:::: Modern Warships - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NORFOLK
Code - N668
£1.35
Date - 1953
Type - DL
Description - U.S.S. NORFOLK N668
Ordered 1948 as CLK1, with her sister CLK2.
Completed 1953 as a Destroyer Leader – DL1,
but sister, New Haven, cancelled.
Displacement 5,556 tons
Dimensions 520’ x 53 ½ ‘ x 19’
Armament 8 x 3”
8 x 20mm
Torpedo Tubes 8 x 21”
ASW 4 x Weapon Alpha
Speed 33 ¼ knots
