Surface Warfare Specialist Breast Pin Click here for list of ribbons and medals Long Beach Facts from Welcome Aboard Booklet and email. Mast Height 220 feet. To combine the striking power with the advantage of nuclear power for propulsion is to further increase her effectiveness by allowing virtually unlimited cruising ability.
Nuclear power is represented in the seal by the sun.
USS Long Beach memorbilia. Photograph taken August 1996 by Cecil Shelton at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard where Long Beach will be scrapped. Date of final disposition is not yet determined.