One advance was USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Commissioned on September 9, 1961, Long Beach was the world’s first nuclear-powered surface combatant, marking a great evolution in naval warfare ...

Although the USS Long Beach was designed as an “all missile” ship from the start, she was also constructed with two gun mounts amidships at President John F. Kenney’s order.

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 years mothballed ...