Summary and Key Points: The USS Long Beach (CGN-9) holds the distinction of being the first nuclear-powered surface warship, preceding even the USS Enterprise in that category. Originally intended to.

USS Long Beach CGN-9 Association, Inc., has scheduled its 2003 reunion Sept., 8 through 14 at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, 4243 Genesee St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14225. For reservations call (716) 634-2300 ...

On July 31, 1964, three US Navy ships set off on a mission to sail around the world. The ships were all nuclear-powered and composed the first task force of its kind in history. Their goal was to show ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The world's first nuclear-powered surface warship, the USS Long Beach, was put up for auction as scrap metal on Tuesday to be dismantled and recycled, after spending the past 17 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: At the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the advantage of nuclear-powered surface ships lessened. During American unipolarity, there was not a clear reason for ...

San Diego – Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding presence in San Diego Bay. He’d caught ...