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]

USS LONG BEACH was the first nuclear powered guided missile cruiser. LONG BEACH was first assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. She deployed to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, then …

USS LONG BEACH, the third ship in the Navy to bear the name, was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery …

Dec 14, 2023 · Perhaps the most recognizable Cold War ship is the USS Long Beach (CGN-9). As the U.S. Navy’s first-ever nuclear-powered surface combatant, this formidable vessel …

Long Beach was the first "all-new" cruiser designed and constructed after World War II (all others were completions or conversions of cruisers begun or completed during the war).

Indeed, USS Long Beach preceded USS Enterprise, although they were launched at similar dates, and to gain time, engineers working at first on a "frigate" took a 1945 design light …

The first nuclear‑power surface warship in history, USS Long Beach (CGN‑9) was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and home ported at Norfolk, Va. The guided‑missile cruiser conducted extensive...

Sep 24, 2025 · USS Long Beach was the world’s first nuclear-powered surface combatant. Here’s why she was built, what she carried, how she served, and why she was retired.

Key Points – The USS Long Beach (CGN-9), commissioned in 1961, was the US Navy’s first nuclear-powered surface warship and the world’s first nuclear-powered cruiser.

Aug 17, 2024 · USS Long Beach was part of the task force assembled in May 1975 to rescue American seamen after Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge seized the SS Mayaguez and its crew of 39 …