In the early 1960s, the United States Navy was the world's first to have nuclear-powered cruisers as part of its fleet. The first such ship was USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Commissioned in late summer 1961, she was the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. She was followed a year later by USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25).

The Virginia class (also known as the CGN-38 class) were four nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruisers that served in the United States Navy until the mid-to-late 1990s. The double-ended cruisers (with missile armament carried both fore and …

This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser", either publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy has 9 Ticonderoga-class cruisers in active service, as of 10 October 2024, with the last tentatively scheduled for decommissioning in …

A nuclear-powered warship employing the best weapons and sensors currently available, the CGN-42 would have the operational flexibility inherent to the unlimited steaming range of nuclear power.

2015年6月1日 · USS Virginia (CGN-38) lead ship of the Virginia class nuclear- powered cruisers, prior her refit in the '80s. Elegant and heavily armed warships, the Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers were a series of four double-ended (with armament carried both fore and aft) guided-missile cruisers commissioned in the late 1970s, which ...

USS LONG BEACH, the third ship in the Navy to bear the name, was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery consisting entirely of guided missiles.

2020年5月5日 · The fifth Virginia (CGN-38) was laid down on 19 August 1972 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. as a nuclear-powered, guided-missile frigate, DLGN-38; launched on 14 December 1974;...

The fifth Virginia (CGN-38) was laid down on 19 August 1972 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. as a nuclear-powered, guided-missile frigate, DLGN-38; launched on 14 December 1974; sponsored by Miss Virginia S. Warner, daughter of the Honorable John Warner, former Secretary of the Navy; reclassified a nuclear-powered, guided-missile ...

The nuclear-powered cruiser USS Arkansas (CGN-41), which was the last of its class built for the U.S. Navy, is launched in October 1978. Ships built in the future will require massive amounts of electricity, which nuclear power can provide efficiently.

2019年12月1日 · One of the most enigmatic ships of the entire Cold War period is the one-off USS Long Beach (CGN-9). She was the U.S. Navy’s first nuclear-powered surface combatant and was absolutely packed with the latest and greatest gear America had to offer when she was commissioned into service on September 9th, 1961.