Long Beach
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United States
- Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, most populous (492,682) city with this name- Long Beach Airport
- Long Beach Naval ShipyardLong Beach Naval Shipyardthumb|right|300px|Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1993The Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1997, was located at Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles and approximately 23 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport.The Long Beach...
- Long Beach Search & RescueLong Beach Search & RescueLong Beach Search and Rescue is a specialist Explorer post of the Learning for Life program with the Boy Scouts of America. It is an urban search and rescue unit based out of Long Beach, California, and is sponsored by the Long Beach Police Motor Patrol Association and Long Beach Firefighters'...
- Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified School DistrictThe Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States.LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, all of the city of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island.-School uniforms...
- Port of Long BeachPort of Long BeachThe Port of Long Beach, also known as Long Beach’s Harbor Department, is the 2nd busiest container port in the USA. It adjoins the separate Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for U.S.-Asian trade, the port occupies of land with of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California...
- Long Beach, IndianaLong Beach, IndianaLong Beach is a town in Michigan Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, Long Beach population was 1,179. It is included in the Michigan City, Indiana-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Long Beach, MinnesotaLong Beach, MinnesotaLong Beach is a city in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 335 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
- Long Beach, MississippiLong Beach, MississippiLong Beach is a city located in Harrison County, Mississippi, USA. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Long Beach, New YorkLong Beach, New YorkLong Beach is a city in Nassau County, New York. Just south of Long Island, it is located on Long Beach Barrier Island, which is the westernmost of the outer barrier islands off Long Island's South Shore. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 33,275...
- Long Beach (LIRR station)Long Beach (LIRR station)Long Beach is the terminus of the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Park Place and Park Avenue in the City of Long Beach, New York...
, a transit station - Long Beach Barrier IslandLong Beach Barrier IslandLong Beach, NY is one of the outer barrier islands off the south coast of Long Island, New York. Long Beach, New York is the principal city, sharing the island with Atlantic Beach to the west and Lido Beach and Point Lookout to the east....
, the island on which it is located - Long Beach City School DistrictLong Beach City School DistrictThe Long Beach City School District is a public school district that provides education to The City of Long Beach, Lido Beach, Point Lookout and East Atlantic Beach on the South Shore of Long Island, New York. It currently houses a total of 4,355 students in all grades.The school board is composed...
, the island's primary school board - Long Beach, North CarolinaLong Beach, North CarolinaLong Beach, North Carolina is a coastal neighborhood that is incorporated into Oak Island, North Carolina in the year of 1955. Located on Oak Island, it is well known for the total devastation it sustained during Hurricane Hazel in 1954; only five of the 357 buildings survived the storm...
- Long Beach, WashingtonLong Beach, WashingtonLong Beach is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,283 at the 2000 census and grew to 1,392 at the 2010 census...
- Long Beach IslandLong Beach IslandLong Beach Island is a barrier island and summer colony along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States...
, New Jersey- Long Beach Island Consolidated School DistrictLong Beach Island Consolidated School DistrictThe Long Beach Island Consolidated School District is a regional consolidated public school district which serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from five communities bordering the Atlantic Ocean on Long Beach Island, in Ocean County, New Jersey...
- Long Beach Island Consolidated School District
- Long Beach PeninsulaLong Beach PeninsulaThe Long Beach Peninsula is an arm of land in western Washington state. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the south by the Columbia River, and the east by Willapa Bay...
, Washington - Long Beach Township, New JerseyLong Beach Township, New JerseyLong Beach Township is a Walsh Act Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 3,051....
- Calvert Beach-Long Beach, MarylandCalvert Beach-Long Beach, MarylandCalvert Beach-Long Beach is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,487 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Calvert Beach-Long Beach is located at ....
, a census-designated place - Long Beach, Connecticut, a beach in Fairfield County, ConnecticutFairfield County, ConnecticutFairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
Canada
- Long Beach (British Columbia)Long Beach (British Columbia)Long Beach is the largest and longest beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Wickanninish Bay between Tofino and Ucluelet and is adjoined by campgrounds and picnic areas...
, part of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve- Long Beach, British Columbia, a settlement at the south end of the beach of the same name
- Longbeach, British Columbia, formerly Long Beach, a community on the north side of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, near Nelson, British Columbia
- Long Beach, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
- Long Beach, Niagara Region, Ontario
New Zealand
- Long Beach, New ZealandLong Beach, New ZealandLong Beach is a small coastal settlement in Otago, New Zealand comprising approximately 100 homes. Many of the sections were initially auctioned in October 1922 for a pound deposit. It is located within the city limits of Dunedin, and lies 15 kilometres northeast of the city centre, between...
, part of Dunedin in Otago - Longbeach, New ZealandLongbeach, New ZealandLongbeach is a lowly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located in a rural area of the Canterbury Plains on the shore of the Pacific Ocean on the northern side of the Hinds River's mouth....
, a locality in Canterbury
Vessels
- USS Long Beach (AK-8), a German cargo ship seized in 1917, in use until 1921, and sold the following year
- USS Long Beach (PF-34)USS Long Beach (PF-34)USS Long Beach , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Long Beach, California and Long Beach, New York....
, a patrol frigate in use from 1943 to 1945, loaned to the Russian Navy and then in 1962 to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Shii (PF-17) - USS Long Beach (CGN-9)USS Long Beach (CGN-9)USS Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the only ship of her class....
, the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, serving from 1961 to 1995 - Long Beach class cruiserLong Beach class cruiserThe Long Beach class cruiser is a single-ship class of the United States Navy. The class is noted as the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant, and the last cruiser built in the US Navy to a cruiser design; all subsequent cruiser classes were built on scaled-up destroyer hulls, or, in...
, a single-ship class of the United States Navy
Other uses
- The Long BeachThe Long BeachThe Long Beach is a private housing estate in the waterfront of Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises eight residential towers offering a total of 1,829 units. It was developed by Hang Lung Properties in 2006 and sold to the public in 2008 and 2009. The town centre of the Hong Kong...
, a private housing estate in Hong Kong - The Long Beach Grand PrixLong Beach Grand PrixThe Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...
, an auto race first held in 1975 - "Long Beach Iced Tea", a variation of Long Island Iced TeaLong Island Iced TeaA Long Island Iced Tea is a highball made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum, and triple sec with 1½ parts sour mix and a splash of cola. Most variants use equal parts of the main liquors but include a smaller...
which substitutes cranberry juice instead of sours mix; named because of the cranberry bogs near Long Beach Island, New Jersey - Longbeach (cigarette)Longbeach (cigarette)Longbeach is a brand of cigarettes in Australia produced by Philip Morris.It is sold in packets of 20s, 25s,30s and 40s in strengths of 1-16mg "milligrams" and is sold in different flavors...
, a brand of cigarettes - Long Beach BoulevardLong Beach BoulevardLong Beach Boulevard is a north south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County.-Geography:Long Beach Boulevard starts off as a continuation of Pacific Boulevard south of Cudahy Avenue in South Gate. Long Beach Boulevard passes through South Gate, Lynwood, Compton and Long Beach...
, a north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County - Long Beach (LACMTA station)Long Beach (LACMTA station)Long Beach/I-105 is a Los Angeles County Metro Rail station on the Green Line. It is located in the center median of Century Freeway at the interchange with Long Beach Boulevard in Lynwood, California. It is not necessarily named for the city of Long Beach, California as Metro Rail usually names...
, a Metro Green Line station for the LACMTA