USS Norfolk (DL-1)

USS Norfolk (DL-1) underway in the mid-1960s
Class overview
Name	Norfolk class
Preceded by	Gearing class
Succeeded by	Mitscher class
Built	1 Sep 1949 - 4 Mar 1953
In commission	4 Mar 1953 - 15 Jan 1970
Planned	2
Completed	1
Cancelled	1
Scrapped	1
History
United States
Name	USS Norfolk
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	1 September 1949
Launched	29 December 1951
Commissioned	4 March 1953
Decommissioned	15 January 1970
Stricken	1 November 1973
Identification	Hull number: DL-1
Fate	Sold 22 August 1974 and scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer leader
Displacement	5,600 tons
Length	520 ft (158.5 m) waterline 540 ft (164.6 m) overall[1]
Beam	53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)[1]
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)[1]
Propulsion	80,000 hp 60 MW diesel generators steam turbines, electro 500 kW initially 2 × 250 kW generators then 300, final 3 MW 4 × 750 kW
Speed	32 knots
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	Officer: 42 Enlisted: 504
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SQS-23 SONAR[2] Mark 56 fire-control system
Armament	1953 8 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 16 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns 4 × Weapon Alpha ASW rocket launcher 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1960 8 × 3 in (76 mm)/70 caliber guns 4 × Weapon Alpha ASW rocket launcher 1 × ASROC octuple launcher 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Norfolk (DL-1) was the first destroyer leader of the United States Navy. Originally projected as a hunter-killer cruiser, she was in service until 1970, and was scrapped in 1974.