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USS LONG BEACH (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Xray - Bravo


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
CLASS - LONG BEACH
Displacement 14,200 Tons, Dimensions, 721' 3" (oa) x 73' 3" x 31' (Max)
Armament 1 Talos 1 x 2, (52 Missiles) 2 Terrier 2x2, (102 Missiles) 2 x 5"/38,
ASROC (20 Missiles) 6 x12.75" TT.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; 2 Westinghouse Reactors (C1W), G.E. Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Crew 1100.
Operational and Building Data
Reclassified CGN-160 06 DEC 1956 Keel laid on 02 DEC 1957 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA
Reclassified CGN-9 01 JUL 1958
Launched 14 JUL 1959
Commissioned 09 SEP 1961
Decommissioned 01 MAY 1995
Stricken 01 May 1995
Fate: Stricken - Hulk currently awaiting recycling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)- Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Fourth Row - Humanatarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Medal
Fifth Row - Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudia Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


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Long Beach 120K Commissioning Invitation. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 426K Commissioning Booklet, 09 SEPT 1961 Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach
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156k Commissioning Postal Cover for the cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN-9), postmarked aboard ship on 9 Sept 1961 at Bethlehem Steel Company in Quincy, MA.
 
Long Beach 23k Seen here in a high speed turn. USN
Long Beach 126k Port side view. USN
Long Beach 65k 3 generations of USN cruisers, Long Beach moored outboard, A Cleveland Class Gun cruiser in the middle and a Balitmore class missile conversion moored inside. USN
Long Beach 172k Underway, Port bow. USN
Long Beach 140k Overhead, showing details. USN
Long Beach 152k Undated port bow view. USN
Long Beach 198k Good view of missile system. USN
Long Beach 178k Excellent overhead image. USN
Long Beach 105k Undated stern view. USN
Long Beach 89k Undated port bow view. Allen Kirkpatrick
OSC USN-RET
Long Beach 97k Starboard side view at anchor in the Med. Date unknown. Manolo Budiño
Long Beach 95k Undated port bow view. Robert Hirsh
Long Beach 240k Undated starboard bow view. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 407k Undated port bow view. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 318K Starboard bow view while underway. Not the AN/SPS-49 radar antenna on the platform mast aft. This was most likely added during her Mid-Life Conversion Phase II which was performed from 6 OCT 1980 to 26 MAR 1983. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach
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84k The two 5-Inch/38 gun mounts which were installed midships as directed my President Kennedy.  
Long Beach 62k South Boston, November 1960. Richard Leonhardt
Long Beach
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173k

Port bow Aerial view while underway in Massachusetts Bay on her first Builder's Sea Trials from Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipyard at Quincy, 7 July 1961. Note that the AN/SPS-33 antennas have not yet been installed on the superstructure, the ASROC launcher has not yet been placed midships.

U.S. Navy photo #USN-1056851

Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 65k The Talos missile launcher, 18 JUL 1961. USN
Long Beach 84k

USS Long Beach firing a Terrier missile, OCT 1961.

National Archives photo- KN 6935.

National Archives
Long Beach 57k South Boston Naval Annex, November 1961. Richard Leonhardt
Long Beach 84k

USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway in formation with USS Long Beach (CGN-9), center, and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), at top, probably in the Mediterranean Sea in June-July 1964. Members of Enterprise's crew are in a flight deck formation spelling out Albert Einstein's equation for nuclear energy. Planes on her flight deck include 9 A-5, 22 A-4; 10 F-4; 14 F-8 and 2 E-1 types. Those aft are parked in an arrowhead arrangement. The photograph was released for publication on 30 July 1964, upon the commencement of Operation "Sea Orbit", the circumnavigation of the World by Task Force One, made up of the Navy's first three nuclear-powered surface ships.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH98108.

USNHC
Long Beach 113k Operation "Sea Orbit" — On July 31, 1964, USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) (bottom), USS Long Beach (CGN-9) (center) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) (top) formed "Task Force One", the first nuclear-powered Task Force, and were sent on a 30,565-mile, 65-day voyage around the world, reminiscent of that of the 16 battleships of the "Great White Fleet" in 1907-09. Accomplished without a single refueling or replenishment, Operation "Sea Orbit" demonstrated the capability of nuclear-powered surface ships to operate in remote areas at high speeds without logistic support. (Several people have contributed this info. Thanks to Dave Dandrea; LCDR Tom Davis, USN (Ret) ; David Powell; and Chas Folcik). USN Photo
Long Beach 78k

Task Group of Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships operating in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, 18 June 1964. The ships are the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at left; the guided-missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN-9), in center; and the guided-missile frigate USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), at right. Enterprise crewmembers are spelling out Albert Einstein's equation for nuclear energy on the flight deck.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph (# KN-9027).

Scott Dyben
Long Beach
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223k Port side view while at anchor in Subic Bay in 1966. Lee Noland STGC(SW)
USN (Ret.)
Long Beach 359k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1973. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 372k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1974. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 300k Port bow view while underway off Catalina Island, CA, 27 JUN 1976 Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 179k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1979. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 220k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1980. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach
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42k Starboard quarter view while underway, January 1980, location unknown. Note that the Talos launcher has been replaced by Harpoon launchers. Robert Hurst
Long Beach 78k

Navy photo MSA 163841-1-80 USS Nautilus (SSN-571), and USS Long Beach (CGN-9) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 31 Jan 1980. Nautilus was at the shipyard for inactivation.

US Navy photo.

Darryl Baker
Long Beach 312k A painting of USS Long Beach by T. Jones. Note that the Talos launchers have been removed. Darryl Baker
Long Beach 134k The USS Long Beach (CGN-9) as seen through the periscope of the USS Plunger (SSN-595). Photo taken during Plunger's 1986 WESTPAC cruise. Darryl Baker
Long Beach 107k Heading out for local ops in Southern California. Shot taken in Feb of 1987 from the USS Coronado (AGF-11) while pierside at North Island. Lacy Lee, RM1 Ret.
Long Beach 116k Docked at Hobart, Australia during Christmas 1987. Viewed looking from the bow to aft with two twin Mk-10 Terrier SAM launchers and two SPG-55 missile fire control radars. Long Beach is the only nuclear powered vessel ever allowed to dock at the Hobart wharves. All others have anchored mid-river. Nick Jansen
Long Beach 103k Mk-10 Terrier missile launcher and two SPG-55 fire control radars. Docked at Hobart, Australia during Christmas 1987. Nick Jansen
Long Beach 98k Starboard view, looking forward at the after end of the forward superstructure while docked at Hobart, Australia during Christmas 1987. Nick Jansen
Long Beach 199k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1988. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 78k USS Missouri (BB-63) in company with the USS Long Beach and others just prior to RIMPAC 88. Larry Lee
Long Beach 483k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1991. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 113k Port bow view while moored in Subic Bay, Philippines in October 1991. Rick Rowan
Long Beach 110k Port quarter view while moored in Subic Bay, Philippines in October 1991. Note the Armored Box Launchers on the fantail. Rick Rowan
Long Beach 128k Starboard bow view, underway, date unknown. Erich Utecht
Long Beach 154k The USS Long Beach (CGN-9) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, date unknown. Darryl Baker
Long Beach
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85k Port side view while underway in San Diego Harbor, 1992. David Buell
Long Beach 215k Deactivation Booklet, 03 JUL 1994. Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 151k The ex USS Long Beach and some friends - namely the ex-USS Narwhal (SSN-671), ex-USS Drum (SSN-677) and beyond ex-USS Midway (CV-41) - Shot taken January of 2003 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard just a few months prior to the move of the Midway to San Diego. Also in the mix are some Spruance Class destroyers and the ex-USS Ranger (CV-61) on the far side but out of sight here. Larry Lee

USS LONG BEACH (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Don Shade
Address:299 Kiantone Road Jamestown, NY 14701
Phone: 866-3LB-CGN9
E-mail: LBCGN9@aol.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS Long Beach Reunion Association

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