USS Long Beach CGN-9If you wanted to serve on a ship that rarely left port in the US, the Long Beach was where to be. We couldnt do much more than 30 knots with a clean hull, so we couldnt keep up with the carriers, so we rarely left port. The reason was that the Long Beach was originally going to be a DLG weighing 12,000 tons. By the time the USN was done expanding it, it weighed 14,000 tons. During sea trials, it was feared that the ship would roll over because it was so top heavy, so 2000 tons of lead was added along the keel to raise the weight to 16,000 tons.
Hey, an American Vasa ship!
...and people say a 70 year old ship is impractical to keep in the Navy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_cruiser
Yeah, but they got the CGN right with the Virginia’s.
I always wondered if the Long Beach was as unstable as it looked. Wonder about the Chicago/Albany CLG’s as well.