The first Engineering Development Model (EDM-1) was installed in the test ship, USS Norton Sound (AVM 1) in 1973. The computer-based command and decision element is the core of the Aegis combat ...

Sailors from the USS Norton Sound preparing the X-17 Argus 1 missile. Credit: AEC / USDE / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, the U.S. carried out an experiment ...

Following that, he worked on the USS Norton Sound while it was dry-docked in Baltimore, Maryland, and was part of the June 20, 1964 recommissioning of the Norton Sound for weapons research.

1800 - USS Constitution captures Letter of Marque Sandwich. 1862 - Confederates destroy Norfolk and Pensacola Navy Yards. 1949 - First shipboard launching of LARK, guided missile by USS Norton Sound.

1949 - USS Norton Sound (AV 11), the first guided-missile ship, launches first guided missile, Loon.

Stubborn Fire Rips Through Ship, Sends Thick Smoke Over San Diego Harbor The fire began around 9:40 a.m. as the 120-foot Norton Sound ship was docked on North Harbor Drive, ripping through the ...