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entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard 13 June 1968 for regular overhaul. The yard also installed a new, light-weight 5"/54 gun mount with associated control components for test. Into 1969 she continued in test and evaluation work with the Pacific Fleet.
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handling, launching, stowage, and guidance systems were installed, and she was reclassified from "AV-11" to "AVM-1" on 8 August 1951. This was the first of three extensive alterations accomplished through 1955. Test launchings of Terrier and
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1,500 miles (2,400 km) south of Hawaii, and conducted tests with seventeen Skyhook balloons and nine smaller balloon clusters, all carrying scientific instrumentation packages.
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11 May in Project Reach. This rocket carried a 500-pound instrumentation package to an altitude of 106.4 miles (171 km), and provided data on
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The Station Comes of Age: Satellites, Submarines, and Special Operations in the Final Years of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1959–1967
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in June 1959 and resumed Terrier and Tartar test launchings. These operations continued until June 1962, when she steamed for
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One of her anchors is on display in WestSound Viewpoint at the end of McCall Blvd in Bremerton, WA, overlooking
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departing the shipyard at Long Beach, fitted with a Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber gun for underway trials, c.1970
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in 1948 for seven months while equipment was installed for handling, stowing, launching, and controlling
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coast and launched two Aerobees. These launchings provided information on the earth's radiation belt.
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launched a training missile, marking the beginning of the Navy's use of shipborne guided missiles.
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in Pascagoula, Mississippi. During the next two years the VLS underwent extensive testing. The
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and other instrumented rockets. Analysis of the data contributed to the discovery of the
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occurred at an altitude of 300 miles (480 km), and effects were monitored by the
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was the only AT-SEA Testing Platform for the AEGIS Weapon System, later installed on
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called at Shanghai, China 1 October 1945, and by the 23rd of that month she was at
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commencing 15 July 1966, all Typhon equipment was removed. For the next two years
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Ensign Charlene Albright, one of first women assigned to shipboard duty, aboard
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Universal Newsreel footage of USS Norton Sound during Project Argus – 1958
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Universal Newsreel footage of USS Norton Sound during Project Reach – 1950
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underwent a four-month overhaul at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. New
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for his role leading the task force responsible for these tests.
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steam turbines, 4 x boilers, 2 x shafts, 12,000 shp (9.0 MW)
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she launched three rockets carrying low-yield atomic warheads.
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In 1973 she received the first ship-borne installation of the
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evaluated various missile countermeasures. She also tested
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in February 1949, she steamed to equatorial waters off the
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was converted to a missile-launching platform. She was in
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was decommissioned 11 December 1986, and struck from the
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Ventura County Lodging Association (30 September 2021).
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In the spring of 1981, the pre-production model of the
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The other anchor and ship's bell is on display at the
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Upon completion of her modifications in October 1948,
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was sold to an overseas firm where she was scrapped.
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Varied over her career, especially as a test vessel
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This was completed early in 1964, and 301:Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company 94:Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company 8: 1527:Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division 1059:"Stennis sailors give local park a makeover" 989:"The US Navy Fact File: Aegis Weapon System" 773:20 October 1988, and she was laid up in the 900:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 835:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 2207:Seaplane tenders of the United States Navy 1517: 1503: 1495: 1291: 1277: 1269: 1173: 1159: 1151: 991:. navy.mil. 5 January 2016. Archived from 795:Historical Society Museum in California. 889: 887: 885: 883: 881: 879: 877: 875: 873: 871: 829:This article incorporates text from the 869: 867: 865: 863: 861: 859: 857: 855: 853: 851: 847: 437:. After overhaul there she joined the 31: 382:, Hawaii. She reported to Commander, 207:540 ft 5 in (164.72 m) 55: 7: 490:. En route she conducted tests with 810: – British missile trials ship 641:, Maryland for installation of the 400:anchored 1 May 1945 at Aka Kaikyo, 354:by Mrs. Ernest L. Gunther, wife of 215:69 ft 3 in (21.11 m) 909:Naval History and Heritage Command 637:In November 1962 she was towed to 598:. Her commanding officer, Captain 223:22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) 25: 928:. Encyclopædia Britannica Limited 378:26 February 1945 and steamed for 2197:Currituck-class seaplane tenders 1119:Naval Vessel Register entry for 925:Britannica Book of the Year 1950 822: 683:equipment, and a new concept in 486:steamed for her new homeport of 57: 35: 27:Tender of the United States Navy 660:operated for several months in 350:28 November 1943. The ship was 775:National Defense Reserve Fleet 501:After launching equipment for 257:Various, including testing of 1: 1061:. kitsapsun.com. 12 June 2013 1039:. navsource.org. 5 March 2021 838:. The entry can be found 671:During a three-month stay at 547:s use as a missile platform. 643:Typhon Weapon Control System 529:San Francisco Naval Shipyard 473:Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 2233: 2212:Ships built in Los Angeles 1037:"USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)" 786:Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 459:for World War II service. 289:was originally built as a 1479: 1253: 1227: 1191: 731:Vertical Launching System 673:Long Beach Naval Shipyard 656:Homeported in Baltimore, 507:Long Beach Naval Shipyard 174: 170:exchange, 20 October 1988 50: 34: 1544:(Los Angeles SB&DDC) 596:Van Allen radiation belt 568:continued through 1958. 488:Port Hueneme, California 315:, a large inlet in West 18:USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) 1185:-class seaplane tenders 962:Hall of Valor Project. 922:Armitage, John (1950). 771:Maritime Administration 733:(VLS) was installed at 358:Ernest L. Gunther, and 175:General characteristics 168:Maritime Administration 947:Lawson, Cliff (2017). 711: 634: 323:and the mouths of the 199:14,000 tons, full load 705: 628: 609:The ship returned to 346:7 September 1942 and 1852:Sealift Indian Ocean 1086:Ventura County Coast 735:Ingalls Shipbuilding 579:. From south of the 555:In the fall of 1950 535:launched a five-ton 327:, north-east of the 311:. She was named for 150:AVM-1, 8 August 1951 1838:Sealift Arabian Sea 716:Aegis Combat System 666:Sea Sparrow missile 522:geomagnetic equator 1304:United States Navy 1017:. 1980. p. 12 995:on 4 February 2016 964:"Arthur R. Gralla" 895:"USS Norton Sound" 759:s active service. 712: 635: 254:processing systems 239:18 knots (33 km/h) 2184: 2183: 2112:Mahlon S. 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Index

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
Norton Sound
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
San Pedro
California
Maritime Administration
Currituck-class
seaplane tender
AN/SPG-59
AN/SPY-1
AN/SPQ-9
Currituck-class
seaplane tender
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
San Pedro
California
Norton Sound
Alaska
Seward Peninsula
Yukon
Bering Sea
laid down
launched
sponsored
Rear Admiral
commissioned
Pacific
San Diego
Pearl Harbor

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