USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Milestones

Milestones

• 2 December 1957 — Keel laid in Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts.
• 14 July 1959 — launching; Mrs. Craig Hosmer christened the ship as her sponsor.
• 5 July 1961 — USS Long Beach underway for the first time using her own nuclear power.
• 9 September 1961 — USS Long Beach is commissioned as the first nuclear powered surface vessel at the Boston Naval Shipyard.
• 2 October 1961 — Change of Home port to Norfolk, Virginia.
• 1 August 1963 — 1st deployment to the Mediterranean
• 28 April 1964 — 2nd deployment to the Mediterranean for "Nuclear Task Force One".
• 15 March 1966 — USS Long Beach and City of Long Beach, California unite for first time.
• 7 November 1966 — 1st West Pac deployment.
• 1 May 1967 — Deployed to Gulf of Tonkin.
• 15 April 1968 — 2nd West Pac deployment.
• 11 August 1969 — 3rd West Pac deployment.
• 1 July 1970 — USS Long Beach begins refueling at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
• 28 March 1972 — 4th West Pac deployment.
• 1 May 1973 — 5th West Pac deployment.
• 7 November 1974 — 6th West Pac deployment.
• 7 June 1975 — Change of homeport to San Diego, California.
• 15 September 1976 — 7th West Pac deployment.
• 4 April 1978 — 8th West Pac deployment.
• 7 January 1980 — 9th West Pac deployment.
• 6 October 1980 — Begins Comprehensive Overhaul Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
• 13 January 1984 — 10th West Pac deployment.
• 9 January 1985 — Selected Restricted Availability at Bremerton, Washington.
• 13 May 1986 — 11th West Pac deployment.
• 25 July 1987 — 12th West Pac deployment.
• 19 October 1987 — Participated in Kuwaiti tanker reflagging and provided anti-aircraft cover during Operation Nimble Archer.
• 13 October 1988 — North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ship Visit.
• 18 September 1989 — 13th West Pac deployment/world cruise.
• 28 May 1991 — 14th West Pac deployment in support of Operation Provide Comfort.
• 8 April 1992 — Comprehensive overhaul, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
• 12 May 1993 — Underway Counter Narcotics Patrol, Central America.
• 8 November 1993 — Underway Counter Narcotics Patrol, Caribbean.
• 6 May 1994 — Change of homeport to Norfolk, Virginia.
• 2 July 1994 — Deactivation ceremony, Norfolk Naval Station.
• 20 March 1995 — Removal of superstructure, reactors and radioactive parts completed.
• 13 July 2012 — Sold by auction for scrap, Bremerton, WA.