RIM-8 Talos
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Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile, among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships. The Talos used radar beam riding for guidance to the vicinity of its target
RIM-8G Talos missile
Last Talos missile launched by USS Oklahoma City in 1979.
Talos missile launcher on USS Long Beach, July 1961
Talos missile guidance radars, AN/SPG-49.
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
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USS Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long
RIM-8 Talos
…was installed fore and aft on the three Albany-class cruisers (converted Baltimore-class heavy cruisers), as well as on the rear of the nuclear-powered USS Long Beach. The launcher was similar in its structure and components, as was the wing and fin assembly area, however its missile storage was reworked into a…
USS Long Beach on 9 May 1973
Artist's concept of nuclear powered cruiser design from 1956
USS Long Beach, and USS Macdonough (far right), under construction at Fore River Shipyard, July 1959.