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 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.
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
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
…The original weapons suite consisted of: One rear Mk 12 launcher for the Talos long range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) with a range in excess of 80 nmi (150 km). Two forward Mk 10 launchers for the Terrier medium range SAMs with…
RIM-8G Talos missile
Last Talos missile launched by USS Oklahoma City in 1979.
Talos missile guidance radars, AN/SPG-49.