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

3. USS Antietam (CG-54) - Wikipedia

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   2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes. Aircraft carried. 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. USS Antietam (CG-54) is a Ticonderoga -class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Antietam was named for the site of the 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, between Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee and ...

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

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   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. This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called ...

5. USS San Francisco (CA-38) - Wikipedia

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   USS. San Francisco. (CA-38) USS San Francisco (CL/CA-38), a New Orleans -class cruiser, was the second ship of three of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California. Commissioned in 1934, she was one of the most decorated ships of World War II, earning 17 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.

6. Cruiser bicycle - Wikipedia

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   Schwinn advertisement from 1946. A cruiser bicycle, also known as a beach cruiser or (formerly) motobike, is a bicycle that usually combines balloon tires, an upright seating posture, a single-speed drivetrain, and straightforward steel construction with expressive styling. Cruisers are popular among casual bicyclists and vacationers because ...

7. USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) - Wikipedia

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   USS Oklahoma City (CL-91/CLG-5/CG-5) was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland -class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Commissioned in late 1944, she participated in the latter part of ...

8. USS Pensacola (CA-24) - Wikipedia

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   USS Pensacola (CL/CA-24) was a cruiser of the United States Navy that was in service from 1929 to 1945. She was the lead ship of the Pensacola class, which the Navy classified as light cruisers in 1929, with the Pensacola herself originally designated as "CL-24." Under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, from 1931 on the class was re ...

9. USS St. Louis (CL-49) - Wikipedia

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   Plan and profile drawing of St. Louis in the camouflage scheme applied to the ship in 1944. As the major naval powers negotiated the London Naval Treaty in 1930, which contained a provision limiting the construction of heavy cruisers armed with 8-inch (203 mm) guns, United States naval designers came to the conclusion that with a displacement limited to 10,000 long tons (10,160 t), a better ...