. USS Worden (CG-18) - Wikipedia

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   She continued operations in the San Diego area until she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in March for a post-shakedown availability which was completed in early May. [2] From 18 May to 26 June, the ship participated in underway training at San Diego. Worden ' s first fleet exercise took place from 10 to 17 July, a major anti-air warfare ...

6. Providence-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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   Like the Galveston class cruisers, the Providence class ships suffered from serious stability problems caused by the topweight of the missile system, requiring the use of ballast to improve stability. The cruisers also suffered from hogging of the hull. All three Providence-class ships were decommissioned to the reserve fleet between 1969 and 1974.

7. USS Truxtun (CGN-35) - Wikipedia

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   There, the warship began a major 18-month overhaul during which her nuclear reactors were "refueled." On 30 June 1975, near the end of that repair period, Truxtun was reclassified a nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser and was redesignated CGN-35. On 31 July, she completed the overhaul and all attendant tests and trials and sailed for San Diego.

8. USS Topeka (CL-67) - Wikipedia

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   Her six-month deployment ended on 28 May 1966, when Topeka reentered Long Beach. [1] Five months of normal west coast operations followed. On 31 October, the guided missile cruiser entered the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco for an overhaul during which her weapons systems were updated, and her engineering plant was overhauled.

9. USS Providence (CL-82) - Wikipedia

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   USS Providence (CL-82/CLG-6/CG-6) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser and the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Providence was commissioned between 1945 and 1949. From 1957 to 1959, she was converted to a guided missile cruiser and flagship. She served in that role from 1959 to 1973.