Posted on 11/06/2002 1:00:33 AM PST by Snow Bunny
Hoo boy! We're still a bit into the nail-biting here in MN and nex' door in SD, but it still is breaking the right way, so far. I was just reading the Jeffords thread. Man, I wouldn't want to be him about now. See ya!
LOL! Neither would I!
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD) provides intermediate level maintenance support to 17 Norfolk Naval base tenent squadrons consisting of 13 Type/Model/Series aircraft as well as support to East Coast CV/CVN and L-Class ships.
AIMD Norfolk provides repair, manufacture, test and check of aircraft components and associated support equipment. AIMD Norfolk also provided 94 Sea Operational Detachment (SEAOPDET) personnel to all East Coast aircraft carriers for worldwide deployment and at-sea periods.
Today's classic ship, USS Norfolk (DL-1)
Norfolk class hunter-killer ship
Displacement. 5600
Lenght. 540'
Beam. 54'
Draft. 26'
Speed. 32 k.
Complement. 411
Armament. 8 3", 16 20mm., 4 Weapon Alfa ASW Systems, 8 21" tt
The USS Norfolk (DL-1), projected as hunter-killer ship (CLK-1) was laid down 1 September 1949 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden. N.J., launched 29 Deeember 1951; sponsored by Miss Betty King Duckworth; and eommissioned 4 March 1 953, Capt. Clarenee Matheson Bowley in command.
The first major U.S. warship built since World War II, Norfolk was authorised in 1947 as an anti-submarine hunter killer ship which could operate under all weather conditions and would carry the latest radar, sonar, and other electronic devices. As a large destroyer leader designed on a light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51) hull, she could earry a greater variety of detection gear than a destroyer.
After her Caribbean shakedown cruise (February 1954), Norfolk was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and between 1955 and 1957 served successively as flagship for Commander Destroyer Flotillas 2, 4, and 6. During 1956 and 1957 she acted as flagship for Commander Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet. In June 1957, Norfolk participated in the International Fleet Review as flagship for Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
By 1959 Norfolk's 8 3" 70 cal. guns had been replaced by 8 3" 50 cal. guns and her 20mm. battery had been removed. In 1960 the addition of an ASROC launcher enchaneed her antisubmarine capabilities.
On 10 May 1960, an 83-foot Cuban vessel harassed Norfolk while she was patrolling the Florida Straits with The Sullivans (DD-537) in international waters.
In Fall 1961 she took part in UNITAS II as flagship for Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 2. During the operation she performed ASW training exercises with the navies of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. Norf olk repeated this cruise over the next five years during which she served as flagship of Commander South Atlantie Forees except in 1962 when she was flagship for Commander Cruiser Destroyer Forces Atlantic Fleet.
Norfolk joined LANTFLEX 66 as flagship between 28 November and 16 Deeember 1966. During this exercise she was shadowed by the Russian trawlers Repiter and Teodilit. She proved her antisubmarine capabilities again as flagship for Comma nder South Atlantie Forces during UNITAS VIII in Fall 1967.
Norfolk was assigned to Commander Middle East Forees as flagship (17 April-15 October 1968). On this mission she visited Bahrain, French Somaliland, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia. Kenya, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Malagasy Republio, India, Pakistan, Austr alia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Mexico, and Panama Canal Zone.
In Ootober 1968 Norfolk returned to Norfolk where she decommissioned 15 January 1970 and entered the Atlantio Reserve Fleet. Stricken November 1 1973, she was sold August 22 1974 and broken up for scrap.
The Norfolk class proved too costly to produce in large numbers and was canceled.
At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 4, 2002 -- Damage Controlman 2nd Class Kyle Nordlund from Clearbrook, Minn., team leader during a General Quarters (GQ) drill, checks a space for fire using a hand held thermal Imager. Thermal imaging technology has a dramatically improved shipboard search and rescue efforts encountered in the tight spaces aboard ship. Navy firefighters, using thermal imagers, can quickly navigate and identify victims in smoke-filled compartments. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jo Wilbourn.
At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 4, 2002 -- Damage Controlman 2nd Class Kyle Nordlund from Clearbrook, Minn., damage control leader during a General Quarters (GQ) drill, checks a space for potential reflash fires using a thermal imager while the #1 Nozzleman (kneeling), Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Lloyd Dieckman from Oak Harbor, Wash., provides firefighting cover. Thermal imaging technology has a dramatically improved shipboard search and rescue efforts encountered in the tight spaces aboard ship. Navy firefighters, using thermal imagers, can quickly navigate and identify victims in smoke-filled compartments. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jo Wilbourn.
At sea aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) Nov. 4, 2002 -- A weapons handler on the ship’s flight deck positions ordnance delivered by helicopter during an underway vertical replenishment (VERTREP). Constellation and its embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), recently departed its homeport of San Diego Calif., on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza, Jr.
Hey our home (NAS Oceana) and Jas's workplace (NAS Norfolk) are being honored today. Coolness. Wish the weather was better here *grumbles* Been cool and rainy the past few days.
And yes, I did get to go out and vote yesterday. My friend was nice enough to watch my kids while I went two miles down the street to the polling place. 4pm and no line whatsoever. I was out of there in 10 minutes.
Kids are doing fine. Jas is looking forward to the end of Sonar Sup school on Fri. I'm holding up ok. Preop is this Fri, same day we get cable installed. *L* Gonna be a busy weekend it seems.
Have a great day everyone!
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