Milestones in USS Long Beach History

MILESTONES

02 December 1957 Keel laid in Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts.
14 July 1959 Mrs. Craig Hosmer christened the ship as it's sponsor.
05 July 1961 USS Long Beach underway for the first time using her own nuclear power.
09 September 1961 USS Long Beach is commissioned as the first nuclear powered surface vessel at Boston Naval Shipyard.
02 October 1961 Change of Home port to Norfolk, Virginia.
01 August 1963 1st deployment to the Mediterranean
28 April 1964 2nd deployment to the Mediterranean for "Task Force One".
15 March 1966 USS Long Beach and City of Long Beach, California unite for first time.
07 November 1966 1st West Pac deployment.
01 May 1967 Deployed to Gulf of Tonkin.
15 April 1968 2nd West Pac deployment.
11 August 1969 3rd West Pac deployment.
01 July 1970 USS Long Beach begins refueling at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
28 March 1972 4th West Pac deployment.
01 May 1973 5th West Pac deployment.
07 November 1974 6th West Pac deployment.
07 June 1975 Change of homeport to San Diego, California.
15 September 1976 7th West Pac deployment.
04 April 1978 8th West Pac deployment.
07 January 1980 9th West Pac deployment.
01 January 1982 Comprehensive overhaul Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
13 January 1984 10th West Pac deployment.
09 January 1985 SRA Bremerton, Washington.
13 May 1986 11th West Pac deployment.
25 July 1987 12th West Pac deployment.
13 October 1988 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ship Visit.
18 September 1989 13th West Pac deployment.
28 May 1991 14th West Pac deployment in support of Operation Desert Storm.
08 April 1992 Comprehensive overhaul, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
12 May 1993 Underway Counter Narcotics Patrol, Central America.
08 November 1993 Underway Counter Narcotics Patrol, Caribbean.
06 May 1994 Change of homeport to Norfolk, Virginia.
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