USS Norton Sound
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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.
USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
USS Norton Sound departing the shipyard at Long Beach, fitted with a Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber gun for underway trials, c.1970
Ensign Charlene Albright, one of first women assigned to shipboard duty, aboard Norton Sound, 1978
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 Radar Division of RCA, and it is now produced by Lockheed Martin.
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57), a Ticonderoga-class Aegis-equipped guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987. Beginning with USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), this version is equipped with the Mark 41 VLS, whereas earlier versions were equipped with the Mark-26 twin-arm missile launcher system.
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JS Haguro（DDG-180）launching SM-3 Block IB missile (November 19, 2022)