USS Norton Sound
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USS Norton Sound 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 Wes
USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) ca. 1980 with the AN/SPY-1A Aegis Combat Information System radars atop the superstructure
A PBM-5 on the deck of USS Norton Sound in April 1945 off Saipan
Launch of Viking 4 from USS Norton Sound, 1950
Deployment of X-17A aboard USS Norton Sound 1958
Aegis Combat System
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The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system, which uses computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets. It was developed by the Missile and Surface
USS Norton Sound
…for test. Into 1969 she continued in test and evaluation work with the Pacific Fleet. In 1973, she received the first ship-borne installation of the Aegis Combat System, which later became the primary combat system in U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers. In the spring of 1981, the pre-production model of the Vertical…
USS Lake Champlain, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis-equipped guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987. Beginning with USS Bunker Hill, this version is equipped with the Mark 41 VLS, whereas earlier versions were equipped with the Mark-26 twin-arm missile launcher system.
Rendering of the PAC-3 MSE fired from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
BMD maneuvers (6 October 2022)