USS Boston (CA-69)
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USS Boston, a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston
USS Boston underway in Guantanamo Bay on 10 January 1967
USS Boston firing a Terrier guided missile, August 1956.
Overhead shot of USS Boston (CA-69), in her original configuration before becoming one of the US Navy's first missile cruisers (19 May 1945)
Boston's flag-lowering ceremony
RIM-2 Terrier
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The Convair RIM-2 Terrier was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile, among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships. It underwent significant upgrades while in service, star
USS Boston (CA-69)
…to a guided missile heavy cruiser by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. During conversion her aft 8-inch turret was replaced with Terrier Surface-to-air missile launchers and she was modernized. Boston was recommissioned 1 November 1955 as the lead ship of her class and operated along the…
RIM-2 Terrier onboard USS Boston
Early Model Terrier launched from test vessel USS Mississippi
A P4Y-2K drone being shot down by a Terrier, 1956.
Terrier launch from USS Dale, 1964.