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USS Northampton (CLC-1)

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42°19′03″N 72°37′57″W / 42.3176001°N 72.6326363°W / 42.3176001; -72.6326363

USS Northampton
USS Northampton underway in 1959
History
United States
NameNorthampton
NamesakeNorthampton, Massachusetts
BuilderBethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down31 August 1944
Launched27 January 1951
Sponsored byMrs. Edmond J. Lampron
Commissioned7 March 1953
Decommissioned8 April 1970
Reclassified
  • CLC-1, 27 January 1951
  • CC-1, 15 April 1961
Stricken1 December 1977
Identification
Honors and
awards
See Awards
FateScrapped, December 1977
NotesBell at the Northampton Human Resources
General characteristics
Class and typeOregon City-class cruiser
Displacement13,700 long tons (13,920 t)
Length674 ft 11 in (205.71 m)
PropulsionSteam turbines, 120,000 shp (89 MW), 4 boilers, 4 shafts
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement2,000
Sensors and
processing systems
1 × AN/SPS-2
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 6 in (150 mm)
  • Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Aviation facilitieslanding pad available for one helicopter

The third USS Northampton (CLC-1/CC-1) was a US Navy command light cruiser (command ship). She was laid down as an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser (CA–125), on 31 August 1944 by the Fore River Yard, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Massachusetts. Work suspended between 11 August 1945 and 1 July 1948; she was converted to a command cruiser under project SCB 13 and launched as CLC–1, on 27 January 1951; sponsored by Mrs. Edmond J. Lampron; and commissioned as CLC–1, on 7 March 1953.

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History

Following shakedown, Northampton reported for duty to Commander Operational Development Forces, Atlantic Fleet. For seven months she conducted extensive tests of her new equipment. Evaluation completed in September 1954 and she reverted to the operational control of Commander Battleship Cruiser Force, Atlantic Fleet. She next demonstrated her capabilities as a tactical Command Ship by serving as flagship, first for Commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet (October–November 1954) and then for Commander 6th Fleet (December 1954–March 1955). Between 1 September and 22 October she served as flagship for Commander Strike Force, Atlantic, a position she was to hold frequently over the next fifteen years.

On 24 February 1956, Northampton emerged from her first overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, and, after refresher training off Cuba, participated as a unit of the Navy’s first guided missile division afloat, CruDiv 6, in the first public demonstration of the Terrier missile. In April, she steamed east for six months with the 6th Fleet, and, during the summer of 1957, resumed midshipmen training cruises. However, between that time and 1961, she infrequently returned to European waters. Deployed on occasion for NATO and fleet exercises and People to People visits, the command ship was visited by high government officials of various European countries, including Kings Baudouin of Belgium and Olav V of Norway.

Decommissioning

Redesignated CC–1 on 15 April 1961, Northampton remained in the western Atlantic until decommissioning in February 1970. Her cruises ranged from Canadian to Panamanian waters as she extensively tested and evaluated new communications equipment and played host to visiting national and international dignitaries, including Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The ship was eventually withdrawn from service, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 December 1977 during the Carter Administration.

The ship's bell is preserved at the war memorial in front of Memorial Hall, in the ship's namesake city of Northampton, Massachusetts.

Other roles

Besides acting as a fleet command ship, Northampton was planned for or actually functioned in at least two other roles.

Pilotfish

When the first supercarrier USS United States (CVA-58) was being designed, it was thought she would not be able to have an island or masts for radar or other antennas. Therefore the Northampton was seen as a 'pilotfish', a ship that would escort the carrier and act not only as a radar picket (although from the center of the task force rather than the periphery as a true picket would), but also as the radar director of aircraft approach and landing on the carrier. The recent invention of the angled flight deck made it possible to install islands and radar on supercarriers, and so this role was eliminated from the Northampton.[1]

"Floating White House"

According to a Washington Post article on 29 July 2006, Northampton was part of the U.S. government's plan for Continuity of Operations and reported to be a "floating White House" to which the President could be evacuated in the event of nuclear attack. As such she was designated as the National Emergency Command Post Afloat (NECPA); Northampton was one of two ships to serve in the role, with the other being the aircraft carrier USS Wright. The ship was modified with an extra deck, the tallest communications mast in the Navy and multi-link communications gear.

Gallery

Awards

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Freidman, pp. 340

Sources

  • Friedman, Norman (1984), U.S. Cruisers: an illustrated design history, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-718-6, OCLC 10949320
  • "A White House Physician" by James Young, M.D., in Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Candlewick Press 2008)
  • http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/clc-1.htm

External links


This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.

Ghosts of the East Coast: Doomsday Ships https://coldwarveteran.us/

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