The X-17 Argus 3 missile prepared for launch from the aft deck of the USS Norton Sound. Credit: AEC / USDE / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. Upon the conclusion of Operation Argus, Task Force 88 ...

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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.

1949 - USS Norton Sound, first guided-missile ship, launches first guided missile, Loon. 1960 - USS John S. McCain rescues the entire 41-man crew of the sinking Japanese freighter, Shinwa Maru, in ...

The fire began around 9:40 a.m. as the 120-foot Norton Sound ship was docked on North Harbor Drive, ripping through the vessel's lower deck levels and proving challenging for firefighters ...