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New Missile May Replace Navy's Guns, 1956/04/05 (1956)

1) USS Boston, first guided missile cruiser (2) tornadoes cause damage in midwest, worst in 36 years (3) robot weather station tested at Naval Research Lab for use in Antarctic, data recorded on tape recorder (4) Olympic equestrian team prepare for Stockholm, horses loaded on plane for 15 hour flight (5) Grace Kelly press conference (6) Exercise Arctic Night at Thule AFB, parachutes land (7) circus opens at Madison Square Garden. (complete newsreel)


This movie is part of the collection: Universal Newsreels

Production Company: Universal Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: USS BOSTON - - April 4, 2007
Subject: USS BOSTON
The USS BOSTON CAG-1 was the world's first guided missile cruiser.

Seeing this video on the Internet is rather exciting for those of us who served aboard the BOSTON and took part in many historic firsts.

The narrator in this clip states that the BOSTON does not have any "big guns"---well, she had six 8" guns in her main battery, plus ten 5" and ten 3". I'd call those pretty big guns---and they were in addition to the guided missiles.

You can also find more USS BOSTON history at http://www.ussboston.org.