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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.
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 ...
The California class was a pair of nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers operated by the United States Navy between 1974 and 1998. Other than their nuclear power supply and lack of helicopter hangars, ships of the California class were comparable to other guided-missile cruisers of their era, such as the Belknap class.
The peninsula is 0.3 miles (483 m) wide and 0.25 miles (402 m) long, with an elevation from 80 to 180 ft (24 to 55 m). It is connected to the coast by a narrow isthmus on the northeastern side, with Pillar Point Bluff, a county park, almost perpendicular to it.
A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS Champlin United States Navy: 12 April 1936 A Wickes-class destroyer that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS F-1 United States Navy: 17 December 1917 An F-class submarine that was sunk in a collision off Point Loma. USS Hogan United States Navy: 8 November 1945
In 1932, the site of Fort Rosecrans was registered as California Historical Landmark #62. [1] From February 1940 through October 1944 Fort Rosecrans was garrisoned by the 19th Coast Artillery Regiment. [3] Aerial view of Naval Base Point Loma. Submarine Group, San Diego was established in 1946, and Submarine Flotilla 1 was activated in 1949.
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.
Nuclear-powered USS Long Beach and three Albany-class cruisers (converted Baltimore-class heavy cruisers) carried Mark 12 Guided Missile Launching Systems fed from a 52-round magazine below the main deck. [5] The initial SAM-N-6b/RIM-8A had an effective range of about 50 nmi and a conventional warhead.