USS Long Beach

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament gptkb:ASROC_launcher
torpedo tubes
5-inch guns
RIM-24 Tartar missiles
RIM-8 Talos missiles
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:beam 73 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Long_Beach-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 9 September 1961
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement approx. 1,160
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 May 1995
gptkbp:displacement 15,540 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:features only ship of her class
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Long Beach
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CGN-9
gptkbp:laidDown 2 December 1957
gptkbp:launched 14 July 1959
gptkbp:length 721 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Long_Beach
gptkb:The_Fighting_Lady
gptkbp:notableFor first nuclear-powered surface combatant
last cruiser built on a traditional cruiser hull in the US Navy
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Operation_Sea_Orbit
gptkbp:propulsion 2 steam turbines
2 nuclear reactors
gptkbp:radar SCB-199 phased array radar
gptkbp:scrapped 2012
gptkbp:scrappingBegan 2002
gptkbp:speed over 30 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CGN-9
gptkb:guided_missile_cruiser_(CG-11)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7