USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USN, 1977, 1970s, Navy, Photo

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Code Number:: MYNV18P03_07
Title:: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser, USN, 1977, 1970s; Ordered: 15/10/1956
Laid down: 02/12/1957
Launched: 14/07/1959
Commissioned: 09/09/1961
Decommissioned: 01/05/1995
Struck: 01/05/1995
Displacement: 15,540 tons
Length: 220 meters (721 feet 3 inches)
Beam: 21.8 meters (71 feet 6 inches)
Draft: 9.3 meters (30 feet 7 inches)
Propulsion: 2x C1W nuclear reactors; 2 General Electric turbines; 80,000 shp; 2x screws
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 1160 officers and men
Armament: 2x twin Terrier guided missile launchers
1x twin Talos guided missile launcher
1x 8-tube ASROC launcher
2 5 in/38 (2 1)
2 12.75 in torpedo tubes (2 2)
aircraft: None; landing pad for one helicopter
Motto: "Strike Hard, Strike Home"
Keywords:: Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force

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Code Number:: MYNV18P03_07
Title:: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser, USN, 1977, 1970s; Ordered: 15/10/1956
Laid down: 02/12/1957
Launched: 14/07/1959
Commissioned: 09/09/1961
Decommissioned: 01/05/1995
Struck: 01/05/1995
Displacement: 15,540 tons
Length: 220 meters (721 feet 3 inches)
Beam: 21.8 meters (71 feet 6 inches)
Draft: 9.3 meters (30 feet 7 inches)
Propulsion: 2x C1W nuclear reactors; 2 General Electric turbines; 80,000 shp; 2x screws
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 1160 officers and men
Armament: 2x twin Terrier guided missile launchers
1x twin Talos guided missile launcher
1x 8-tube ASROC launcher
2 5 in/38 (2 1)
2 12.75 in torpedo tubes (2 2)
aircraft: None; landing pad for one helicopter
Motto: "Strike Hard, Strike Home"
Keywords:: Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
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