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During this tour, Long Beach was responsible for directing the downing of one Soviet-made An-2 "Colt" aircraft that was attempting to engage South Vietnamese naval units. The shoot-down was executed by an F-4 Phantom II under the control of a Long Beach air intercept controller. The cruiser returned to Long Beach, California, in July 1967.
Title Director Cast Genre Note The Family Jewels: Jerry Lewis: Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot, Donna Butterworth: Comedy: Paramount: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Russ Meyer: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams
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)
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 as Shii. USS Long Beach (CGN-9), launched in 1959, was the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the world, serving from 1961 to 1995 ...
Films about the United States Navy in World War II (1 C, 65 P) Pages in category "Films about the United States Navy" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total.
USS Stormy Beach – Long Beach-class cruiser, Fireplay by William Wingate, 1977; USS Swordfish – On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957; HMS Sybaris – British heavy cruiser, The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean, 1957; Tai-pan by James Clavell, 1966 Struan & Company. China Cloud – 22 gun China Clipper, flagship of Struan & Co
Operation Sea Orbit was the 1964 circumnavigation of Task Force One of the United States Navy, consisting of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and her escorts, the cruisers USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge. This all-nuclear-powered unit sailed 30,565 miles around the world for sixty-five days without refueling. [1] [2]
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