USS LONG BEACH

The USS Long Beach was the World’s first nuclear-powered surface ship thanks to its two C1W reactors, the same ones carried by the CVN-65 USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. It was also the first entirely missile-armed ship when it entered service in 1961 and has also been the largest combat ship built for the US Navy since the end of World War II. This ship had several designations, the first was CLGN-160 during its design, later it was changed to CGN-160 and shortly after, in July 1957, it was definitively named CGN-9. It had installed the AN/SPS-32 and AN/SPS-33 radars as well as the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, which gave her the characteristic and huge command tower. It participated in the Vietnam War quite successfully, carrying out the first shoot down of a North Vietnamese MiG fighter using SAM missiles launched from a ship.

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Country of origin

United States

Builder

Bethlehem Steel Co.

Type

Nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser

Entered service

1961

Complement

1,160

Displacement, (full load)

17,350 tonnes

Dimensions (length x beam x draught)

219.84 x 22.30 x 8.80 meters

Power plant

2 x Westinghouse C1W nuclear reactors, 2 GE geared turbines

Power, (total)

80,000 shp

Shafts - Screws

2 shafts – 2 screws

Speed

30 Knots (55 km/h)

Guns/CIWS

Since 1962: 2 x 127/38mm Mk.30 guns in single mounts
Since 1980: 2 x 127/38mm Mk.30 guns in single mounts + 2 x 20mm six barreled Vulcan Phalanx Mk.15 CIWS

Torpedoes

6 x 324mm torpedo tubes in triple Mk.32 assemblies

ASW armament

1 x 8-cells ASROC missile launcher

SAM launcher

Since 1961: 2 x twin Terrier missile launcher with 40+80 missiles + 1 x twin Talos missile launcher with 46 missiles
Since 1980: 2 x twin Mk.10 launchers for Standard SM.1ER missiles

SSM launcher

Since 1980: 2 x 4-cells Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher

Cruise missile launcher

Since 1985: 2 x 4-cells BGM.109 Tomahawk missile launchers