Nuclear missile cruiser "Long Beach" auctioned from the lowest price of 12,000 yen

ByTobyotter

He belonged to the US Navy from 1961 to 1995, and he was active in the Vietnam War and the Gulf WarNuclear Missile Cruiser "Long Beach"It was decided to be auctioned. The auction to reuse warships as scraps has already been 11 years old, but it is the first time that a nuclear missile cruiser is issued.

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"Long Beach" was a cruiser designed and built after the Second World War, and the name was taken from a city in California.

Although it was made as a missile cruiser from the beginning, two 38-caliber 5-inch guns were installed under the command of President John F. Kennedy. It is also the last ship to adopt an elongated hull which continues from the previous cruiser. Two nuclear reactors are mounted on the ship and it is possible to sail at 30 knots (56 km / h).


It was deployed to the Atlantic fleet from commissioning in 1961 until the beginning of 1966. In the meantime, in May 1964 the aircraft carrierEnterprise, Missile cruiserBainbridgeWe formed the first nuclear forces and worked on voyages without fuel on JulySea Orbit StrategyWas carried out.

First Nuclear Mobile Force. From left: Bainbridge, Long Beach, Enterprise.


During the Vietnam War in 1966Tonkin GulfIt was dispatched to engage in the support of air force. I returned home after completing my duties in July 1967, but in 1968 I was dispatched again to Tonkin Bay.

After the Vietnam War, he was engaged in missions in the West Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, was able to operate Tomahawk cruise missiles in the process of renovation in the middle, and in 1991 he was active in the Gulf War.

However, after the Gulf War, the nuclear decommissioning furnace installed in all nuclear missile cruisers was decided to reduce defense budget. Following this, on July 2nd, 1994 Norfolk 's Navy Arsenal took place a deactivation ceremony of "Long Beach" and fuel rods of nuclear reactors were pulled out. The series of operations ended in the winter of 1995, and was retired on May 1, 1995.

Long beach under the tennis

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Since then it has been kept for disposal at the Navy Arsenal of Puget Sound but it was finally sold off. At the time of construction, 10,000 tons of iron, 450 tons of aluminum and 300 mile of electric wire are used for Long Beach, and about 12 companies are interested in auctioning.

The bid is deadline for local time Thursday 17 o'clock. The lowest auction price is 150 dollars (about 12,000 yen).