USS Norfolk (DL-1)

USS Norfolk (DL-1)
USS Norfolk (DL-1) underway in the mid-1960s
Class overview
NameNorfolk class
Preceded byGearing class
Succeeded byMitscher class
Built1 Sep 1949 - 4 Mar 1953
In commission4 Mar 1953 - 15 Jan 1970
Planned2
Completed1
Cancelled1
Scrapped1
History
United States
NameUSS Norfolk
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down1 September 1949
Launched29 December 1951
Commissioned4 March 1953
Decommissioned15 January 1970
Stricken1 November 1973
IdentificationHull number: DL-1
FateSold 22 August 1974 and scrapped
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer leader
Displacement5,600 tons
Length
  • 520 ft (158.5 m) waterline
  • 540 ft (164.6 m) overall[1]
Beam53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)[1]
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)[1]
Propulsion80,000 hp 60 MW diesel generators steam turbines, electro 500 kW initially 2 × 250 kW generators then 300, final 3 MW 4 × 750 kW
Speed32 knots
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
  • Officer: 42
  • Enlisted: 504
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

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.

  1. ^ a b c Gardiner, Robert (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-155-75013-25.
  2. ^ Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.434