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Commissioning Invitation. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Commissioning Booklet, 09 SEPT 1961 |
Robert M. Cieri |
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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.
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Seen here in a high speed turn. |
USN |
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Port side view. |
USN |
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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 |
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Underway, Port bow. |
USN |
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Overhead, showing details. |
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Undated port bow view. |
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Good view of missile system. |
USN |
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Excellent overhead image. |
USN |
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Undated stern view. |
USN |
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Undated port bow view. |
Allen Kirkpatrick
OSC USN-RET |
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Starboard side view at anchor in the Med. Date unknown. |
Manolo Budiño |
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Undated port bow view. |
Robert Hirsh |
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Undated starboard bow view. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Undated port bow view. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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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 |
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The two 5-Inch/38 gun mounts which were installed midships
as directed my President Kennedy. |
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South Boston, November 1960. |
Richard Leonhardt |
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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
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Robert M. Cieri |
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The Talos missile launcher, 18 JUL 1961. |
USN |
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USS Long Beach firing a Terrier missile, OCT 1961.
National Archives photo- KN 6935.
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National Archives |
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South Boston Naval Annex, November 1961. |
Richard Leonhardt |
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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.
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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). |
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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).
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Scott Dyben |
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Port side view while at anchor in Subic Bay in 1966. |
Lee Noland STGC(SW)
USN (Ret.) |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1973. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1974. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Port bow view while underway off Catalina Island, CA, 27
JUN 1976 |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1979. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1980. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Starboard quarter view while underway, January 1980, location
unknown. Note that the Talos launcher has been replaced by Harpoon launchers.
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Robert Hurst |
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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.
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Darryl Baker |
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A painting of USS Long Beach by T. Jones. Note that
the Talos launchers have been removed. |
Darryl Baker |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Mk-10 Terrier missile launcher and two SPG-55 fire control
radars. Docked at Hobart, Australia during Christmas 1987. |
Nick Jansen |
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Starboard view, looking forward at the after end of the
forward superstructure while docked at Hobart, Australia during Christmas
1987. |
Nick Jansen |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1988. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USS
Missouri (BB-63) in company with the USS Long Beach and
others just prior to RIMPAC 88. |
Larry Lee |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1991. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Port bow view while moored in Subic Bay, Philippines in
October 1991. |
Rick Rowan |
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Port quarter view while moored in Subic Bay, Philippines
in October 1991. Note the Armored Box Launchers on the fantail. |
Rick Rowan |
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Starboard bow view, underway, date unknown. |
Erich Utecht |
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The USS Long Beach (CGN-9) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,
date unknown. |
Darryl Baker |
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Port side view while underway in San Diego Harbor, 1992. |
David Buell |
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Deactivation Booklet, 03 JUL 1994. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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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 |
