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USS NORFOLK (DL-1)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NQMR

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PRIZE

CLASS - NORFOLK As Built.
Displacement 8315 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 540' (oa) x 53' 6" x 19' (Max)
Armament 8 x 3"/50 RF (4x2), 8 x 20mm (4x2), 4 Weapon Alfa ASW Systems, 8 x 21" TT (8x1)
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 6000 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 546.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on September 1 1949.
Launched December 29 1951 and commissioned March 4 1953.
Designed as a Fast Hunter Killer based on Atlanta (CL-51) Hull.
Class proved too costly to produce in large numbers and was canceled.
Norfolk spent her entire career as a test and trials ship.
Stricken November 1 1973.
Fate Sold August 22 1974 and broken up for scrap.
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Norfolk 233kUndated, location unknown.Don Smith
Norfolk 113kFully completed with twin 3"/70 caliber main armament and super-firing Weapon As both fore and aft, the Norfolk heads out to sea. Undated.-
Norfolk 231kJust prior to launching on Dec 29, 1951.-
Norfolk 120kSliding down the ways from ALL HANDS magazine of February 1952.Stanley Svec
Norfolk 92kNewly completed on July 6, 1953 the Norfolk was originally equipped with 3"/50s and twin 20mm guns before receiving the 3"/70s as specified in her design. Her Weapon A anti-submarine mounts are visible but her ASW torpedoes were enclosed in the after superstructure and can't be seen in this photo.-
Norfolk 51kCirca 1954, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Norfolk 31kCirca 1954, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Norfolk 173k1958 photo showing the Norfolk in her test ship role. Here she is carrying the prototype SPS-26 three dimensional radar, mounted abaft her rear stack. An ASW torpedo tube cover is visible as a dark square on her after superstructure, just to the left of the covered boat amidships. -
Norfolk 78kIn Rio in 1963 during UNITAS IV.Gary L. Smith (RM3)
Norfolk 57kCirca 1965, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Norfolk 89kFremantle, Australia 1968Graeme D. Fuller
Norfolk 151kThe ship's bell.Earl Gimlich
Norfolk 54kA series of photos showing the Norfolk's guns as they appeared at the Boca Raton (Florida) Community High School in July 2007.Bill King
Norfolk 90kAs above.Bill King
Norfolk 95kAs above.Bill King
Norfolk 43kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Norfolk 42kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS NORFOLK DL-1 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Ed Jehlik
Address: 41 Prairiewood Dr., Fargo, ND 58103
Phone: (701) 298-0659
E-mail: bigedjh@hotmail.com

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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