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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: sci.military submission - USS Long Beach
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Date: 20 Jul 89 01:35:04 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <8332@cbnews.ATT.COM>, Jonathan L Wilson writes: 
=The nuclear-powered cruiser USS Long Beach was, at one time, armed with both
=Terrier and Talos SAMs, as well as ASROC and two old 5-inch mounts. The weight
=of the Talos SAM systems, with the fire control systems and large magazines,
=must have been tremendous even on such a large vessel.  Sometime in the '70s, 
=the obsolete Talos systems aft were removed and the Terrier systems upgraded to
=Standard missiles. 

=What happened to the space and weight occupied by the Talos systems aft?

i checked my references, and all they say is that the Talos launcher
was replaced by quad Harpoon launchers; no information is given about
what was done with the magazine spaces.

richard
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