Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE SHIP Y 4 . The USS LONG BEACH QCGN-91 was the first nuclear powered cruiser and first large combatant in the U.S. Navy with a main armament of ex- clusively guided missiles. Built in the Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Mass., the ship's keel was laid on Dec. 2, 1957, and was launched on July 14, 1959 with Mrs. Craig Hos- mer of Long Beach, Calif. as sponser. LONG BEACH got underway on nuclear power for the first time on the morning of July 5, 196 1. On Sept. 9, 1961, the ship was commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard with the Honorable John B. Connally, Sec- retary of the Navy, keynoting the ceremonies in which LONG BEACH, with Captain E.P. Wilkinson as com- manding officer, joined the fleet. The LONG BEACH is '721 feet in length with a mast height of 220 feet from the keel to the top of the mast. The ship's standard displacements is 15,200 tons. The LoNG BEACH'S propulsion is steam turbine powered by two nuclear reactors which give the ship unlimited cruising range. The LONG BEACH'S armament consists of the TERRIER missile system, TOMAI-IAWK missile . sys- tem, HARPOON missile system, PHALAN X close-in weapons system, Anti-submarine rocket CASROCJ, and the 5 inch 38 caliber gun mounts. Some interesting facts about the LONG BEACH are: there is about 300 miles of electrical cable used on- board, 14,500 square feet of blue- prints were used in the ships con- struction Cenough to cover 825 foot- ball fieldsjg the LONG BEACH con- tains nearly 10,000 tons of structural steel and steel plates Cequal to the amount of steel con- tained in the frame of a 40 story buildingjg nearly 3,500 meals are prepared daily when the ship is at sea, and there are over 800 telephone extensions on board the ship. 0 The present USS LONG BEACH is a veteran of 11 Western Pacific tours Cincluding this West Pac 865, one Mediterranean Cruise, and the famous Nuclear Task Group Around the World Cruise of 1964.

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USS LUNG BEACH CGN-9 'WESTPAC 1986 MAY 14 - QCTQBER 24

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THE SEAL The ship's seal is representative' of the LONG BEACH'S mission, summarizing it in the motto Strike Hard, Strike Home . The capability of the LONG BEACH to Strike Hard, Strike Home is her missile systems, sybolized in the seal by the triple tri- dents. The missile systems are designed to operate of- fensively against land, air, and surface or submarine threats, making the LONG BEACH an effective tactical weapon. To combine this striking power with the advan- tage of nuclear power for propulsion is to further in- crease her effectiveness by allowing virtually unlimit- ed cruising ability. Nuclear power is represented in the seal by the sun. The anchor-carrying eagle stands for the sea pow- er possessed by the LONG BEACH, one ofthe most pow- erful ships in the surface fleet. The final symbol, the sea shell, is taken from the seal of the city of Long Beach, California, the ship's namesake, and it symbolizes all the qualitiesof adven- ture inherent in a sailor's life. The Navy's mission of strength, combined with nuclear propulsion and the most advanced missile systems is exactly what the Uss LONG BEACH represents. Inf-ff ,,... ,-,,--,.kA: xi::i-MV. w 4 5 s N ........ N VW? Wish? 'e,. . X l 47' 'W 1 ul 9 1 I ,ff-1',2' my V.-f-74 al, ff' 54' X X V QX 33 'U - X 'lr x W '21 T Ce '-Won AVS Y' I 3