LONG BEACH CLASS CRUISER

'''Long Beach''-class guided missile cruiser'
USS Long Beach, only ship of her class.
Class Overview
Class type:	Guided missile cruiser
Class name:	Long Beach, California
Preceded by:	Providence class cruiser
Succeeded by:	Albany class cruiser
Ships of the line:	''Long Beach'' (CGN-9)

The '''Long Beach'' class cruiser' is a single-ship class (sole member, USS Long Beach (CGN-9), ex-CGN-160, ex-CLGN-160) of the United States Navy. The class is noted as the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant, and the last cruiser built in the US Navy to a cruiser design; all subsequent cruiser classes were built on scaled-up destroyer hulls.
During the design phase, the only ship of the ''Long Beach'' class was initially classified as CLGN-160, then reclassified CGN-160 on 6 December 1956. The keel of the USS ''Long Beach'' was laid by Bethlehem Steel on 2 December 1957 at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. On 1 July 1958 she received her third and final classification, this time as CGN-9. The ship was launched on 14 July 1959 and commissioned on 9 September 1961. The ''Long Beach'' class under overhaul from 6 October 1980 until 26 March 1983. She was decommissioned on 1 May 1995 and her name stricken on 1 May 1995.

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General Characteristics

Ships of the ''Long Beach'' class

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General Characteristics

★ 'Lead Ship:' USS ''Long Beach'' (CGN-9)

★ 'Number of Ships:' 1

★ 'Displacement:' 15,025 tons

★ 'Length:' 721 ft 3 in (219.8 m)

★ 'Beam:' 73 ft 3 in (22.3 m)

★ 'Draft:' 31 ft (9.4 m)

★ 'Speed:' 32.5 knots (60 km/h)

★ 'Propulsion:' 2 C1W Westinghouse nuclear reactors, 2 screws

★ 'Performance:' 80,000 SHP

★ 'Complement:' 1,100 officers and enlisted

★ 'Armament:' 1 × twin-rail Talos SAM launcher, 2 × twin-rail Terrier launcher, 2 × 5 in guns, 6 ASROCs.

Ships of the ''Long Beach'' class

	'Keel laid'	'Launched'	'Commissioned'	'Decommissioned'
USS ''Long Beach'' (CGN-9)	December 1957	July 1957	September 1961	May 1995

External links

★ hazegray.org

★ US Naval Historical Center