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| 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. |