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One of the reasons Long Beach was a single-ship class was because she was an experimental platform for these radars, which were precursors to the AN/SPY-1 phased array systems later installed on Aegis equipped Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. After flight ops, the battle group went up to 30 knots and after a couple of days, the Soviets had a replenishment ship come out and refuel the Kynda. There's also the dealing with the nuclear material generated. The missile cruiser had a complement of 1,160 officers and sailors. They would be replaced by the Ticonderoga (CG) and Arleigh Burke (DDG) classes, designed from the ground up with Aegis. I was there before the reactors were placed in the ship. A lot of the other locals told us they were just enjoying the unplanned holiday. Long Beach was ordered on October 15, 1956, laid on December 2, 1957 . In order to get back to the west coast, I took a shore duty assignment as a recruiter in the Los Angeles Navy Recruiting District. Hardbound cover with paper dust-jacket, large 9 x 12 format, 239 pages, group portraits by division, each sailor identified in sub-captions, and many scenes of shipboard life. Since he'd been a qualified diving officer on his sub, I believed him. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Our 1978 WESTPAC cruise wasn't greatly different from the one in 1976-1977. The missile launchers each created a large no-fire zone for the guns both forward and aft. The First Class Petty Officer was not the least bit happy and this impressed upon me to make absolutely sure that I did not disappoint my Leading Petty Officer! Afterward, we had a 'steel beach' cookout with burgers, hot dogs, and other cookout fare, but no alcohol. It was interesting driving from the right-hand side of the car and driving on the 'wrong' side of the road! Later in my career, when I was a senior chief (E8) on the COMNAVSURFPAC/COMNAVAIRPAC Nuclear Propulsion Mobile Training Team, I was instrumental in getting funds put into yard maintenance to move the crew ashore out of the industrial area. [citation needed]. She told me that she'd been interested in the HT position but after I explained the rarity of what she'd been offered, she agreed to take the air traffic controller training along with an advanced pay grade after boot camp. When I reported aboardLong Beach at NAS Coronado, I looked up at the ship in awe. I received orders to a nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) in New London, Connecticut instead. He regularly writes about military hardware, and is the author of several books on military headgear includingA Gallery of Military Headdress, which is available on Amazon.com. She was reclassified CGN-160 in early 1957, but was again reclassified as CGN-9 on 1 July 1957. It was one powerful radar system and we had a huge contingent of Navy Electronics Technicians (ETs) embarked aboard to maintain it. The force operated in the Mediterranean testing its unique capabilities until 31 July when it sailed under RADM Bernard M. Strean from Gibraltar on an aroundtheworld cruise. I asked what billets were available and was told they were on California, Texas, Arkansas and Long Beach. The Chief Classifier, who had attended recruiting school with me, called and told me my applicant was not going to enlist for the position he'd offered her. For nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the lack of stack gases and their corrosive effect on aircraft is another major benefit. Note the massive Talos missiles pointing skyward. A lot of the structural bulkheads were not complete and it was relatively easy to go from one end of the unfinished hull to the other. The world's first nuclear-powered surface fighter was the USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Additionally, Long Beach still had a Marine Detachment and I was able to learn from the Marine First Sergeant and the Gunny. 28 April 1964 Second deployment to the Mediterranean for "Nuclear Task Force One". Long Beach was commissioned first, in September 1961, and Enterprise in November of the same year. The Talos missile system and the SCANFAR radar system were just a couple of them. Long Beach was first laid out to be a smaller frigate, but then she was slated for the mounting of a Regulus nuclear cruise missile or later, four launch tubes for the Polaris missile which would occupy the space taken up by the 5"/38 caliber gun mounts and the ASROC system. E. P. Wilkinson in command. When we left Hawaii we sailed through the 'Bear Box' with EMCON (electronic emissions control) set to see if the Russian Bear reconnaissance planes could find us. Later that evening, the battlegroup had an exercise planned to try to fool any sub monitoring the group. While there, we noticed the Navy Exchange had t-shirts for sale calling USS Reeves (CG-24) 'the only real cruiser in town.' I asked what he had offered her and was told it was a special air traffic controller school which was a rare offering. Unfortunately, when I reached the one year of sea duty point, the program requirements had changed and a full sea tour was required (four years in my case). 2 October 1961 Change of Home port to Norfolk, Virginia. Required fields are marked *. I explained I wanted to try Aussie cuisine and then they took me to an out of the way diner and the food was great but not much different from home. The USS McClusky at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station on September 6, 2008. After that experience, I was very reluctant to send a female applicant for processing until I was working a booth at the Long Beach Grand Prix and met a Reserve Second Class who was a female and she relayed to me that her recruiter had been the guy who was the Chief Recruiter! Nimitz is the first in its class and the oldest commissioned aircraft carrier afloat., carrying with it a legacy of innovation, evolution and dominance. Following Vietnam, he was on the pre-commissioning crew of USS Gray (DE-1054), then director of Storekeeper Class C School at Naval Training Center (NTC) San Diego. The increase in size was to accommodate various missile systems, while a helicopter pad was installed at the stern of the ship however, she only carried helicopters during operations off Vietnam. This was a challenging time in the Navy. It was a self-paced course of 14 modules about electrical components, Ohm's Law and other required knowledge for electricians and electronic technicians. TheLong Beachwas powered bytwo C1W nuclear reactors, with two General Electric steam turbines, which provided 59.68 MW (80,000 shp). List of ships with the same or similar names, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Long_Beach&oldid=1052106706, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 27 October 2021, at 12:35. My first job on Long Beach was to qualify on the reactor plant. I remember during that same trip home we were in swells with water breaking over the 01 level forward! Due to cuts in the defense budget after the 1991 Gulf War, as well as the higher operating costs and number of crew required compared to conventionally powered ships, the decision was made to decommission all nuclear cruisers from the Navy as their reactor cores ran down. As one of a couple of 400 Hz maintenance techs onboard, it helped me advance in rate also. Regardless, the damage requiredLong Beach to stay in Pearl Harbor longer than planned and also necessitated going into drydock to replace the starboard shaft. [7] Because of this unusually high quantity of aluminum, she was assigned the voice radio call sign "Alcoa". Construction of nuclear-powered surface ships is only done at Newport News Shipyard and the maintenance is only done at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and the Portsmouth Naval shipyard, in addition to Newport News Shipbuilding. When it was running it required two 200kW motor-generator sets running in parallel to provide the 400Hz power the radar demanded. Initially, a Talos missile launcher was mounted to the stern of the ship, but it was later replaced by two box launchers for BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles, with each launching containing four missiles. CREATIVE. Floating battery (circa 1899), NH 97609 Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever Helicopter, NH 47545 Captain Frederick L. 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There were a few reasons for this such as the 'traditional' jobs a lot of females wanted were overfilled with females (administrative and medical positions mainly) and at the time the sea duty slots for females were few and far between. I knew Long Beach's capabilities and I also knew the Chief's accommodations were a bit better on Lang Beach compared with the other ships, even though Arkansas was much newer. Our next port visit after the conclusion of the exercise was Melbourne, Australia. For weapons, she had two twin rail launchers forward for Terrier missiles (and could carry over 100 of them), amidships she had an ASROC (anti-submarine rocket system) eight-cell launcher with reloading capability and two five-inch 38-caliber guns. Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Ford. [17] In 1975 the ship changed home ports to Naval Base San Diego, California. It was an interesting time to be a recruiter. They were both unique designs, each a kind of 'one-off' which generally doesn't do well for ship designs. USS LONG BEACH, the third ship in the Navy to bear the name, was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery consisting entirely of guided missiles. You could hear stuff crashing in the galley and out on the mess decks. It could stop on the 02 level (flag spaces), 03 level (CO's in-port cabin) and the 04 level as well (flag bridge & flag plot, a mini CIC). I was able to learn a lot about being a Command Master Chief from him. The district had one Saturday a month when they conducted enlistments otherwise it was a Monday through Friday operation, however, if you had not made 'goal' (put your four in the war we used to say), you were expected to work on Saturdays. The ship was originally designed with "all-missile" armament, but was fitted with two 5"/38 caliber gun mounts amidships on the orders of President John F. We had picked him up at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean around Labor Day and were to transfer him and his staff to the group relieving us (with the USS Iowa) but he didn't want us to leave as no other ship had the flag spaces we had. [citation needed], A deactivation ceremony occurred on 2 July 1994 at Norfolk Naval Station, and the ship was then towed over to Newport News Shipbuilding where her entire superstructure was removed and her reactors were defueled. That man is Douglas Healey. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. This operation, Sea Orbit, reminiscent of the cruise of the Great White Fleet in 19071909, demonstrated the strategic mobility of U.S. naval nuclearpowered surface forces independent of normal fleet logistic support. Technology. The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 H. J. Gerwien Release Status . The majority of the complicated work would be accomplished by the shipyard workers but the ship's crew would have maintenance to accomplish as well. Peter is also aContributing Writerfor Forbes. It was going through the drawdown of the post-Vietnam era and there was a severe shortage of leadership personnel at the First and Second Class Petty Officer levels (E6 and E5). [citation needed], After overhaul and installation of new equipment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Long Beach again trained in the Caribbean, and then sailed 6 August 1963 to join the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean for peacekeeping operations. I said yes to both and was tossed the keys to an MG 1100 to help ferry us back to town. [citation needed], There was originally a plan to fully upgrade Long Beach with an Aegis Combat System in the early 1990s, requiring that her superstructure be completely rebuilt. The first nuclearpower surface warship in history, USS Long Beach (CGN9) was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and home ported at Norfolk, Va. Her keel was laid down on 2 December 1957 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. We were told by some of the repair personnel in Subic that a part of a blade from the sub's screw was found embedded in the Kitty Hawk's bottom. Navy USN USS Texas CGN-39 Ship 5 inch Cap Hat Embroidered Patch EE1521 F6D24U. nuclear Aegis strike cruiser). On the way out, he pulled out a list of places that were 'off limits' from his pocket and crossed off the place we'd just left and announced: "now we know why that place is on the list!. Most naval history buffs can tell you that the USSNautilus(SSN-571) was theworlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine, while USSEnterprise(CVN-65) was thefirst nuclear-powered aircraft carrier yet many may wrongly assume that the carrier was also the first United State Navy surface warship to be powered by nuclear energy. Arkansas had a bit less than one-half the number of Long Beach's crew. At some point, Bainbridge required some maintenance and during my first tour on Long Beach, Truxtun had replaced Bainbridge as the third ship of the 'nuclear trio.' The United States Navy (USN) ship is a one-time member of the Long Beach-class and on paper the successor to the Providence-class cruisers, eventually replaced by the Albany-class cruiser group. When this was done at dinner time we'd call it 'having dinner rolls.'. I received some extra 'military instruction' that evening. Equipment wise, it had two twin arm mark 26 missile launchers fed by a rotary magazine but carried fewer Standard Missiles (the new name for the updated Terrier missiles) and it had the unmanned five-inch gun mounts like the Spruance class destroyers had. 12, 2022) Sailors aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) assemble on the flight deck and form a human 100 to commemorate the centennial of the aircraft carrier. There were two recruiters assigned, including me. [8], Returning to Norfolk, Virginia 7 February 1962, Long Beach, trained off the east coast and in the Caribbean. Task Force 1 left Gibraltar on July 31, sailed down the Atlantic Ocean and then around Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and then to the Pacific Ocean before rounding Cape Horn. 1968. USS Jenkins later sank an enemy barge to the east of Hollandia, killing nine Japanese. Long Beach had two pressurized water reactors, two main engines, twin screws and twin rudders. We were even told not to send a female applicant, as enlistment candidates were called, for processing unless they were willing to accept a 'non-traditional' position such as an engineering job. She symbolizes a time when nuclear power was in its ascendance. He went back to sea duty on USS Dixie (AD-14) for three years and then his final tour was at Fleet Assistance Group, San Diego. USS Long Beach Long Beach, first nuclear-powered cruiser, launched by the U.S. Navy in 1959. They both can accomplish the same tasks without a huge difference in performance. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-2 and then in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Shii (PF-17) and Shii (PF-297) and YAS-44 Construction and commissioning. Prior to Electrician's Mate Class A school, I attended Basic Electricity/Electronics school at NTC San Diego. 2 December 1957 Keel laid in Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Laid down asCG (N) 9, 2 December 1957 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Mass. As we were entering the harbor where Yokosuka is located, the Cheng (Chief Engineer) gave the ship a history lesson on how we avoided severely damaging the Yokosuka Naval Base so the US Navy could use the facilities after the Second World War, especially the dry dock facilities where the Yamato was berthed during the war. She was launched 14 July 1959, sponsored by Mrs. Marian Swanson-Hosmer, the wife of Rear Admiral Craig Hosmer (USNR, Ret. I believe, each one of my supervisors who gave their approval thought that someone above them would disapprove my request. Fortunately for me, my wife had a sister who lived near the base and was able to pick me up. She was commissioned on September 9, 1961 under the command of then-Captain Eugene Parks Wilkinson, who had previously served as the first commanding officer for the USS Nautilus. I finished the course in just under a week. One of my friends who was supposed to transfer around the same time as me, but was unable to get off the ship. When I arrived, I requested permission to enter and when I entered, my father was sitting there drinking coffee with the battalion commander. I was scheduled to transfer from Long Beach in late October but because of a cyclone in the vicinity of the Philippines, I left the ship from Subic Bay as it was making preparations to get underway for storm evasion. It has changed quite a bit over the years. 1969. Long Beach had the cradles for the Harpoon anti-ship missiles on the fantail now. Vietnam War: View of USS New Jersey Iowa-class battleship during Family Day at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Considering Arkansas and Long Beach each had essentially the same role in a battle group, I've always felt Long Beach was more capable. After the order swap was approved, the sub-qualified sailors at S5G facility gave me a hard time constantly. I asked to speak with my applicant and we talked about the position she'd been offered. The SAM capabilities were also upgraded to allow using the Standard missile. Image Credit: Creative Commons. Since she was built as a true cruiser, Long Beach had a flag bridge and quarters to carry an admiral and his staff. The USS Long Beach was commissioned in 1961 and was the world's first nuclear-powered surface ship and the last true cruiser built by the United States after World War II. Long Beach's deployment as the flagship of the Surface Action Group (SAG) alongside the Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey was a very interesting deployment. It was a different ceremony than what's conducted today, not better or worse, just different. In a lot of aspects, the difference between the two is not unlike the difference between a 1960 family sedan and a 1979 model from the same manufacturer. She was the only ship of her class. Your email address will not be published. On the other hand, the ship didn't pitch much (move up and down bow to stern). American ships were still dry. 6 August 1963 First deployment to the Mediterranean. [8], Long Beach returned to Norfolk from this cruise 3 October 1964 to join in exercises off the east coast and in the Caribbean. This tour of duty in West Pac ended with her arrival again at Long Beach on 16 November. I was one of the first Electrician's Mates to qualify at S5G. 15 September 1976 Seventh West Pacific deployment. $8.99 + $0.87 shipping. It was during this cruise that my orders to Class C School at NTC Great Lakes in Illinois came. [12], Long Beach was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and home ported at Naval Station Norfolk. It marked the final end of the worlds first nuclear-powered surface warship. The rest of the cruise was fairly uneventful and we were able to return home. Learn about the amazing history of this formidable naval vessel and join in with former shipmates to read of their sea stories and what life was really like aboard the Gray Lady in our groups and forum; from the bridge down to the nuclear reactors in engineering - and it's all 100% FREE - NO . When it wound down, one of the locals asked if there were anyone who was sober and could drive a stick shift. There was a line of well over a block to visit Long Beach and one could walk right up and go on the Melbourne. Soon after we noticed the Victor III on the surface, dead in the water. Just as Kitty Hawk started to move away from Wabash, they passed a canex (cancel the exercise) call over ship-to-ship communications followed by "I think we (theKitty Hawk) hit something.". Arkansas' missile launcher and gun mount positions seemed poorly thought out to me. As one of the experienced electricians assigned, I was on the space turn over crew which consisted of ensuring the spaces met the Navy's specifications (you can read more about this tense process here). Once again, we were anchored out mainly due to being nuclear powered. The guided missile frigate USS McClusky was commissioned in 1982 . The USS Long Beach followed in 1961 as the first nuclear-powered cruiser with two reactors. A. USS Long Beach (CGN 9) (ex-CGN 160, CLGN 160) USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery consisting of guided missiles. An interesting note is that whenLong Beach pulled out, she left about 375 sailors behind who didn't get back to the ship before it left to avoid the storm. Long Beach had six 2500 kW turbine generators and two 1000 kW emergency diesel generators. This is the first in our series about all things Nuclear. In Electrician's Mate Class A school we learned about motors generators, shipboard distribution and troubleshooting electrical systems. The Long Beach had been refueled during her 1970, 1980, and 1992 refits. [4] Long Beach was the last cruiser built with a World War II-era cruiser hull style,[5][6] as later new-build cruisers were built with different hull forms, such as the converted frigates Leahy(DLG-16), Bainbridge(DLGN-25), Belknap(DLG-26), Truxtun(DLGN-35), and the California and Virginia classes, or the Ticonderoga-class cruiser that was built on a Spruance-class destroyer hull. It was the first record use of naval SAMs in combat conditions. More Almost everyone was very friendly. I hit my head while working under the conference table, swore and wondered what kind of idiot wanted so many outlets under the table. Bipartisan. USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) is the single vessel of the Long Beach class nuclear powered guided missile cruiser built by the USN during the late 1950's and into the early 1960's, most recognizable by her large and blocky superstructure she can be considered as the last true cruiser of the US Navy as ever since then US cruiser classes have normally been based on and/or are enlarged . Both ships were open for visitors. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach, California. The reactor plants were similar between Enterprise and 'The Beach' but there were enough differences that they were considered separate designs. $12.84. Long Beach deployed throughout the 1980s, conducting Tomahawk cruise missile test launches and exercises. In 1968, the ship was redeployed to the Gulf of Tonkin, shooting down a MiG 21 jet fighter near Vinh, with a RIM-8 Talos missile on 23 May 1968,[13][14] at a range of 65 miles (105km). During her second deployment to the Gulf of Tonkin, Talos missiles fired from the cruiser destroyed two Vietnamese MiG-17s at a range of 70 miles. A single ship class, Long Beach was the first nuclear-powered surface warship and the last of US Navy traditional cruiser hulls (all subsequent cruisers were mostly scaled-up destroyer hulls). This didn't necessarily please the zone supervisor, but he couldn't say much as we were exceeding our goal each month. During this time, it was decided the Navy needed more recruits from the Hispanic community. For a complete history ofUSSLong Beach(CGN9) please see its DANFS page. AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene: Two Sides of the Same Coin. She deployed to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, then circumnavigating the world with the nuclear powered USS ENTERPRISE and USS BAINBRIDGE in Operation Sea Orbit. In 1987 we were returning home to San Diego and because of the prevailing seas and our required course resulted in us taking seas on the port beam. Some of the protesters told me it wasn't anything against us, our ship or America, they were getting well paid to protest and they'd protest their own mom for the right amount. Long Beach received a Navy Unit Commendation for the actions. Long Beach steamed over 30,000 miles in 58 days at an average speed of 25 knots, without being refueled or resupplied. 13 May 1986 11th West Pacific deployment. On March 20, 1922 the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as the USS Langley (CV 1), the U. S. Navys first aircraft carrier. I finished boot camp as a company honor man and with scholastic honors. She returned to Norfolk 20 December for coastal and Caribbean operations through 28 April 1964 when she sailed for the Mediterranean again to join aircraft carrier USSEnterprise(CVN-65) and guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge, in the formation of the first all nuclearpowered task group on 13 May. 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