USS Norton Sound

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
History
United States
NameNorton Sound
NamesakeNorton Sound
BuilderLos Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California
Laid down7 September 1942
Launched28 November 1943
Commissioned8 January 1945
Decommissioned
  • 10 August 1962
  • 11 December 1986
ReclassifiedAVM-1, 8 August 1951
Stricken26 January 1987
FateDisposed of by Maritime Administration exchange, 20 October 1988
General characteristics
Class and typeCurrituck-class seaplane tender
Displacement14,000 tons, full load
Length540 ft 5 in (164.72 m)
Beam69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Propulsionsteam turbines, 4 x boilers, 2 x shafts, 12,000 shp (9.0 MW)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement1,247 as commissioned, 540 after conversion to AVM-1
Sensors and
processing systems
Various, including testing of AN/SPG-59, AN/SPY-1 and AN/SPQ-9
ArmamentVaried over her career, especially as a test vessel

USS Norton Sound (AV-11/AVM-1) was originally built as a Currituck-class seaplane tender by Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California. She was named for Norton Sound, a large inlet in West Alaska, between the Seward Peninsula and the mouths of the Yukon, north-east of the Bering Sea.[1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DANFS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).