USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
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USS Bainbridge was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy, the only ship of her class. Named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, she was the fourth US Navy ship to be
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) in November 1986.
Operation "Sea Orbit" – Bainbridge (top), Long Beach (center) and Enterprise (bottom) in 1964
Bainbridge in the Suez Canal
Bainbridge circa 1991
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
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
…aircraft carrier Enterprise. Bainbridge returned to the Mediterranean Sea in May 1964, this time joining Enterprise and the guided missile cruiser Long Beach to form the all-nuclear-powered Task Force 1. At the end of July, the three nuclear powered ships began Operation "Sea Orbit", a 30,565 mile, 65 day…
USS Long Beach on 9 May 1973
Artist's concept of nuclear powered cruiser design from 1956
RIM-8 Talos missile launcher on USS Long Beach, July 1961
USS Long Beach, and USS Macdonough (far right), under construction at Fore River Shipyard, July 1959.