USS LONG BEACH CGN 9
"THE NAVYS ONLY "REAL CRUISER""
FACT'S

Keel Laid:                                                                       December 2, 1957
Launched:                                                                        July 14, 1959
Commissioned:                                                                September 9, 1961
Length:                                                                            721 Feet
Mast Height:                                                                   220 Feet From Keel To Top
Probulsion:                                                                       Steam Powered By 2 Nuclear                                                                                           Reactors.
Crew:                                                                                66 Officers
                                                                                          853 Enlisted Men
Armament:                                                                       Tomahawk Missile System
                                                                                          Terrier Missile System
                                                                                          Talos Missile System
                                                                                          Harpoon Missile System
                                                                                          2 5"/38 Gun Mounts
                                                                                          1 ASROC Launcher
                                                                                          PHALANX CIWs
Inactivated:                                                                       July 02, 1994
Decommissioned:                                                             May 01, 1995
Present Location:                                                             Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Status:                                                                               Awaiting final scrapping
 


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