I served on board LB in 1966/67. Came aboard when still homeported in Norfolk, changed HP to Long Beach, Calif. and made the first Nam cruise. ( I was the only rated Lithographer on board). I attended the "de-com" in Norfolk. She was moored to the same pier (5) I reported aboard so many years ago. It pained me to view the photos of her dismantling. JET USN Retired
Thanks for sharing Brother! I was aboard many yrs later, 90 - 93. She sat for a lot of yrs in the graveyard in Puget Sound before they cut her up. Makes me very sad. Ain't a day goes by that think of her. God Bless and bless all the crew members of the Beach.
Hull Maintenance for me, it was in Long Beach getting refueled. Remember it was berthed next to the Queen Mary a rat infested rust bucket. We ate the same food, watched the same movies. Great times.
The 9 would roll to one side, then come back to straight up, sit there a while then roll back down the same side. When you reported ready for sea, you and all your stuff better really be ready for sea. Sometimes the ocean was as smooth as glass, and it still rolled. Doing man overboard drills were fun.
One of the hardest, to land, ships that I landed on. Moderately heavy seas, daylight, 30 mph wind, small deck and No Forward ship visibility for the pilot to see. All I saw was Waves! Talked down by the crew chief. Good job. You land with a left angle offset. I Still remember, 1988. Long since retired, like this ship.
I was on the 9 when we were in Hong Kong, except we got run off because we were bad, NO, we were run out because of a typhon. I was a junior officer, so I had transit bridge watches, and I recall seeing spray way up in the windows of the bridge, on the O10 level (maybe O9, it was 50 years ago). 10, 9, decks above the main deck. The main deck was about 50 ft above the surface, The bridge was way up high. We tried to run away from the storm, but it turned every time we turned. We finally made a turn and caught the storm sleeping. It ruined a great R&R, so we just went back to the Gulf of Tonkin. This happened in 1972, I was about 25.
I believe you meant to say CVN if you were referring to current U.S. navy supercarriers. Also the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is nuclear powered and so is the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy. Still not very many ships though
@@tomascernak6112 dunno, it was designed in the 50's. I had no idea they had a phased array back then. I was an engineer in the Navy, never paid attention to what was in the masts etc. My thoughts are that the tech wasn't miniaturized at that point in time, they probably needed the room for all the equipment. The only nuke surface ship I ever went on was Truxton. The only difference in the engineroom from other Destroyer, was the security I had to go through to get there. They seemed to like that boxy look for the nukes at the time, take Enterprise for example. I'd like to know how fast they (nuke carrier task group) could really go. I've seen a Nimitz class CVN doing 50 knts in the Straits of Mallaca, I don't know of any DD or CLG go anywhere near that fast. The only need for tankers is for JP6 to fuel planes.
Why the Box ? I was the DKSN yep the Leading DK Seamen, I've been told ( it could be wrong , I've been lied to before) In 85 86 87 & 88 the space was mostly classrooms much of it empty, I've been told the box put out the radar signature of an aircraft carrier, the Long Beach would cruse away from the main battle group and put out a signal of an aircraft carrier, used as a Decoy to keep troubles away from the group. The Box acted like a pendulum. I had a favorite spot on the signal bridge to get some air everyday, it's a great spot to look around complete with Big eyes huge binoculars . I'll never say anything as fact because petty officers would regularly lie and be deceitful to the lower enlisted ranks. I do know payroll, travel. PCS & TAD orders . I liked the ship, and most of the crew & officers... Policy treated as law sucked .
@@brucelytle1144 The radar systems were added long after it was commissioned. I just don't remember the details. I served on the Longbeach from summer of 79 until 81. I was there to help rescue the 114 refugees in 1980. Long time ago.
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Outstanding Ship, I was honored to be associated with this ship. Just wish they didn’t scrap it but instead berthed it somewhere as a museum.
I served on board LB in 1966/67. Came aboard when still homeported in Norfolk, changed HP to Long Beach, Calif. and made the first Nam cruise. ( I was the only rated Lithographer on board). I attended the "de-com" in Norfolk. She was moored to the same pier (5) I reported aboard so many years ago. It pained me to view the photos of her dismantling.
JET USN Retired
Thanks for sharing Brother! I was aboard many yrs later, 90 - 93. She sat for a lot of yrs in the graveyard in Puget Sound before they cut her up. Makes me very sad. Ain't a day goes by that think of her. God Bless and bless all the crew members of the Beach.
Hull Maintenance for me, it was in Long Beach getting refueled. Remember it was berthed next to the Queen Mary a rat infested rust bucket. We ate the same food, watched the same movies. Great times.
The 9 would roll to one side, then come back to straight up, sit there a while then roll back down the same side. When you reported ready for sea, you and all your stuff better really be ready for sea. Sometimes the ocean was as smooth as glass, and it still rolled. Doing man overboard drills were fun.
One of the hardest, to land, ships that I landed on. Moderately heavy seas, daylight, 30 mph wind, small deck and No Forward ship visibility for the pilot to see. All I saw was Waves! Talked down by the crew chief. Good job. You land with a left angle offset. I Still remember, 1988. Long since retired, like this ship.
What was the hidden power? He never seemed to get around to answering the question.
We called it ccn9 when I was stationed there in 1985
I am about as far removed from the Long Beach and US Navy as outer space, but it has always been my favorite ship.
I was on the 9 when we were in Hong Kong, except we got run off because we were bad, NO, we were run out because of a typhon. I was a junior officer, so I had transit bridge watches, and I recall seeing spray way up in the windows of the bridge, on the O10 level (maybe O9, it was 50 years ago). 10, 9, decks above the main deck. The main deck was about 50 ft above the surface, The bridge was way up high. We tried to run away from the storm, but it turned every time we turned. We finally made a turn and caught the storm sleeping. It ruined a great R&R, so we just went back to the Gulf of Tonkin. This happened in 1972, I was about 25.
I was on board her from 1971-1975. I do not remember that storm at all.
Served 2 Westpac cruises 1968 and 1969, was on the bridge for one of the shoot downs. BM2.
Amazing it did not capsize on sharp turns or with a strong cross breeze! It reminds me of British brutalist architech Goldfinger's Trullick Tower.
What a cool ship.
It influenced todays fleet in the fact that, with the exception of CVA's, there are no nuclear powered surface warships anymore.
I believe you meant to say CVN if you were referring to current U.S. navy supercarriers. Also the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is nuclear powered and so is the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy. Still not very many ships though
@@truckinbugs3044 whatever, to me they are CVA(N)'s still.
CUBE
DKSN Schweinfurth 85 88 /92
Beautiful? With that boxy structure under bridge? Weird esthetics.
Normally, that would be due to the phased array radar.
@@brucelytle1144 I know, why that thing looked like it looked. I am questioning aesthetics of such hideous thing.
@@tomascernak6112 dunno, it was designed in the 50's. I had no idea they had a phased array back then. I was an engineer in the Navy, never paid attention to what was in the masts etc. My thoughts are that the tech wasn't miniaturized at that point in time, they probably needed the room for all the equipment. The only nuke surface ship I ever went on was Truxton. The only difference in the engineroom from other Destroyer, was the security I had to go through to get there.
They seemed to like that boxy look for the nukes at the time, take Enterprise for example.
I'd like to know how fast they (nuke carrier task group) could really go. I've seen a Nimitz class CVN doing 50 knts in the Straits of Mallaca, I don't know of any DD or CLG go anywhere near that fast. The only need for tankers is for JP6 to fuel planes.
Why the Box ?
I was the DKSN yep the Leading DK Seamen,
I've been told ( it could be wrong , I've been lied to before)
In 85 86 87 & 88 the space was mostly classrooms much of it empty, I've been told the box put out the radar signature of an aircraft carrier, the Long Beach would cruse away from the main battle group and put out a signal of an aircraft carrier, used as a Decoy to keep troubles away from the group. The Box acted like a pendulum. I had a favorite spot on the signal bridge to get some air everyday, it's a great spot to look around complete with Big eyes huge binoculars .
I'll never say anything as fact because petty officers would regularly lie and be deceitful to the lower enlisted ranks.
I do know payroll, travel. PCS & TAD orders .
I liked the ship, and most of the crew & officers...
Policy treated as law sucked .
@@brucelytle1144 The radar systems were added long after it was commissioned. I just don't remember the details. I served on the Longbeach from summer of 79 until 81. I was there to help rescue the 114 refugees in 1980. Long time ago.