Long Beach class cruiser
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USS Long Beach (CGN-9, ex-CGN-160, ex-CLGN-160) was the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant, and the last cruiser built in the US Navy to a cruiser design (all subsequent cruisers were built on scaled-up destroyer hulls). She was commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1995.
Preceded by: Galveston-class guided missile light cruiser (converted Cleveland-class light cruisers)
Followed by: Albany-class guided missile heavy cruiser (converted Oregon City-class and Baltimore-class heavy cruisers)