NavalShips: USS Long Beach CGN-9 [10/09/2018]
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2018
- NavalShips: USS Long Beach CGN-9
Episode 2 of NavalShips(VERSION2)
USS Long Beach (CGN-9), the Nuclear Cruiser. Short amateur documentary on the historic naval vessel that was powered by nuclear propulsion and served as a test platform for developing many modern military technological advancements.
USS Long Beach - The Nuclear Cruiser
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I am a man of 82 years old , I worked on installing the mounting blocks for the radar system on the " Long Beach ".
This took place at the Fore River ship yard in Quincy , Ma.. The welder and I were working on two wooden planks, so high up that at first it scared the crap out of me. In time I became use to the high and the danger that we faced daily.. A memory not soon forgotten, later I joined the US Navy and became a Seabee.
At 17 years old ( mother signed me into the U.S. Navy ) I served on the USS Longbeach CGN-9 from '73-'76, wes/pac tour . It was a hell of a time for a farm boy from Bloomfield ,N.M.
87 Westpac! USS Tripoli
The USS Long Beach was named after my hometown of LB, Ca.. Even when I was a kid in the 80's, tried my best to use the kit for the model. Fast forward several years and after I joined the Navy the last time I saw her when my first ship was leaving San Diego Bay and the USS L.B. was moored at Pt. Loma but there was nothing but her main deck and below that was visible. She has a very unique hull for the early 1990s. So streamlined and so graceful. Sad to see her go. Sad to see that the 21st Century US Navy has a "cookie cutter" fleet.
My Grandfather served on the Long Beach, his stories about his time of the Long Beach when I was young used to always captivate me. I remember when he told me that they had started recycling the ship and it was going to be turned into radioactive razor blades. Much Love
I served aboard 5 ships in my 12 years in, a DDG, an FBM submarine, two submarine tenders, and lastly a Los Angeles class fast attack.
Every. Ship. I. Was. Ever. On. was decommissioned and scrapped, except for the DDG which was sunk off Kauai as part of a RimPac exercise (DDG-14, and they couldn't sink her, they had to board and set scuttling charges to send her down). The reactor plants of the two nuclear submarines are in storage in Washington State, at Hanford.
I served in the Marine Detachment for three years on the USS LongBeach when it's home port was in LongBeach & then moved to Coronado down in San Diego. I did two West Pac cruises. This was an awesome ship & I have some great memories from California and the two overseas cruises. RIP CGN-9... Thank you for the video.
I served with you , I was a Hull tech in R-division .
I reported aboard the Long Beach in April 1988. I was an electrician's mate in the nuclear propulsion program. I was onboard for almost 4 years. I was on 2 west pac cruises, one of which turned into a circumnavigation of the globe as we escort USS Enterprise to the Atlantic for her refueling. I went on terminal leave in March 1992 just a few week before what I thought was to be her next refueling.
I went aboard in Nov 1961, just after commissioning, and served for three years as a Talos missileman (first as GS, then MT, then FTM as the rates changed) until Nov 64. I still come back often to look for pics and videos...Thanks for this one! Harold (Wally) Wallace MT2
My grandfather was the radio operator during it's commissioning. I recently inherited his Plank owner award. Lots of cool facts about this.
My Father was on this ship. He called it a cruiser.
@@lancebangwell Hi Lance, He was correct. It was called "The Only True Cruiser," since it was built from the ground up to serve as a cruiser. Others had been modified to fill that role...regards, Wally
Hello "Wally".... Hey, I'm a model ship-builder and Navy Veteran on FF/FFGs, but I was curious...... you said in your comment that you were a GS (?) BUT Now GS rating is for Gas Turbine technician, were you a "GS" or did it have a different name back then when you served on "Beach"??
I understand MT and FTM ratings ( that makes sense )........... Just curious, and asking seriously.
Mario (Moe) Mares OS1
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Did u get my reply?
I was in the USN from ‘90-‘94 and was stationed on her for 2 years from ‘90-‘92 went on a West - Pac ( 1990 ) and a refit and refuel in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, WA. ( 1992 ). I miss that Big Girl..⚓️👍
If she was made out of steel and had a better super structure she would have been a perfect platform for railgun deployment currently.
I liked the video, thank you. I had a 21 year Navy career, several exciting commands and good people but nothing compares to my time aboard Long Beach. I never saw a finer crew, before or after. There was something about that ship. It was my absolute privilege to serve aboard the Grey Lady!
What yrs?
Thanks for the video. I was apart of the decom crew. She was one of kind and I'm proud to say I served aboard the Grey Lady. Strike Hard Strike Home.
The sound left much to be desired, it kept bouncing loud to quiet, but a great video... Very informative! Thank you for posting!
77-80, wow what ship, as SK3 I was one proud sailor & I am still one today, best duty I ever had!
Right about that . I was onboard 3 years five months 28 days 1989 to 1993
The USS LONG BEACH is the fastest most majestic ship I ever served on, and I served on 20. If was a sin to scrap this hull. any American port city would have been proud to maintain this nautical work of art for generations to come. all we have now are pictures and for a lucky few, memories of cutting through the sea like no other.
That is absolutely the truth
Decommissioned nuclear ships are really not candidates for use as memorials.
To deactivate them, you have to gut the ship in order to remove the reactor plants along with their contaminated auxiliary systems, step one being the removal of the superstructure. At the end of the plant ripout, there isn't much ship left, sorry. and, unlike the Russians, we don't leave intact decommissioned nuclear warships lying about for decades.
I am a plankowner on the gray lady, i was stationed on APL-29, set beside here , and when ready for crew ,went aboard. that was early 61, left here in 63, was et striker, ended up as sk3
Thank you for redoing the video. I spent my entire naval career on this ship. Felt a little sad to see her go.
Very proud to have served on the Grey Lady from 1985-1990. Strike Hard, Strike Home!
Great! She was a real beauty!
Great remake job, just as the Long Beach di, we did our job with pride, as the Flag, we did hold our heads high for a reason. Thanks to all who have kelp her memory alive! Peace
1991 - 1993 Wow has time gone by. I think of her quite often.
"A" Gang 1976-78
Homeport: Coronado Island, San Diego, CA
Did two WES-PAC Cruises ....
Worked in the shaft alley below the mess deck Starboard side caring for the 50 & 70 ton chill water A/C units and demineralizer units .. Also worked the 20 ton units for the refrigeration.
A- Gang berthed just above after steering in those days... it took me months to finally get used to the noise and vibrations to be able to sleep in that compartment !
The Grey Lady was a beautiful and clean ship with excellent crew and Captain.
Admiral Schrader was highly respected and a real pleasure to serve under.
I was on the 9 during the Viet Nam deployment in 71-72, FA DO, I remember many watches during transit on the bridge watching the sun drop below the horizon, and come up. My watch job was the Wep Officer in CIC when OTL. I did three one month line periods, was there when Haiphong was mined (did not get any shots), was denied a shot because Nancy was in Hanoi ( had a target, a Talos on the rail, all the lights on the WAC), I watched the 32 with the guys on watch, and we found as many targets as ops div did. I remember hearing Bird Free, then hearing the noise. I also did two years in Mare Island before the cruise during the overhaul, staying in the BOQ, making many trips to Tahoe. When I first got to my bunk and settled in I remember thinking three years would be forever, but it seems like I was headed for Clark a day or two later when my time was up. I remember the ride on the big mama to the carrier, waiting three days for the COD to Da Nang, spent maybe 30 seconds in Da Nang. I got an early out, about three weeks early. I remember being so short I could fall in the cracks between the floor tiles. Does anyone remember my boss Frank, or the 5 chiefs I worked for, I learned a lot from all of them. I just looked at all the videos, hoping to see some of the guys in FA. I am now 76, still remember, wish I could do it again.
Proud to serve on her and was part of the decommissioning crew!
Why all the aircraft carrier footage in a nuclear cruiser video?
I did 13 total years onboard over three tours ('74-'77, ''80-87, '91-'92). Six or seven deployments to WESPAC (I missed the round the world cruise, though). Some interesting times...
I left her in 1971, it was the time of my life really. She sure liked to roll but when we were in a typhoon it was walking on the bulkheads. Went to the galley and just as I got there a guy threw up in his tray and it slid past several others. It turned into a mass puke session, I turned around and skipped that meal. LOL
Made the ‘84 deployment onboard as the Gunnery Asst. Worked with a grunch of great shipmates, crossed the line, and learned to appreciate the talents of those with whom I worked. Let lifetime event.
I was aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV63 WestPac 1984 and steamed with USS Long Beach. Small world shipmate, Aloha.
@@frjamesrobinson9648Aloha Shipmate. Bet we passed in Olongapo, Philippines 🇵🇭.
The actual first attempt at AEGIS.
I served on board, 92-94, part of the decom crew. Thanks for the video.
Awesome video. I was the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the tow from Newport News VA to Bremerton WA to include transit of the Panama Canal. Truly an awesome warship.
Chuck Forry - 1986 - 1990 CIWS Fox division There were triple battle E's on those CIWS mounts when I left.
Chuck, thank you for your service!! and for checking out the channel!! Feel free to reach out if you have any ideas, stories, photos/videos, or anything else you'd like to comment on!! For sure would like to get more veterans on the channel!!
Excellent. Thank you. CG 9 paved the way.
I spent two years on the Longbeach as a Talos missile fire control radar tech and was on the ship for the Sea Orbit round the world cruise. Such a wonderful experience with treasured memories.
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS VIDEO AND WHAT A TRUE GEM SHE WAS!!!!......I AM ONE OF THOSE (Most likely in the Minority of Thought!) That STILL BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A VERY STRONG NEED FOR THE "NUCLEAR" CLASS OF CRUISERS!!!.....I UNDERSTAND THE ADDED COSTS AND TRAINING THAT ARE NEEDED ABOARD SUCH VESSELS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO BLUE "DEEP" WATER AND BE ABLE TO GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT TAKING ON BAD "Sabotaged" FUEL FROM FOREIGN PORTS (I.e. Fuel with water or other possible corrosives within!) .....I AM FULLY AWARE THAT ALL FUEL TAKEN ONTO OUR A. BURKE CLASS DDG's IS METICULOUSLY TESTED, BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW PULLING ONE OF OUR WARSHIPS INTO POSSIBLE HOSTILE REFUELING PORTS CAN LEAD TO DISASTER! JUST REMEMBER THE BRAVE SAILORS KILLED, AND INJURED ON THE USS COLE!!....... IM AM 53 YEARS OLD, NEVER SERVED (Although I tried to Enlist in '91 (First Iraqi War) BUT THEY SAID I WAS TOO OLD!! AND THEREFORE HARDER TO TRAIN (As the Recruitment Office said that People that are Older, if even by a few years then their Bootcamp Soldiers, Sailors, Thats where the highest contingent of washouts arise from...(I guess they are the experts on these matters!)........BUT I ALSO KNOW THE THE A. BURKE DDG's ARE THE B-E-S-T "MOST LETHAL" DESTROYER ON THE GLOBE!!!......JUST CHANG THE WARHEADS TO NUCLEAR TIPPED VERSION OF THE 60 "TOMAHAWK" (Telephone Poles) AND YOU HAVE YOURSELF A CONTINENT SWEEPER!! LOL! ; ) .........BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE COULD USE MUCH MORE "TRUE" CRUISERS TO EXPONENTIALLY BOLSTER OUR (BY FAR, THE BEST IN THE WORLD NAVY!) ......I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE STILL A FEW SEMI-ACTIVE TICONDEROGA CRUISERS THAT THEY CAN SEND OUT, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, MOST ARE IN PORT JUST SITTING THERE!!...(I JUST HOPE MY HERO, DONALD J. TRUMP CAN HOLD THE HOUSE AN SENATE FOR THE REST OF HIS TERM!! I PRAY TO GOD FOR A BID RED WAVE TOMORROW!! ) AND I THINK THAT WE WILL SEE SOME REAL MUCH NEEDED UPGRADES TO THESE "LIGHT CRUISERS" AND HAVE ANOTHER 2-5 MORE "FORD CLASS" CVN-F's KEELS LAID DOWN......HAVE ELECTRIC BOAT COME UP WITH A SUCCESSOR TO OUR AGING "OHIO CLASS" BOOMER SUBS!..........AND THE US, GB, NATO AND OUR GREAT FRIENDS INDIA (DON'T FORGET ISRAEL!) .........AND WORLD PEACE IS IN THE BAG!!!...FOREVER! AS EVEN 3 FRONT WAR WOULD NEVER EVER BE CONTEMPLATED BY OUR "NOT SO NICE, GLOBE SHARERS!!... i.e. CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA (WHICH IS CHINA's LITTLE WOODE "PUPPET" THAT JUST MIGHT GIVE CHINA A UNEXPECTED "SPLINTER" RIGHT IN CHINA's FINGER ONE DAY! LOL) .........WELL ENOUGH OF MY ALL CAPS "BLABBING" LOL! .......JUST LOVE TO SEE OUR NAVY UP TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE!!!......LETS FACE IT.....WHAT DOES (AND ALWAYS HAS) THE USA MANUFACTURED THE BEST......DEFENSIVE, AND OFFENSIVE W-E-A-P-O-N-S !!!!!.......AND WE HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED TO!!......IT STARTED WAY BACK IN THE 1770's THEN AGAIN RIGHT BACK AT IT IN 1812.....THEN WE "AHEM" BECAME ALLIES WITH ENGLAND, (BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR BUTTS THEY WERE A WATCHING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR!.....AND OH-BOY WOULD THINGS BE MUCH!DIFFERENT IF THE USA CIVAL WAR TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY!!!..... MAGA 2020!!!...AND PENCE IN 2024!!!........
So much caps
thank you for the video.. I was on board in Bremerton when they found the reactor safety plates were worn badly and needed repairs. After this was reported .. due to high costs of repairs, and to refuel were to expensive. It was decided to decom the ship.. also less Enterprise ops
A new, better version of this video is in the works. If you'd be interested in contributing part of your experiences, please email me at roadblocksdefense@gmail.com
Thanks shipmate.
2 years of my life station on her... 1982 / 84
MARDET CGN9... WESTPAC 1-84... 🦅🌐⚓
We left North Island NAS on Friday 13 JAN 84. We were to be in Pearl Harbor for only 3 days. Enroute, saboteurs drained the lube from the #1 prop'/-shaft bearings and needed to be in drydock for repairs. The new bearing was shipped from Norfolk VA thru the Panama Canal to Hawaii. We were there for 3 additional weeks while the battle group steamed onward to Subic Bay. We missed the first "Liberty Call" at PI, we rendezvoused with the USS Kitty Hawk in time to participate in Team Spirit 84... 🦅🌐⚓
Ha, so glad to hear from a Long Beach Jarhead, especially one from the same time that I was aboard!!!!!! And guess what?!?!?!? When we pulled into Hawaii on January 30th for the 3 week repair, that day was my 21st birthday as well!!!!!!!! So basically I spent an all expenses paid by the US taxpayer 3 week birthday vacation in Hawaii!!!!! Thanks America! 🍹
Bravo Zulu on this video.
It was a pretty COOL SHIP I LIKE THAT BOX SUPERSTRUCTURE
Thank you for the history of the ship and thank you for not using that dammed computer voice..
Checked onboard in 1979. Great job on this video.
Served on the Long Beach in A Gang from 90-93.
Hey, 'ROADBLOCK'... I like your re-do of USS LONG BEACH, I think it was done well, some info I would like to check, but it seems like you just got it from 'Wikipedia'. I was hoping for Actual experience, as if you were onboard LONG BEACH CGN-9
But, Hey..... otherwise the sound and narration was fine.
Hey I really enjoyed your video. My name is J. Johnson and served aboard the USS Long Beach CGN-9 from 1972-1975. Boy did that video bring back memories. Thanks again.
Thnx Road Block Defense. I loved the video and a great time aboard ship. My CO at that time was Captain Fahland..
God Bless
@@jonathanjohnson6282 "Spanky" was one of the best skippers ever. As the commissioning engineering officer he knew that sjip from bow to stern. It was always a joke as he would ditch his Marine orderly going in one side of the Talos house and exitting out the other. FTM2 1969-1975
I was one of 3 pilot rescue swimmers as well as a machinist on board the Beach. It was a good ship. Solid. The Capt. was nuts but the crew was good and the Admiral as well as my Weps officer Capt. Shulemyer is a great memory. Dave Toulon was my closest friend as my partner on the team. We did a recovery operation off of So. Cal when we were the first boat on the scene after a mid-air collision had taken place. In 1986, we were completing live-fire drills off San Clemente Island. The 2 F-14's got scrubbed but 2 lear jets took their place from North Island. They collided due to a miss understanding /the wrong turn and thus I was assigned the job of in water hookups of all debris including the majority of one fuselage. I have other crazy stories, but that one is at the top. I spent time on just about every part of that boat, including the brig, minus the nuke room. I spent many nights on the o9 level just hanging out. As a ship swimmer, you have the privilege now and then to roam about. I did just that. Got some great shots and again, as a ship swimmer and friend of the Admiral, it played well as I was on deck during any live fire or Helo operations. Sorry I was too young to appreciate the boat history. I had BUD'S on the brain as this was not my first choice and thus ended my Navy Career before she sails with Jersey on a West Pack Tour. Her last. Hey MR1 David, you ever get off the boat? You ruined my life bro, but only for a moment. I hope you found what you wanted by stopping me from what was my calling. I forgive you. Great Video. Thanks
The mid-air was two P-3’s…?
Sorry. I remember the Lears now.
I was on board at that time. EN2 Good, 85-89. You got a raw deal trying to move on. Hope things worked out for you. Cheers
My dad served on the Bainbridge. Farthest ship at top. First nuclear task force. Pretty to see it moving.
This was a great video!
Thanks I enjoyed your video. My brother was on the Long Beach back in the 80s he was a sonar tech
I proudly served on the Beach from November of 81, to July of 1985! Made WestPac84 aboard her! 😎👍🔱
A good friend of mine was stationed on this ship in the mid-70s in San Diego.
I also served on the USS Longbeach during that time.
Great video thank you. Hopefully someday I’ll see some interior pictures 😊. ❤
There was a time, in late '73, when LB. Truxtun and Bainbridge were all inport Long Beach. I recall a teak maindeck on LB. The Big E was in Alameda.
My Dad served on Long Beach from 1964 to 1968 Chief of missile control
The nuclear power nimitz-class aircraft carrier have that same box superstructure right to this day
I was on the Long Beach as an EM3 during the 1991 west pac to the gulf. I have a ton of videos from the whole thing.
You should post those videos on YT; I would love to see them. Thanks for your service!
@@jaybee9269 Too many hours :)
Good video on the U.S.S Long Beach CGN-9. I served on this ship from 1971 to 1974 as a Machinest Mate Good memories and 3 deployments to West Pac. That's what happens when you request the home port of Long Beach , Calif.
THE LONG BEACH IN THE 80'S WE SPENT 9 MONTHS IN BREMERTON WASHINGTON SHIPYARD TO GET TWO NEW NUKE REACTORS, AROUND 1986, MAKES NOT SINCE DECOMISIONED 9 YEARS LATER WORD WAS THE REACTORS CAN LAST OVER 30 YEARS
Served from Aug 1969 to April 1st 1971. We did the west pac cruise in Aug 69 off the coast of Vietnam. Not long after our return to the states in Feb 1970 we went to Mare Island Naval shipyard North of San Francisco for a refueling and refurbish, new paint etc. I left that command before she was finished. One time when i was at the helm the order was give for a flank turn; it was a new duty station for me. We were going 35 knots, the idea was to miss a Nationalist Chinese fishing boat. We wen't over almost 45 degrees which is the point it would capsize. Sick bay was busy due to many bunks coming out of place and striking sleeping sailors. It was in the middle of the night, the Captain came out of his quarters which was just off the bridge screaming at me. I was an E-3 and all I could say was followed orders Sir! I worked on the deck in 3rd division but we were the ones the quarter masters used to steer the ship. That was the last time I did a shift at the helm. I was sent to the rescue team after that. We had a boat that we launched from the ship to do what ever, things like pick up a downed pilot but the boat was seldom used.
I went to the Indian Ocean on the Long Beach in 1984
WESTPAC 84, Yo Shellback! ;)
I was on Long Beach CGN-9 from 1991-1994.I started out as a BM then a PC a year before I got out in May 1994.
I was your cook brother, 91 - 93 Ms3 Trombley :)
She was a sight to behold at sea.
as long as there are ships which need to service with nuclear carriers, i'd think those ships should be nuclear as well.
and maybe an edit for the producer of this fantastic video.
the overlay on weapons should be ...Tomahawk...
The last actual cruiser hull.
Perhaps in remake three you can show more video of the Long Beach instead of the Enterprise! I was never assigned to her, but the rumors I heard were about design flaws causing the commodes to constantly get stopped up. Any truth to that?
Actually, if the ship took a hard Port or Stbd turn the last toilet bowl in line would shoot a geyser of salt water into the air like a super-bidet. :b
9
She’s a great ship
77'-80' Data Systems Tech.
Wow you can read the wiki article! Almost word for word!
And scream into a mic lol
My Father was the Senior Chief in the big box radar systems back in 1962. I remember when I was 10 yrs. old having a spaghetti lunch in the captains quarters
The bridge looks like the ENTERPRISE's island
Long Beach had it first
I am in the process of remaking the USS Long Beach video again! I would LOVE to hear from former crewmen and would be interested in any video footage you may have, as video footage of the exterior of the ship especially while underway is difficult to come by! Please email ROADBLOCKSDEFENSE@GMAIL.COM if you have any photos or footage to contribute! Stories are welcome as well! Thanks! -ROADBLOCK
Let me know if I can put up some shots to you if I am not too late. brettforrester18@gmail.com
Did you write also the content for the Wikipedia article?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Long_Beach_(CGN-9)
Subscribe and share the video with others!!! Provide your feedback here and give me an idea of what would be a good topic for the next video. My videos have gotten alot better since i first started and i will continue to improve!
This was my last ship, 89 or 90-92
I thought this video was going to be about the USS Long Beach, not the Enterprise! BTW: MK48 torpedos are 21" in diameter. I did 3 Westpac tours on her between 1970 and 1975 serving as an FTM, SPG- 49B radar tech in FA Division.
Yeah, they were Mk 46 toros.
Any truth to the story that what prompted the addition of the 5" guns was during deployment off Vietnam the Long Beach got into trouble when it was attacked by NV PT boats. They had no guns at that time, just missiles and had to call for help in defending against the PT boats. After that incident the guns were added. Also I heard that the "billboard" radar (32/33) was a failed attempt at phased array radar. I understood that it was very complicated and relied upon a lot of mechanical equipment to provided the proper scanning function. True?
That right there always pisses me off when it comes to u.s. think tanks World War II let's put the Sherman up against 70-ton 88 mm German tank sounds like a plan Korea let's put bugs p-47s p-51s up against Soviet jet powered aircraft he's a classic hum do we really need guns on these aircraft anymore no that's just put remarkably unreliable wild weasels on the hard parts we don't need guns anymore the day of the Gunslinger is over yeah until they found out not only do we need guns we need upgraded from the 50 caliber to 20 mm at the least it was probably the same guy that decided that the Cruisers don't need clothes in guns anymore and yet proven wrong again I love United States Marine Corps but commandant to let go of all your takes and an entire helicopter Brigade is on the same line as those prior mistakes made by military hardware planners
sorry, Thoreik. Not true. I was on the Long Beach from 61 through 64. The 5" 38s were put on during my deployment. The ship didn't go to Nam until somewhere in 65. The radar was the most advanced of its time,...
Spent 4.5 years aboard from '71 -'75 and only saw those worthless Hughes radars work 1 time. We always had tech reps aboard and they couldn't make it work either.............
She would have made a beautiful Aegis ship.
i served on the USS Bainbridge CGN -25 for a time
Why all the footage of aircraft carrier operations?
My dad was on there for yrs built it retired from there Art shorkey when I was 3 my brother and I got to go abroad family day or something but it was very cool
My father worked on her at the Fore River Shipyard. All workers were invited to a ceremony, launching or commissioning I guess. He told me that a navy plane crashed in to the ship he and the other builders were supposed to watch the ceremony from. They kept everybody who was on that ship there for a while. He then went to find a phone, figuring the family would be worried, but they said they hadn't heard of any crash. The crash was never reported in the media. He had a small piece he said landed next to him that he kept with his original invitation to the ceremony. I never have found any reference to the crash on the web. Has anyone else ever heard this story? The ceremony may have taken place down south. I don't think it was at the shipyard. I guess it could have been hushed up because of the Cold War.
I was proud to have served on CGN-9 × 2, 74-77 and 84 -87. Before drug tests, women and political correctness. Memories of Thailand are Singha beer, Thaistick, cheeseburgers and fine women, Fuck yeah, the OLD NAVY. J. Ortega HT-1(SW) RET. I was a 1st class petty officer of the line, not a fuckin E-6
Jose, thank you for your service!! and for checking out the channel!! Feel free to reach out if you have any ideas, stories, photos/videos, or anything else you'd like to comment on!! For sure would like to get more veterans on the channel!!
@@DefenseChannel I sure do miss LONGBEACH CGN-9, that was my home, she never let us down...thank you. Sir, as JFK said"DONT ASK WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY" beautiful words.
I was the Helmsman on her on 1976/77
Saved her from hitting a destroyer almost put the bridge wing into the water. Went from 30°lelf rudder to 30° right rudder at about 30knots the Captain ran out of his state room in only his undetware pants to give the order Helmsman I am the Captain I have the Con 30°right rudder
30° right rudder I was my response
People and things were flying everywhere
Thanks for your service Mark!
3:30 ok who was the guys designing the warship with no guns that the president had to step in and order them to be equipped with guns?
That seems like a common sense option to have to deal with small and medium sized approaching vessels.
There was also a design for ship-launched ballistic missiles with the tubes between the superstructures..
More of a concept than a serious plan. Stabilization issues…?
1971 to 1973 2nd Div.
1979 - 1983. I am not seeing any names I recognize. :(
I don't recognize your name either, but we BOTH were at PSNS together! LOL :)
81-85 :)
My little brother was on your ship he said 82-85 He was a sonar tech his first name was Danny
Truxtun gets no love.
coming soon...
@@DefenseChannel No kidding?? Outstanding!!!
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Great vid - while I have never served in any military I can appreciated ships like her, especially since the US (just like any other Navy except the Russian Navy (and doesn't that hurt!)) lost capability with the loss of nuclear cruisers and destroyers! Non other ships can keep up with the nuclear powered carriers after all if they go full steam ahead - they'd run out of fuel long before the carrier is half-done...maybe the US should have bought the Kirovs from the Russians? :D
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We do not mimic or copy any military platform we make our own path and others follow there's a whole lotta born Navy's who mimic ours as well as our Marine Corps and the only way to keep any enemy at Bay is to stay technically before then hard-charging Trail Blazers do not follow
It was 58 to 65
It looks like it's not supposed to be crewed by humans.
Every time I see this video or anything like it it breaks my heart to know the end of that ship one of a kind and there's a Oliver hazard perry-class frigates they did a damn good job they kept the freaking rushes on their toes why can't we maintain if it ain't broke don't fix it at the same time procuring modern advanced other platforms I love our shipbuilding industry but damn it they charge too much a billion dollars for a destroyer? It's only in name because the Arleigh Burke is essentially a light Cruiser so I guess I shouldn't complain so much we are getting a light Cruiser 4 a billion freaking dollars??? Can you give someone of a punch but it cannot take one you expect this vessel to go up against those Russian Cruisers blow for blow?
You need to see the DCS simulations on the Grim Reapers channel on sinking a US aircraft carrier. The amount of firepower needed to overwhelm an AEGIS VLS ship is incredible. Each ship has a substantial number of SM2s onboard, which work well for shooting down other missles. 4 or 5 of those, and add a aircraft carrier, and 2 subs, abd suddenly you can dominate 1000 square miles of ocean.
The sim that did the best was a WW2 battleship fleet. Its the only thing with the armor to absorb what the battle group can throw at it.
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i wish i could find a video of the uss walker dd517
i wish i could find a video of the uss walker dd517
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@@SoapinTrucker hi Mike how you doing! It's been a lot of years gone by! Do you still live in Long Beach?
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I served aboard this ship 1966-1970. Made three Westpacs on her. was in communication (radioman).
Jim, I should remember you, but don't. I served aboard her 69-70, RIF'd in February 70 to attend collge, when we returned from WestPac. Wasn't fond of sea duty, but loved the ship. RM2 at the time, worked receivers, transmitters, and tape cutting. My clearest memory is standing on the Admirals wing watching a Talos launch off San Clemente Island during a sea exercise, watching the missile head out to port, then return to overfly the ship. I swear that missile flew between the two superstructures.
I also recall that the two 5" rifles did a good job of missing San Clemente island. At least, that was the scuttlebutt at the time.
I have to admit I miss the ship and seeing the photos of the hull in Bremerton made my heart ache.
Anyone remember my Uncle Capt. Bill Spencer?
She shouldn't have never been decommissioned she should have other ships in her class shame on United States Navy procurement Department she was one of a kind she was laid from the Keel as a complete Cruiser haul. Unlike the Ticonderoga class Cruiser an Arleigh Burke class Destroyer she was from Kiel to top Mast May to be a cruiser in my opinion United States Navy's having an identity crisis with his surface combat ships losing the understanding of which is a destroyer and which is a cruiser and a destroyer costing way too much she's a light Cruiser at best and that's a stretch that's why we need to invest in frigates fast frigates inexpensive frigates
I can understand not wanting to use it as a naval combatant since at one point it just can't be effectively updated... No place to put VLS on it easily... But still, keep it up and working as a historic figure? Why scrap it?
There were several reasons why there was only one Long Beach CGN-9 and one Enterprise CVN-65. The follow on classes of surface combatants were designed with the faults of the originals in mind. Ground breaking technology often breeds orphans.
my math teacher was on that ship
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I just don't understand this nuclear power deal. The amount of diesel a conventional ship uses is staggering. If 1960s technology worked then and they still use n power for subs what can be the excuse that every Naval ship doesn't use Nuke power. Or at least all the flat deck amphibious carriers.. There is some sort of fuckery afoot..I've heard explanations from cost to build, to safety, to the oil companies lobby against not using oil, to the cost to store the depleted uranium, None of the convenient excuses make sense to me at least. Especially today with the Co2 is bad scam they're using to kill capitalism and western democracies for a Chinese government model that's an amalgamation of all the worst parts of capitalism mixed with communism to terrorize their citizens, fascism to fund their capitalism and unrestricted environmentally capitalism to keep enough greed and personal benefit to make folks not sabotage the plans of the elites as long as they get a small chunk of change. Anyways I live these old Navy vids. I left the Navy in 1991. I was stationed at LB Shipyard aboard the USS Cayuga LST 1186.
The official reason given by the US Navy for abandoning nuclear propulsion for any surface warship that isn't an aircraft carrier was basically costs. With that being said, a single lucky strike on a surface warship with a nuclear reactor can be deadly for everyone. Hence why the US Navy surrounds its carriers with subs, cruisers, and destroyers. This can't be a US thing however, as to my knowledge the only country even discussing nuclear surface ships is Russia. And they cant afford it.
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Underarmed compared to Smaller Russian ships
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