Long Beach class cruiser
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| Long Beach-class guided missile cruiser | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class type: | Guided missile cruiser |
| Class name: | Long Beach, California |
| Preceded by: | Providence class cruiser |
| Succeded by: | Albany class cruiser |
| Ships of the line: | Long Beach (CGN-9) |
USS Long Beach (CGN-9, ex-CGN-160, ex-CLGN-160) was the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant, and the last cruiser built in the US Navy to a cruiser design (all subsequent cruisers were built on scaled-up destroyer hulls). She was commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1995.