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NH 51358 USS Long Beach (CGN-9)

Photo #: NH 51358 USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
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Description: Attendees at the ship's launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 14 July 1959. Those present are (from left to right): Captain Francis A. Burke, Chaplain, First Naval District; Vice Admiral Wallace M. Beakley, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; Captain Fred L. Ruhlman, Commandant, Boston Naval Shipyard; Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations; Mrs. Craig Hosmer, ship's Sponsor; Rear Admiral Ralph K. James, Chief, Bureau of Ships; Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Commandant, First Naval District; and Captain Edgar H. Batcheller, Supervisor of Shipbuilding at the Quincy shipyard. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
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