Norton Sound (AVM 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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WSWSESNUBTDNSUUND There are those who will argue that the N and S in NSWSES are for NORTON SOUND. The argu- ment is not without merit. The Station and the ship have been inseparable during the past 23 years as the Navy's most modern surface combat systems moved from drawing board to fleet operation. And for much of the 13 years preceding the establishment of NSWSES in .Iuly 1963 NORTON SOUND was involved in the test- ing and evaluation ofthe Terrier and Tartar missile systems--two-thirds of the Navy's original 3-Ts which launched NSWSES into the world. NORTON SOUND has well-earned the reputa- tion as a 'ffloating proving groundl' for surface combat sytems. Terrier and Tartar were the first: Basic Point Defense, the MK 86 Fire Control Sys- tem, the lightweight 5-inchf54 caliber gun, AEGIS and the Vertical Launching System followed. The first ofthe Navy's surface missiles to be tested from the decks of NORTON SOUND was the Ter- rier. The ship underwent a four-month overhaul in San Francisco Naval Shipyard in the fall of 1950 to prepare for Terrier tests. During the overhaul new launching, stowage handling and control equip- ment, including radars, were installed. Evaluation of the Terrier and later Tartar missiles continued until 1958. Some of the early test and evaluation programs did not survive the decks of NORTON SOUND. Typhon was named for a fierce legendary Greek monster with 100 heads. The system was designed to provide the fleet with a greatly improved anti-air warfare capability, an offensive capability for engaging enemy fleet units and conducting long-range bombardment. ln 1962 NORTON SOUND underwent a major modification for the Typhon Missile System. This entailed a two-year decommissioning period at Bal- timore, MD, during which another deck level, the 05 level, was added and the Typhon's dome-shaped phased-array type radar was placed above the new level. Wrote reporter John B. O'Donnell Jr. in an August 1964 edition ofthe Baltimore Morning Sun, For months the NORTON SOUND has domi- nated the waterfront in Fairfield with its huge cylin- drical 'stack' described by some as something which resembles a 'giant floating incineratorf -

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