It is a crying shame the Long Beach never got the AEGIS upgrade. It looked far, far more better than before (never liked that very bizarre island shaped like a giant brick.)
"Money, money, money.All the things I could do,If I had a little money".
In 1980 she got the upgrade available in light of the expansion plan, in 1994 the cost of Gulf War I meant the kitty was empty. She needed to be re-fuelled and that was too much.
Rebuild with AEGIS, four Phalanx, four Harpoon quads, three or four VLS, proper helo facilities, dump the silly 5"/38s for 5"/54 or 8"/55... Might as well hope for a Strike Cruiser III.
BTW if you've played
Harpoon the CSGN appears, as the
Alaska class.
