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

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   Long Beach. (CGN-9) A 423 ft (129 m) section of the hull (propulsion block) remain at PSNS as of May 2018. 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 ...

3. USS Long Island (CVE-1) - Wikipedia

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   Armament. 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal gun [ 1] 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns. Aircraft carried. 30. USS Long Island (CVE-1) (originally AVG-1 and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island, New York .

4. USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) - Wikipedia

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   USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), over head underway, 23 August 1935. USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola -class cruiser, later reclassified as a heavy cruiser, sometimes known as "Swayback Maru" or "Old Swayback". She had 11 battle stars for the eleven engagements she participated in.

5. Long Beach Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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   The Long Beach Naval Shipyard (Long Beach NSY or LBNSY), which closed in 1997, was located on Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, approximately 23 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport. [1] The primary role of NSY Long Beach at the time of its closure was overhaul and ...

6. USS Olympia (C-6) - Wikipedia

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   15 October 1966. USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service with the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. She is currently a museum ship in Philadelphia . Olympia became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey during the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish–American War in 1898.

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

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   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 .