First nuclear-powered surface warship ever built. Also the last cruiser designed from the keel up on a true cruiser hull . every surface cruiser after her used destroyer hull lines. Fired Talos missiles to destroy two MiG aircraft over Vietnam in 1968 . the only U.S. surface ship to achieve air kills in that war. Circumnavigated the globe with Enterprise in Operation Sea Orbit, 1964, without refueling. 34 years of service.