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USS Long Beach: The U.S. Navy's 'Last' Cruiser Was a Nuclear 'Monster' Russia Hated
Summary and Key Points: USS Long Beach (CGN-9) holds a unique place in naval history as the first nuclear-powered surface warship and the first cruiser built from the keel up since WWII.
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USS Long Beach: The Navy’s Nuclear-Powered Cruiser That Killed MiG Fighters
One advance was USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Commissioned on September 9, 1961, Long Beach was the world’s first nuclear-powered ...
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‘It feels very lonely’: 80 years after D-Day, only 2 USS Nevada crew members remain
Dick Ramsey was on board the USS ... Long Beach, California. ‘It feels very lonely’ Now 80 years after D-Day, Ramsey, a former coxswain for the U.S. Navy, is one of the only two living crew ...