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WESTERN PACIFIC PERSIAN GULF CRUISE 28 MAY -27 NOV 1991
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HISTORY OF USS LONG BEACH I ' SS l.()N(; BKAfU (C ' CiN 9) uas ihe tiiM luiclo- ar-po crc(.l cruiser and lirsi larjic comhatant m the U.S. Navy w ith the mam battcr (.onsisiiiii; ot guided missiles. Built in Bethlehem Steel Company ' s Force River Shipyard at Quincy. Massachusetts, the ship ' s keel was laid on December 2, 1 57 and the ship was launched on July 14, 1959, with Mrs. Craii! Ilosmerof Long Beach. Calitornia, as the sponsor. I.ON ' Ci BF CH got underway on nuclear power tor the tirst time the morning of July 5, 1961. On September 9, 1961 the ship uas commissioned at the Boston Na al Shipyard, s ith the Honorable John B. Connally. Secretary of the Navy, keynoting the cere- monies in which the LON(J BKACH with E. P. Wilkinson as Commanding Ottlcer, joined the fleet. Early in 1962, LONCiBKACH made a six week cruise to Europe, visiting Germany, France, and Bermuda. In July 1964. LONG BEACH joined the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE and the nuclear destroyer leader USS BAINBRIDGE on a world cruise steaming more than 30,000 in 58 days and visiting Pakistan. Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. LONG BEACH underv ent her first o erhaul at Newport News, Virginia, from August 1965 to Febru- ary 1966. She then transited. ia the Panama Canal, to her new homeport in Long Beach, California, arriving on March 15, 1966. In November 1966. LONG BEACH departed for the West ern Pacific and during the next three years the ship completed three tours of duty in the Far East. In March 1970. LONG BEACH commenced her second overhaul at Vallejo, California. After completing the overhaul, she departed for her fourth deployment to the Western Pacific in March 1972. Operational duties were again in the Tonkin Gulf, where she shot down several North Vietnamese jet fighters and rescued 17 U.S. pilots. In 1975. the ship ' s homeport was changed to San Diego, California. In March 1979, LONG BEACH was awarded the Commander, Naval Surface Force Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) award and the Battle E . These awards signified respectively, the best AAW ship in the Pacific Fleet and the most operationally ready ship r Cruiser Destroyer Group One. On Jan- uary 7, 1980. ! ONG BEACH deployed for her ninth WESTPAC ci I 1 ring this deployment, she was awarded the f. irian Service Medal for her ellorls 111 the rescuing ol 144 Vielnamese iclugees. On October 6. 1980. LONC; BEACH entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a two and one-half year complex overhaul. On January 1.3, 1984, she began her tenth Western Pacific Deployment. In 1985, the TOMAHAWK cruise missile system was installed onboard LONCJ BEACH during a 9 nu)nth stay at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. LONCJ BEACH returned to San Diego. California, in September 1985 as a true strike cruiser. In 1986. L()N(; BEACH deployed for her eleventh Western Pacific deployment as part of the first battle- ship battle group to deploy since the Korean War. Dur- ing the cruise, the Gray Lady completed the first successful firing of a TOMAHAWK cruise missile in an operational environment. Culminating her 25th year of active naval service, LONG BF ACH was again awarded the Battle Efficiency E ; six depart- mental excellence awards, and Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) Award to solidify her position as the most combat ready and finest anti-surface warfare ship in the Pacific. The years 1987 and 1988 brought LONG BEACH her twelfih Western Pacific deployment as Flag ship for the USS nSSOURI (BB 63) battle group and another Battle lifficiency E Award. Additionally, CGN-9 was the first recipient of the newly de eloped Commander Naval Surface Force Electronic Warfare award, and eight additional department excellence awards. Following an extended Selected Restricted Avail- ability during the fall of 1989. LONG BEACH began preparing for her 13th deployment. Prior to its start. LONG BEACH was awarded her 3rd consecutive Battle Efficiency E Award, completing nearly 5 straight years as the number one strike cruiser in Cruiser Destroyer Group One. In September 1989. LON(i BEACH deployed with the USS ENTER- PRISE Battle Group on her second Around the World Cruise. Operations began as Flagship for Commander Battle Force Seventh Fl eet during Pacific Exercise (PACEX) 89 and continued with assignments in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, prior to transiting through the Panama Canal and returning to San Diego, California. During the cruise the crew enjoyeil brief stops in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Diego Garcia,
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