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To: w_over_w; snippy_about_it
45. The first nuclear-powered surface vessel, USS Long Beach CG (N) 9, was launched at Quincy in 1961.

I'll go with this one. If they'd said surface warship, I'd have let it go. The Soviet icebreaker Lenin appears to have it beat by a couple of years. The Long Beach did edge the Enterprise by a couple of months. And the NS Savannah came along shortly thereafter.

Oops. I almost embarassed myself on this one. I wasn't paying close attention and didn't even notice the more glaring error. "launched at Quincy in 1961". No, it wasn't. It was launched 14 July 1959 (they were just 2 years off). It was COMMISSIONED 9 September 1961. Source for that: http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l8/long_beach-iii.htm

To clarify, the Lenin was launched in 1957.

313 posted on 02/11/2006 7:10:56 PM PST by PAR35
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You're so good!


339 posted on 02/11/2006 8:03:59 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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