On, an 83-foot Cuban vessel harassed Norfolk while she was patrolling the Florida Straits with The Sullivans in Cuban waters. In 1960 the addition of an ASROC launcher enhanced her antisubmarine capabilities. In June 1957, Norfolk participated in the International Fleet Review as flagship for Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic for NATO.Ī boiler on the ship blew up in later 1955.īy 1959 Norfolk 's eight 3 inch/50 caliber guns had been replaced by eight 3"/70 caliber guns and her 20 mm.
During 19 she acted as flagship for Commander Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet. Atlantic Fleet and between 19 served successively as flagship for Commander Destroyer Flotillas 2, 4, and 6. Clarence Matheson Bowley in command.Īfter her Caribbean shakedown cruise (February 1954), Norfolk was assigned to the U.S. She was laid down 1 September 1949 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, launched 29 December 1951 with the destroyer leader reclassification DL-1, sponsored by Miss Betty King Duckworth, and commissioned 4 March 1953, Capt. She was designed on a light cruiser hull so she could carry a greater variety of detection gear than a destroyer. warship built after the construction boom of World War II, Norfolk was designed beginning in 1945, designated project SCB 1 in 1946, and authorized in 1947 as CLK-1, an anti-submarine hunter killer ship which could operate under all weather conditions and would carry the latest radar, sonar, and other electronic devices. Originally projected as a hunter-killer cruiser, she was in service until 1970, and was scrapped in 1974. The second USS Norfolk (DL-1) was the first destroyer leader of the United States Navy.
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