Summary and Key Points: USS Long Beach (CGN-9) holds a unique place in naval history as the first nuclear-powered surface warship and the first cruiser built from the keel up since WWII.

She was red on the bottom, black on the top and then white…she was beautiful, absolutely beautiful,” says Weed. For the final ...

Following its participation in NATO's largest exercise in decades, the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) is set to arrive at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach on Thursday.