The first nuclearpower surface warship in history,USSLong Beach(CGN9)was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and home ported at Norfolk, Va. After overhaul and installation of new equipment at Philadelphia,USSLong Beach(CGN9)trained in the Caribbean and sailed 6 August 1963 to join the 6th Fleet in its Mediterranean peacekeeping operations. Additionally, Long Beach still had a Marine Detachment and I was able to learn from the Marine First Sergeant and the Gunny. After removal of the nuclear fuel, superstructure, and sections of the bow and stern, the hull segment containing the reactor and machinery spaces was moored at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and sold for scrapping. After Vietnam, Long Beach performed routine duties in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, performing escort duties for USS Enterprise in 1975, and participated in multi-national naval exercises while deployed in 1976-77. Long Beach had several very complex systems. 28 May 1991 14th West Pacific deployment in support of Operation Provide Comfort. [11] It was the second of three incidents at Fore River Shipyard at that time. Afterward, we had a 'steel beach' cookout with burgers, hot dogs, and other cookout fare, but no alcohol. [citation needed] Long Beach steamed over 30,000 miles in 58 days at an average speed of 25 knots, without being refueled or resupplied. I was an Electrician's Mate-1 (E6) at the time, part of PCU (Pre-commissioning Unit) for USS. After completing basic engineering qualifications, I was assigned to the electrical safety shop, ensuring the portable electrical tools were checked for safety prior to issuance. Floating battery (circa 1899), NH 97609 Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever Helicopter, NH 47545 Captain Frederick L. 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USS Long Beach 1961 Revell Model Ship Kit Unbuilt H-424:169 Made in USA Pre-Owned $74.99 Buy It Now +$7.95 shipping Benefits charity Sponsored Vintage Revell USS Long Beach Atomic Cruiser Model Kit #05053 1/500 Brand New (1) $50.00 Buy It Now +$12.55 shipping Sponsored VINTAGE Revell 1968 USS LONG BEACH INSTRUCTIONS ONLY Pre-Owned $13.00 Buy It Now It was one powerful radar system and we had a huge contingent of Navy Electronics Technicians (ETs) embarked aboard to maintain it. Long Beach, CA 8/30/1968 CREDIT: Neil Leifer Vietnam War: View of people on USS New Jersey Iowa-class battleship during Family Day at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Arkansas was a brand new and very good ship. This tour of duty in West Pac ended with her arrival again at Long Beach on 16 November. We are looking at the nuclear powered USS Long Beach and comparing it to USS New Jersey.Please cons. The 1984 deployment was different than my previous deployments on Long Beach from the start. The major difference was the port visits. O USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) foi um cruzador de propulso nuclear da marinha de guerra dos Estados Unidos. This next deployment began when she once again left her home on 15 April 1968. They were both unique designs, each a kind of 'one-off' which generally doesn't do well for ship designs. 18 September 1989 13th West Pacific deployment/world cruise. I finished the course in just under a week. The Aussies still had their carrier, HMAS Melbourne, but even during the photo op, she wasn't allowed too close to either the Enterprise or us because of her collision with the USS Frank E. Evans during the Vietnam War. I asked what billets were available and was told they were on California, Texas, Arkansas and Long Beach. We didn't go to New Zealand and our port visit in Australia was the city of Perth in the western part of the country. She told me that she'd been interested in the HT position but after I explained the rarity of what she'd been offered, she agreed to take the air traffic controller training along with an advanced pay grade after boot camp. Your email address will not be published. USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. 197x. They were escorted by USS Fletcher, USS Jenkins, USS Long Beach and USS Glendale. Equipment wise, it had two twin arm mark 26 missile launchers fed by a rotary magazine but carried fewer Standard Missiles (the new name for the updated Terrier missiles) and it had the unmanned five-inch gun mounts like the Spruance class destroyers had. I arranged with Long Beach's Engineering Officer to report directly toLong Beach and then start my transfer leave in order to start my sea duty counter 30 days earlier. We were even told not to send a female applicant, as enlistment candidates were called, for processing unless they were willing to accept a 'non-traditional' position such as an engineering job. 14 July 1959 launching; Mrs. Craig Hosmer christened the ship as her sponsor. LONG BEACH was first assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. Hardbound cover with paper dust-jacket, large 9 x 12 format, 239 pages, group portraits by division, each sailor identified in sub-captions, and many scenes of shipboard life. One man, in particular, served numerous tours aboardLong Beach throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with the ship acting as a 721 foot-long steel springboard that catapulted him through the ranks and eventually to the position of Force Master Chief for the Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. We anchored in the harbor after dodging a few protest boats. It could stop on the 02 level (flag spaces), 03 level (CO's in-port cabin) and the 04 level as well (flag bridge & flag plot, a mini CIC). USSLong Beach, which was the third ship to be named after the California city, was laid down in December 1957 and launched in July 1959. A lot of the structural bulkheads were not complete and it was relatively easy to go from one end of the unfinished hull to the other. USS LONG BEACH was the first nuclear powered guided missile cruiser. In Electrician's Mate Class A school we learned about motors generators, shipboard distribution and troubleshooting electrical systems. So, I looked at what my best options were for receiving an education and training. I had fewer than forty dollars since most of my pay went home to support my wife and son. There's also the dealing with the nuclear material generated. Naval Base Subic Bay, during the volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo. USS Long Beach CGN-9 PATCH US NAVY VET STATION CA PIN UP THE ONLY REAL CRUISER. One of the swells hit the ship just right and it heeled over to starboard for what seemed like a long time. In a lot of aspects, the difference between the two is not unlike the difference between a 1960 family sedan and a 1979 model from the same manufacturer. Returning to Norfolk 7 February,USSLong Beach(CGN9) trained off the east coast and in the Caribbean, on 10 April joining in Atlantic Fleet exercises off North Carolina and Virginia as flagship for Adm. Robert H. Dennison, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet. The USS McClusky at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station on September 6, 2008. American ships were still dry. A quick example was the Command Master Chief when I reported back to Long Beach was a nuclear-trained Machinist Mate. Once refueling was complete, we went back up to 30 knots! Just as Kitty Hawk started to move away from Wabash, they passed a canex (cancel the exercise) call over ship-to-ship communications followed by "I think we (theKitty Hawk) hit something.". After the order swap was approved, the sub-qualified sailors at S5G facility gave me a hard time constantly. Editor's note: Stay tuned for part two of our USS Long Beach-Doug Healey series where we dive intoNuclear Cruiser and Battleship surface action group operations during the twilight of the Cold War, Desert Storm, the retirement of America's nuclear-powered surface combatant fleet, life of a Command Master Chief, the Navy today, and so much more! 1961. Apparently, some of my shipmates went to the base enlisted club and got into a dust-up with some of the local sailors. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Habitability wise, Arkansas was superior to Long Beach. Both ships were open for visitors. Required fields are marked *. After a certain number of deployment cycles, the ship would go to a maintenance facility for extensive upkeep and or repair. We wound up a few miles away from the town at a party. I asked for and was assigned as Recruiter-In-Charge of Navy Recruiting Station (NRS) Orange, California. Most naval history buffs can tell you that the USSNautilus(SSN-571) was theworlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine, while USSEnterprise(CVN-65) was thefirst nuclear-powered aircraft carrier yet many may wrongly assume that the carrier was also the first United State Navy surface warship to be powered by nuclear energy. The ship received multiple reffits including the replacement of the 5in guns per Tomahawks and Harpoon launchers. One of the division's sailors failed to show up for the duty and the division-leading Petty Officer, an E6, was ordered to take the missing man's place. After checking out both the Air Force and Navy, I decided to enlist in the Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program as I felt it offered me the most interesting and challenging training. The first nuclearpower surface warship in history, USS Long Beach (CGN9) was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and home ported at Norfolk, Va. By the 1990s, nuclear power was deemed too expensive to use on surface ships smaller than an aircraft carrier in view of defense budget cutbacks after the end of the Cold War. [ 1] O USS Long Beach foi desenvolvido logo aps a Segunda Guerra Mundial, construdo no incio da propulso nuclear. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. USSLong Beach(CGN9)arrived back at the west coast on 4 July where, after a welldeserved period of rest, she resumed the exercises and operations which would keep her well prepared for her return to Vietnam the following year. [citation needed], The original weapons suite consisted of:[citation needed], The ship went through several modifications by the time she was decommissioned. The USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was a Long Beach-class cruiser laid down on December 2, 1957, and launched on July 14, 1959. At 721 feet long, over 17,000 tons displacement and a crew of over 1,100 Sailors and Marines (there was a Marine detachment embarked), she was a truly impressive ship! TheLong Beachwas powered bytwo C1W nuclear reactors, with two General Electric steam turbines, which provided 59.68 MW (80,000 shp). Ford-Class. As before,USSLong Beach(CGN9) spent most of her time on PIRAZ station, guiding the many planes which operated over North Vietnam. Beginning 5 January 1985 the BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile system was installed with two 4-cell Armored Box Launchers on the fantail, with the Harpoon launchers resited. We, Long Beach, offered assistance but were refused. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. The warship also provided facilities for an onboard search-and-rescue helicopter. I was unaware that President Carter and Congress had a disagreement over the budget and there was no way I could be paid or get any travel pay. Long Beach deployed to the region beginning 28 May 1991 to support Operation Provide Comfort, which was after Operation Desert Storm was over and major hostilities had ended in late February 1991. The USS Long Beach (CGN 9) and the USS Intrepid (CVS 11) at Subic Bay in June 1967. . They would be replaced by the Ticonderoga (CG) and Arleigh Burke (DDG) classes, designed from the ground up with Aegis. It was the first record use of naval SAMs in combat conditions. List of ships with the same or similar names, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Long_Beach&oldid=1052106706, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 27 October 2021, at 12:35. You could hear stuff crashing in the galley and out on the mess decks. [8], Returning to Norfolk, Virginia 7 February 1962, Long Beach, trained off the east coast and in the Caribbean. USS Long Beach/Aegis (CGN-9) AAW Refit for FY77-78-79 con,cept artist. 1 May 1973 Fifth West Pacific deployment. With a length of 721 feet (219 metres) and a displacement of 14,000 tons, the Long Beach was the first large surface warship to be built with a main armament consisting of guided missiles. $12.95. I believe this altered the way the ship rode in the water as it looked like the bow was a bit lower than the stern now and it also seemed like we had a slight port list now. nuclear Aegis strike cruiser). On our way to Hawaii, at the start of the cruise, we burned up a bearing on the starboard shaft. Her keel was laid down on 2 December 1957 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Picture Information. I was one of the first Electrician's Mates to qualify at S5G. This also allowed me to make a quick phone call to my wife to let my family know we had arrived safely. We had an impromptu exercise with a Soviet Kynda class cruiser when they took up plane guard during my first deployment. Enterprise and Long Beach were linked for most of their careers. First, there's the high cost of training and keeping the crew. She was the U.S. Navy's first nuclear-powered surface combatant and was absolutely packed with. An interesting note is that whenLong Beach pulled out, she left about 375 sailors behind who didn't get back to the ship before it left to avoid the storm. The world's first nuclear-powered surface fighter was the USS Long Beach (CGN-9). The crew berthing areas did not have any passageways through them and each one had fewer bunks in it than on Long Beach. We hadn't yet learned to formalize the mentoring process in the Navy. USS Long Beach, CGN-9. It was an interesting time as we did a lot of system testing that is only performed during the acceptance of the ship by the Navy. Between 28 December and 6 January 1962 she conducted operational tests of her missiles off Puerto Rico, then sailed for Bremerhaven, Germany, arriving 15 January for courtesy calls in north European ports. She looked like no other ship the world had ever seen before and she definitely had her quirks. She deployed to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, then circumnavigating the world with the nuclear powered USS ENTERPRISE and USS BAINBRIDGE in Operation Sea Orbit. Long Beach was laid down 2 December 1957, launched 14 July 1959 and commissioned 9 September 1961 under the command of then-Captain Eugene Parks Wilkinson, who previously served as the first commanding officer of the world's first nuclear-powered vessel, the submarine USSNautilus(SSN-571). I flew across the Pacific on a charter (Flying Tigers) to Travis Air Base near Sacramento, California. We knew it was a Victor III because of the unique device on the stern vertical fin for the sub's towed array sonar system. Collections; Project #ShowUs; . Long Beach deployed throughout the 1980s, conducting Tomahawk cruise missile test launches and exercises. Long Beach was first laid out to be a smaller frigate, but then she was slated for the mounting of a Regulus nuclear cruise missile or later, four launch tubes for the Polaris missile which would occupy the space taken up by the 5"/38 caliber gun mounts and the ASROC system. Arkansas' missile launcher and gun mount positions seemed poorly thought out to me. It has changed quite a bit over the years. USSLong Beach(CGN9) was originally ordered as CLG (N)160. 11 August 1969 Third West Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt). When she concluded she was scheduled to modify her acoustic signature and move away and Long Beach would modify her sound signature and lighting to try to sound and look like a carrier and move into place alongside Wabash. She was the only ship of her class. We actually had to get permission to send a female applicant to the processing station. I was scheduled to transfer from Long Beach in late October but because of a cyclone in the vicinity of the Philippines, I left the ship from Subic Bay as it was making preparations to get underway for storm evasion. Long Beach's deployment as the flagship of the Surface Action Group (SAG) alongside the Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey was a very interesting deployment. I knew Long Beach's capabilities and I also knew the Chief's accommodations were a bit better on Lang Beach compared with the other ships, even though Arkansas was much newer. Every time I set foot on a ship, the memories of shipboard life and the unique routine that goes along with it come back to me. The second USS Long Beach (PF-34) was a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945. 174. The rest of the cruise was fairly uneventful and we were able to return home. Peter is also a Contributing Writer for Forbes. 15 September 1976 Seventh West Pacific deployment. During her second deployment to the Gulf of Tonkin, Talos missiles fired from the cruiser destroyed two Vietnamese MiG-17s at a range of 70 miles. 7 November 1974 Sixth West Pacific deployment. They had no idea where we were and as we gradually turned on different radars, they finally came flying right down to where we were. On the way out, he pulled out a list of places that were 'off limits' from his pocket and crossed off the place we'd just left and announced: "now we know why that place is on the list!. Oct 2012 - Auctioned off and sold for scrapping, 1 September 1987 2 September 1987 Persian Gulf, 20 September 1987 26 September 1987 Persian Gulf, 29 September 1987 28 October 1987 Persian Gulf, 30 October 1987 29 November 1987 Persian Gulf, 17 January 1990 31 January 1990 Persian Gulf, This page was last edited on 3 April 2023, at 02:04. In May 1964,Long Beachjoined the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USSEnterprise and the guided-missile frigateUSSBainbridge(DLGN-25) to form theall-nuclear-poweredTask Force 1, the first such battle force group of its kind in the history of naval operations. Additionally, the ship provided support for an on-board Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter unit. Once the nuclear cruiser USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) was commissioned in 1962, the three ships were almost inseparable. (ASSOCIATED PRESS). $11.66. Long Beach was originally intended to be a smaller frigate, but was then redesigned and expanded to a cruiser hull, allowing for an open space just aft of the bridge "box". The 'billboard' arrays of the AN/SPS-32/33 SCANFAR radar were gone and a new structure was erected over the aft superstructure to support the new AN/SPS-49 radar. Since we would be in Hawaii for a few extra days, my first wife and our sons came over and stayed with some friends of ours who were stationed there. 1940K/23, a single enemy aircraft attacked White Beach 1 at Humboldt Bay. USS Long Beach (AK-9) was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1892 as Yarrowdale, passed through a succession of British, Greek and German owners, and was seized by the United States in 1917. She sailed 28 February 1966 for her new home port and namesake, Long Beach, California, and arrived 15 March 1966. After I was born, he went back on active duty. A group of took the opportunity to visit Tokyo Disneyland. Later that evening, the battlegroup had an exercise planned to try to fool any sub monitoring the group. The USS Long Beach was decommissioned on May 1, 1995, nearly 36 years after first been launched and over 33 years since she had entered US Naval service. There was a line of well over a block to visit Long Beach and one could walk right up and go on the Melbourne. This caused a small problem for one female I had sent for processing. In addition to the active measures for defense, the ship also carried chaff to confuse radars, SLQ-32 electronic warfare equipment and cryptologic equipment. Politics. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach, California. Because of this, Long Beach also had plenty of chill water cooling available. Being a member of the initial crew of any ship is a great experience as you will get to know the ship better than any future crew members can. My first impression as a crew member was of responsibilities of leadership. (Mar. During this deployment, we also visited Subic Bay in the Philippines for a maintenance period, as well as Singapore (one of my favorite cities) and Pearl Harbor on the way home to San Diego. Once again, we were anchored out mainly due to being nuclear powered. 6 October 1980 Begins Comprehensive Overhaul, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The Senior Chief Sonarman dismissed the sighting but when the submarine breached, the Sonarman ran down to the Combat Information Center! Commissioned in 1961, the USS Long Beach was the world's first nuclear powered cruiser. 9 January 1985 Selected Restricted Availability at. I was correct in that there were more good examples to learn from on the Long Beach. When it was running it required two 200kW motor-generator sets running in parallel to provide the 400Hz power the radar demanded. [8], The summer of 1966 was spent in training and orienting midshipmen in the tactics and operations involved in the modern nuclear Navy. USS LONG BEACH got underway on nuclear power for the first time on the morning of July 5, 1961. She deployed to Vietnam during the Vietnam War and served numerous times in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. For weapons, she had two twin rail launchers forward for Terrier missiles (and could carry over 100 of them), amidships she had an ASROC (anti-submarine rocket system) eight-cell launcher with reloading capability and two five-inch 38-caliber guns. Technology. Due to cuts in the defense budget after the 1991 Gulf War, as well as the higher operating costs and number of crew required compared to conventionally powered ships, the decision was made to decommission all nuclear cruisers from the Navy as their reactor cores ran down. It was going through the drawdown of the post-Vietnam era and there was a severe shortage of leadership personnel at the First and Second Class Petty Officer levels (E6 and E5). Consequently, she was redesigned and expanded to a . [10], During construction in January 1960, it was widely reported that Long Beach was sabotaged when anti-mine (degaussing) electrical cables were found to have been intentionally cut in three places. I remember him serving on USS Bigelow, a Forrest Sherman class destroyer homeported in Mayport, Florida from 1960 to 1965, then at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia from 1965 to 1967. For the longest time, the ship's rumor mill had it that if Long Beach rolled to greater than 45 degrees to either port or starboard, the ship would capsize. Long Beach was the first "all-new" cruiser designed and constructed after World War II (all others were completions or conversions of cruisers begun or completed during the war). The United States Navy (USN) ship is a one-time member of the Long Beach-class and on paper the successor to the Providence-class cruisers, eventually replaced by the Albany-class cruiser group. During the yard period in question, the ship's hull was scraped and repainted and the voltage regulators on the ship's service generators were updated. Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Long Beach, after the city of Long Beach, California: .mw-parser-output .dmbox{display:flex;align-items:center;clear:both;margin:0.9em 1em;border-top:1px solid #ccc;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:0.25em 0.35em;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .dmbox>*{flex-shrink:0;margin:0 0.25em}.mw-parser-output .dmbox-body{flex-grow:1;flex-shrink:1;padding:0.1em 0}.mw-parser-output .dmbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}. At some point, Bainbridge required some maintenance and during my first tour on Long Beach, Truxtun had replaced Bainbridge as the third ship of the 'nuclear trio.' She was the first ship to down an aircraft using SAMs in the Vietnam war and the incidents were not immediately publicized. [4] Long Beach was the last cruiser built with a World War II-era cruiser hull style,[5][6] as later new-build cruisers were built with different hull forms, such as the converted frigates Leahy(DLG-16), Bainbridge(DLGN-25), Belknap(DLG-26), Truxtun(DLGN-35), and the California and Virginia classes, or the Ticonderoga-class cruiser that was built on a Spruance-class destroyer hull. AHM. She had scored exceptionally high on the ASVAB (military entrance exam) and would have been eligible for almost any position if all were open to women, such as the nuclear propulsion field which was closed to women at that time. One quick story was when the ship was in a port for a visit, he had a group of the chiefs go out with him to check out the area. It was commissioned on September 9, 1961, under Capt. Long Beach was . Long Beach was originally considered for the installation of sea-launched ICBMs, but the boomers (SSBNs) worked out and have owned the sea-based nuclear ballistic missile deterrent mission ever since. Afterward, my company commander wanted to know why I hadn't informed him that my father was a Senior Chief Petty Officer stationed at the NTC. In order to get back to the west coast, I took a shore duty assignment as a recruiter in the Los Angeles Navy Recruiting District. 13 January 1984 10th West Pacific deployment. The modern surface combatants like the Aegis cruisers and the Arleigh Burke class destroyers are gas turbine powered and require fewer crew members to operate. USS Long Beach, which was the third ship to be named after the California city, was laid down in December 1957 and launched in July 1959. After a period of leave and upkeep in the fall, Long Beach sailed 7 November 1966 from Long Beach for the Far East. In fact, it was theUSSLong Beach(CGN-9),a warship that was originally intended to be no larger than a frigate but during the design stage was rapidly increased to thedimensions of a heavy cruiser, which has the distinction of being the first nuclear-powered surface vessel. Supposedly when being built, Long Beach was ready before Enterprise and received the 'billboard' arrays intended for the Big E. Besides 400Hz power, the system took a lot of 60Hz power and cooling water as well. The final weapons suite consisted of:[citation needed], The 5"/38 guns and the ASROC were retained, and several 12.7mm (50-cal) were installed as needed. This open space was first planned to accommodate the mounting of a Regulus nuclear-armed cruise missile, but was then changed to four launch tubes for the Polaris missile. On the other hand, the ship didn't pitch much (move up and down bow to stern). [8], Long Beach served in the Atlantic Fleet from her commissioning in 1961 until completing her first refueling in early 1966, when the cruiser was transferred from her home port of Norfolk to Naval Station Long Beach, California. For a nuclear-powered warship based in San Diego, this usually meant a trip to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. [14], Long Beach received a Combat Action Ribbon for action on 26 April 1972,[16] a few days after the Battle of ng Hi. The Talos missile system and the SCANFAR radar system were just a couple of them. CREATIVE. The warship was updated in the late 1970s and later operated as part of the UN task force during Operation Desert Storm. Kennedy. I finished boot camp as a company honor man and with scholastic honors. 1969. I was sitting in my shop when I received a call from the ship's personnel officer and was told I had 10 minutes to pack my gear and get off the ship. We were told by some of the repair personnel in Subic that a part of a blade from the sub's screw was found embedded in the Kitty Hawk's bottom. Short amateur documentary on the historic naval. We each had to put the aforementioned four people (mainly men) in the Navy each month. A friend and I were sitting on one of the bits on the port side when he pointed out a periscope about 30 yards of the port beam. Long Beach was ordered on October 15, 1956, laid on December 2, 1957 . The force operated in the Mediterranean testing its unique capabilities until 31 July when it sailed under RADM Bernard M. Strean from Gibraltar on an aroundtheworld cruise. There are several penalties of nuclear-powered surface combatants. March 1970 Overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. I believe, each one of my supervisors who gave their approval thought that someone above them would disapprove my request. 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