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USS Long Beach: The Navy’s ‘Nuclear-Powered’ Cruiser Broke All the Rules

Key Points - The USS Long Beach (CGN-9), commissioned in 1961, was the US Navy's first nuclear-powered surface warship and the world's first nuclear-powered cruiser. -Its two reactors gave it ...
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Cruiser USS Princeton, destroyer USS Sterett return home after 9-month deployment

More than 700 sailors returned to San Diego this week after a nine-month deployment that took them far from home and close to the hot spots in the Middle East. The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Navy is retiring the last of its storied cruisers. To San Diego veterans, they were ‘the pinnacle of naval power.’

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 ...
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2 guided missile cruisers decommissioned in Virginia after 36 years of service

This story has been corrected. The USS Normandy and USS Philippine Sea, both Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers, saw their respective 36 years of service honored at decommissioning ceremonies ...
Detroit News

Navy retiring last of storied cruisers. To San Diego veterans, they were ‘pinnacle of naval power’

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 ...