USS Long Beach
(CGN-9)
The
USS Long Beach was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world
and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery consisting
of guided missiles. Launced in 1961, the Long Beach was decomissioned
in 1995. The hull is currently stored and waits disposal in Bremerton,
Washington.
In addition to being the
first nuclear powered surface warship, Long Beach was also the first American
cruiser since the end of World War II to built entirely new from the keel
up and boasted the highest bridge in the world when built. The Long
Beach was the last warship to be fitted with teakwood decks.
Designation: Nuclear
Powered Surface Combatant, United States
Originally ordered as CLGN-160
and reclassified as CGN-160 in early 1957 and again as CGN-9 later the
same year.
Similar in design to the
conventionally powered USS Chicago (CA-136)
Class: CGN 9 - Cruiser, Guided
Missile, Nuclear
Builder: Bethlehem Steel
Delivery Date: 09/01/1961
Award Date: 10/15/1956
Age (since delivery): 41.2
years
Keel Date: 12/02/1957
Commission Date: 09/09/1961
Launch Date: 07/14/1959
Decommission Date: 05/01/1995
Age (since launch) 43.3
years
Years from Commission to
Decommission: 33.6
Stricken Date: 05/01/1995
Propulsion system: 2 - Westinghouse
C1W nuclear reactors, 2 geared turbines
Propellers: two
Length: 721 feet (219.8
meters)
Beam: 73 feet (22.3 meters)
Draft: 30.8 feet (9.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 17,500
tons
Accommodations: Officers:
55 Enlisted: 770
Armament: two 5-inch/38
caliber Mk 30 guns, two Mk 10 missile launchers Standard missiles (ER),
two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher,
Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk 32 triple mounts, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two
armored box launchers for Tomahawk cruise missiles
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