USS Long Beach Was The Powerhouse Nuclear Cruiser The U.S. Navy Never Repeated

USS Long Beach Was The Powerhouse Nuclear Cruiser The U.S. Navy Never Repeated

The remaining hull of ex-USS Long Beach (CGN-9) sits at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, stripped of the superstructure that once made it one of the most recognizable warships in the U.S. Navy. The bow and stern are gone. The reactors have been defueled. The ship that entered service in 1961 as the first nuclear-powered surface warship in history is now listed by the Navy as stricken, with final disposition pendi…