USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Weapons Suite

Weapons Suite

The original weapons suite consisted of:

• Talos Long Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) with a range in excess of 80 nmi (150 km).
• Terrier Medium Range SAMs with a range in excess of 30 miles (48 km).
• ASROC system capable of delivering a torpedo or depth charge at a range of 10,000 yd (9.1 km).
• Two twin 12.75 inch torpedo launchers that could fire the Mark 46 torpedo.
• Two 5"/38 caliber gun, capable of surface and shore bombardment to a range of 18,000 yd (16 km).

The ship went through several modifications by the time she was decommissioned. The final weapons suite consisted of:

• Two forward launchers for the Standard extended range missiles. These replaced the Terrier and the Talos.
• The rear launcher for the Talos was replaced with 2 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile box launchers. Each launcher held 4 missiles.
• Two Phalanx CIWS were added aft of aft mast.
• Two RGM-84 Harpoon ship-to-ship missile launchers were added. Each launcher held 4 Harpoons.