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

Image courtesy of Al Grazevich


     

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Xray - Bravo
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "ALCOA"



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, (120 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
Authorized as USS Brooklyn
Ordered as CLGN 160
Awarded 15 OCT 1956
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 - Superstructure and Nuclear Reactor recycled at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 25 September 2002.
Hull auctioned for scrap to Tacoma Metals on 12 July 2012 for around $900,000..

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)
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)- Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (6)
Fourth Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal (1) - Humanitarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (9)
Fifth Row - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon - Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


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Long Beach
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Keel of the guided missile cruiser Long Beach (CGN 160) at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, circa December 1957.

U.S. Navy photo from the USS Long Beach (CGN 9) 1961-1963 cruise book.
Robert Hurst
Long Beach
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Long Beach under construction at Fore River Shipyard 4 August 1958.

Photo #rg19nn-b1579-001-060_pr from Record Group 19 at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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Long Beach is about to receive her bow at Quincy, MA in May 1959.

From the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum

Darryl Baker
Long Beach
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193k Long Beach just prior to her launch. Macdonough (DLG 8) is to the right and would be launched 5 days before the Long Beach. USN
Long Beach
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An undated photo prior to her launch. This photo is a great example of her traditional "cruiser" lines.

Photo #330-PS-9583 (428-GX-USN 710480) From Record Group 428-GX at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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Attendees at the ship's launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 14 July 1959. Those present are (from left to right):

Captain Francis A. Burke, Chaplain, First Naval District;
Vice Admiral Wallace M. Beakley, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations;
Captain Fred L. Ruhlman, Commandant, Boston Naval Shipyard;
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover;
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations;
Mrs. Craig Hosmer, ship's Sponsor;
Rear Admiral Ralph K. James, Chief, Bureau of Ships;
Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Commandant, First Naval District; and
Captain Edgar H. Batcheller, Supervisor of Shipbuilding at the Quincy shipyard.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 51358.

Bill Gonyo
Long Beach
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215k Mrs. Craig Hosmer, wife of Congressman Hosmer of California, christening the Long Beach. S. Dale Hargrave
Long Beach
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109k View of the Long Beach after hear launching. To the right is the Macdonough (DLG 8). S. Dale Hargrave
Long Beach
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Caption:

"(BX7) QUINCY, MASS., July 14---FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED CRUISER---The first fighting ship of its kind in American naval history--a nuclear powered, rocket firing, plane and submarine hunting cruiser--was floated at high tide after christened the USS Long Beach, here today. Mrs. Craig Hosmer, wife of U.S. Rep. Hosmer of Long Beach, Calif., shattered the traditional bottle of champagne on the A-cruiser's bow, as a crowd of some 10,000 persons watched. (AP WIREPHOTO) (wcc31815usn)"

Tommy Trampp
Long Beach
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Long Beach, moored at Bethlehem Steel Company, 4 January 1960. Note the visible portions of the Hughes SCANFAR Radar (AN/SPS-32/33) on the superstructure.

Photo #rg19nn-b1579-001-031_pr from Record Group 19 at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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Fitting out at the Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 5 July 1960. Note barracks craft (APL) on opposite side of slip.

NHHC Photo #NH 95915

NHHC
Long Beach
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The following 4 photos identify all the antennas on the Long Beach. These photos were taken at Bethlehem Steel Company, probably just prior to her move to Boston for her commissioning. (caption updated by Bill Fessenden)

Photo #rg19nn-b1579-001-062_pr from Record Group 19 at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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The following 4 photos identify all the antennas on the Long Beach. These photos were taken at Bethlehem Steel Company, probably just prior to her move to Boston for her commissioning. (caption updated by Bill Fessenden)

Photo #rg19nn-b1579-001-063_pr from Record Group 19 at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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The following 4 photos identify all the antennas on the Long Beach. These photos were taken at Bethlehem Steel Company, probably just prior to her move to Boston for her commissioning. (caption updated by Bill Fessenden)

Photo #rg19nn-b1579-001-064_pr from Record Group 19 at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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211k

The following 4 photos identify all the antennas on the Long Beach. These photos were taken at Bethlehem Steel Company, probably just prior to her move to Boston for her commissioning. Note the Route 3A/Washington Street draw bridge in the background which identifies this location as the Weymouth Fore River. (caption updated by Bill Fessenden)

Photo #rg19nn-b1579-001-065_pr from Record Group 19 at NARA II

Tracy White
Long Beach
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USS Long Beach (CGN 9)
entering Boston Harbor Early September 1961 prior to Commissioning on 9 September 1961. Picture taken from USS Boston (CAG 1) tie up at South Boston Annex Jetty.
Roy Williams
Long Beach
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USS Long Beach (CGN 9) entering Boston Harbor Early September 1961 prior to Commissioning on 9 September 1961. Picture taken from USS Boston (CAG 1) tie up at South Boston Annex Jetty.
Roy Williams
Long Beach
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124k USS Long Beach (CGN 9) entering Boston Harbor Early September 1961 prior to Commissioning on 9 September 1961. Picture taken from USS Boston (CAG 1) tie up at South Boston Annex Jetty. Roy Williams
Long Beach
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149k USS Long Beach (CGN 9) approaching pier at South Boston annex Early September 1961 prior to Commissioning on 9 September 1961. Picture taken from USS Boston (CAG 1) tie up at South Boston Annex Jetty. Roy Williams
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 Baltimore 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 Budi?o
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
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84k The two 5-Inch/38 gun mounts which were installed midships as directed by President Kennedy.  
Long Beach 62k South Boston, November 1960. Richard Leonhardt
Long Beach
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USS Long Beach (CGN 9) underway in Boston Harbor in the summer of 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11827

Stephen P. Carlson
Long Beach
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Assisted by the tug USS Coatopa (YTB 382), USS Long Beach (CGN 9) is maneuvered in Dry Dock 3 at the South Boston Annex of Boston Naval Shipyard on 7 July 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11830

Stephen P. Carlson
Long Beach
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Assisted by the tug USS Coatopa (YTB 382), USS Long Beach (CGN 9) is maneuvered in Dry Dock 3 at the South Boston Annex of Boston Naval Shipyard on 7 July 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11830

Stephen P. Carlson
Long Beach
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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

Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach 65k The Talos missile launcher, 18 July 1961. USN
Long Beach
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View of the 9 September 1961 commissioning ceremony for USS Long Beach (CGN 9) at the West Jetty of the South Boston Annex of Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11838

Stephen P. Carlson
Long Beach
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View of the commissioning ceremonies of USS Long Beach (CGN 9) at Quincy, Mass on 9 September 1961.

From the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker
Long Beach 84k

USS Long Beach firing a Terrier missile, October 1961.

National Archives photo- KN 6935.

National Archives
Long Beach 57k South Boston Naval Annex, November 1961. Richard Leonhardt
Long Beach
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258k Bremerhaven, Germany, 15 January 1962 Mueller-Debus
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 31 July 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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USS Long Beach (CGN 9) steaming off the Starboard bow of the USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) en route to Pakistan. Frigate ahead of Long Beach could be a ship of Pakistan Navy.

U.S. Navy photo #1105409

Darrly Baker
Long Beach
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A VA-76 "Spirits" A-4C Skyhawk is about to land aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) and USS Long Beach (CGN 9) are aft of Enterprise in plane guard position.

U.S. Navy Photo #1105780

Darrly Baker
Long Beach
04010993
415k

Aerial view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9) underway in 1965, location unknown.

USN Official photo

Robert Hurst
Long Beach
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241k

Portside view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9) underway in 1965,  location unknown. Image shows a Terrier missile being fired off the starboard side of the ship from the forward launcher (MK-10 Mod 2).

USN Official photo.

Robert Hurst
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
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930k

¾ overhead view of the USS Long Beach (CGN 9) just before entering Pearl Harbor Channel, Oahu, Hawaii, 17 June 1966. Photographer: PH1/AC – W.P. Lyons. From the collection of CDR Thomas B. Ray (USS Essex CV 9).

U.S. Navy #1117428

Chris Stanley
Long Beach
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42k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010951
42k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010952
44k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010953
50k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010954
44k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010955
52k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010956
42k Highlining between USS Long Beach and USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) while on PIRAZ (Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone) station off Viet Nam between 24 March and 5 April 1967. Kelly Brown
Long Beach
04010986
1m An SH-3 Sea King damaged by gunfire being hoisted off the fantail of the Long Beach by the deck crane of the USS Hornet (CVS 12) while in the Tonkin Gulf, 27 May 1967. Stan Janocha
Long Beach
04010949
  The USS Long Beach (CGN 9) and the USS Intrepid (CVS 11) at Subic Bay in June 1967. Photo taken from USS Evans (DE 1023). Darryl Baker
Long Beach
04010957
272k USS Long Beach (CGN 9) following an underway replenishment with the USS Niagara Falls (AFS 3) off the coast of Vietnam in 1969. Taken from the Niagara Falls by William P. Jones, M.D. former Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls. William P. Jones, M.D.
Long Beach
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353k

USS Long Beach (CGN 9) is about to enter Mare Island Channel on 11 March 1970. She was at the shipyard for a refueling overhaul. Note the Volkswagen and other vehicle on the 01 deck midships.

From the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum

Darryl Baker
Long Beach
04010995
408 Long Beach in Mare Island's dry dock #2, 14 July 1970,.during her complex/refueling overhaul at Mare Island which spanned the peroid of March 1970 to late 1971. Darryl Baker
Long Beach
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408 Subic Bay, Philippines, Long Beach anchored alongside USS Camden (AOE 2) during her 1972 WestPac cruise (possibly August). From the collection of Bruce A. Hevner. Bob Canchola
Long Beach 300k Port bow view while underway off Catalina Island, CA, 27 June 1976 Robert M. Cieri
Long Beach
04010999
636k (From left) USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG 22), unknown Sturgeon class submarine, USS Long Beach (CGN 9), USS England (DLG 22) and an unidentified Knox-class Destroyer Escort at Alava Wharf, Subic Bay, Philippines, December 1974. Dick Hanover
Long Beach
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1.4m

T-SAM (Training Surface-to-Air Missile) "TERRIER" Missiles on #2 launcher, while the ship was in the South China Sea, 16 December 1976.

NHHC photo #K-116480

Naval History and Heritage Command
Long Beach
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289k USS Chicago (CG 11) (left) and USS Long Beach (CGN 9) (right) late 1978 or early 1979 in San Diego. John Slaughter, Webmaster, USS Ranger History & Memorial Site
Long Beach 78k

USS Nautilus (SSN 571), and USS Long Beach (CGN 9) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard late 1979, before Long Beach departed for WestPac on 7 January 1980. Nautilus was at the shipyard for inactivation. (date corrected by Gus Bugoyne)

US Navy photo #MSA 163841-1-80.

Darryl Baker
Long Beach
04010945
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
04010964
3.2m Starboard side view while at anchor in Singapore, 11 February 1980. From the collection of Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores, Ltd. Chris Howell
Long Beach 312k A painting of USS Long Beach by T. Jones. Note that the Talos launchers have been removed. Darryl Baker

Long Beach
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Long Beach
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1.89m

 

 

88k

Battle Group Bravo, Indian Ocean, 10 June 1984
USS Davidson (FF 1045), USS Berkeley (DDG 15), USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23)
USS Harold E. Holt (FF 1074), USS Wabash (AOR 5), USS Stein (FF 1065)
USS O'Brien (DD 975), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), USS Chandler (DD 996)
USS Long Beach (CGN 9)
GMM1 Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.)
Long Beach 318K Starboard bow view while underway. Note 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 October 1980 to 26 March 1983. Robert M. Cieri
Chandler
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San Diego, CA, 9 April 1983 - Aerial port bow view of the nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9) moored to a pier at Naval Air Station North Island, with the guided-missile destroyer USS Chandler (DDG 996) nested outboard.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-86-01900 by: PHC L. Foster.

Robert M. Cieri
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
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Long Beach
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75k

Battle Group Romeo (during USS Long Beach WestPac cruise - 13 May to 24 October 1986)

USS Wabash (AOR 5)
USS Long Beach (CGN 9), USS New Jersey (BB 62), USS Merrill (DD 976)
USS Thach (FFG 43), USS Kirk (FF 1087)

 

GMM1 Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.)
Chandler
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137k USS Enterprise (CVN 65), with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 embarked, steaming in company with the nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9), possibly circa 1986. Museum of Military History, Kissimmee, FL
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 AN/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 AN/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 78k USS Missouri (BB 63) in company with the USS Long Beach and others just prior to RIMPAC 88. Larry Lee
Long Beach
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1m

Starboard beam view of the Nuclear-Powered Guided Missile Cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9) underway near the coast of Southern California, on 21 June 1989. 

Photo taken by  PH1 Wilcox.

Robert Hurst
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 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
Long Beach
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37k Ex- Long Beach (CGN 9), pretty much gutted and now just a hulk with a number. Note the decommissioned SSN and SSBN hulls alongside to port. March 2008. CDR Pete Leenhouts, USN (Ret.)
Long Beach
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177k Ex- Long Beach (CGN 9), still moored at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in early 2009. Scott Roche

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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at Bremerton, Washington, 27 May 2011, during her Docking Planned Incremental Availability.

On the other side of the pier, between the camera and Nimitz, is what remains of the hull of ex-USS Long Beach (CGN 9).

Robert Hall

NS0268ara
61k USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at Bremerton, Washington, 27 May 2011, during her Docking Planned Incremental Availability.

On the other side of the pier, between the camera and Nimitz, is what remains of the hull of ex-USS Long Beach (CGN 9).

Robert Hall
Long Beach
04010982
240k A sad end to a gallant lady...  

  USS Long Beach (DLGN 160/CGN 160/CGN 9) collectibles and documents page  

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Wilkinson, Eugene Patrick, CAPT   VADM 09/09/1961 - 09/11/1963
Price Jr., Frank Hoblitzell, CAPT 1941 VADM 09/11/1963 - 08/23/1966
Wallace, Kenneth Carroll, CAPT 1943 RADM 08/23/1966 - 06/15/1968
Spencer, William Allen, CAPT 1947   06/15/1968 - 09/25/1972
Fahland, Frank Richard, CAPT   RADM 09/25/1972 - 10/24/1975
Schrader Jr., Harry Christian, CAPT 1955 VADM 10/24/1975 - 07/18/1978
Bossart Jr., Edmund Belfour, CAPT     07/18/1978 - 02/1982
Triggs III, Frederick, CAPT 1961   02/27/1982 - 02/23/1985
Weniger, Marvin Joseph, CAPT     02/1985 - 09/07/1987
Pollock III, John C., CAPT     09/07/1987 - 11/29/1990
Burns Jr., William Robert, CAPT 1967   11/'29/1990 - 04/14/1993
Bersticker, Keith Paul, CAPT 1971   04/14/1993 - 05/01/1995

(Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri, Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS LONG BEACH (CLGN 160/CGN 160/CGN 9) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Don Shade
Address: 251 Patterson Road Lot G-31, Haines City, FL 33844-6292
Phone: 866-3LB-CGN9
E-mail: LBCGN9@aol.com
Date: 10-16 September 2018
Location: Portland, ME

Date: 9-15 September 2019
Location: Norfolk, VA

Date: 14-20 September 2020
Location: Brookfield, WI


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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