USS Norton Sound

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.

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Currituck-class seaplane tender, seaplane tender, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, United States Navy, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1942-09-07T00:00:00Z

1942-09-07T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1962-08-10T00:00:00Z

1962-08-10T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1986-12-11T00:00:00Z

1986-12-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-11-28T00:00:00Z

1943-11-28T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1945-01-08T00:00:00Z

1945-01-08T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) leaves the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for gunnery trials, circa in 1969 (6454886)

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) circa in 1959

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) underway in the 1980s, after being fitted with VLS Mk41

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) underway in the 1980s

USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a LTV-N-2 Loon missile on 26 January 1949 (USN 415146)

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) underway at sea, circa in 1980

USS Norton Sound (AV-11) underway off San Pedro, California (USA), on 31 December 1944 (80-G-381470)

USS Norton Sound (AV-11) anchored in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, in April 1945 (80-G-K-16199)

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) in the 1950s

USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a JB-2 Loon missile on 12 October 1949 (80-G-438269)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) leaves the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for gunnery trials, circa in 1969 (6454886)		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) circa in 1959		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) underway in the 1980s, after being fitted with VLS Mk41		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) underway in the 1980s		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a LTV-N-2 Loon missile on 26 January 1949 (USN 415146)		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) underway at sea, circa in 1980		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AV-11) underway off San Pedro, California (USA), on 31 December 1944 (80-G-381470)		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AV-11) anchored in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, in April 1945 (80-G-K-16199)		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) in the 1950s		Commons
commons	image		USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a JB-2 Loon missile on 12 October 1949 (80-G-438269)		Commons