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U.S.S. NORTHAMTON

(CC-1)

THE NUMBER 1 SHIP
IN THE NUMBER 1 NAVY
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USS NORTH HAMPTON (CC-1) - a US Navy command light cruiser

In Commission 1953 to 1970

CC-1 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1944-Shellback Initiation - 1 JUN 1944 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1944-Keel Date: 31 AUG 1944
at Bethlehem Steel Corporation Quincy MA
JAN1951-Launch Date: 27 JAN 1951
MAR1953-Commissioned: 7 MAR 1953
MAR1953-APR1956Mediterranean
JAN1958-MAR1958Mediterranean
NOV1958-AUG1960Mediterranean
JAN1960-JAN1961Caribbean
JAN1960-JAN1963Panama Canal
JAN1960-JAN1961Radio signal around the world
APR1961-APR1961Caribbean
JUN1961-NOV1961Cuban Missle Blockade
APR1962-APR1962President Kennedy onboard was April 13 1962
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962 Ship was Anchored of Annapolis
OCT1962-OCT1962President Kennedy aboard October 1962
JAN1965-JAN1968North Atlantic
JAN1966-JAN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1966-SEP1966North Atlantic
SEP1966-SEP1966President Johnson on board
JUL1968-JUL1968Medical escort ship for Pres Johnsons trip to El Salvador
JUL1968-JUL1968Panama Canal
JUL1968-JUL1968Transited the Panama Canal
FEB1970-FEB1970Decommisioning
APR1970-Decommissioned: 8 APR 1970

CC-1 General Specifications

Complement: 2000 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 13700 tons

Length: 674 feet 11 inches

Flank Speed: 33 knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped



USS NORTH HAMPTON (CC-1)



The third Northampton was laid down as CA-125 31 August 1944 by the Fore River Yard Bethlehem Steel Corp. Quincy Mass. Work suspended between 11 August 1945 and 1 July 1948; she was launched as CLC-1 27 January 1951; sponsored by Mrs. Edmond J . Lampron and commissioned as CLC-1 7 March 1953 Capt. William D. Irvin in command.


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 she reverted to the operati onal 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 Command er 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 Portsmouth Va. Naval Shipyard and after refresher training off Cuba participated as a unit of the Navy's first guided missile division afloat CruDiv 6 in the first publ ic demonstration of the Terrier missile. In April she steamed east for 6 months with the 6th Fleet and during the summer of 1957 resumed midshipmen training cruises. But between that time and 1961 she returned only infrequently to European waters. D eployed on those occasions for NATO and Fleet exercises and People to People visits the command ship was visited by high government officials of various European countries including King Baudouin of the Belgians and King Olav V of Norway.


Redesignated CC-1 on 15 April 1961 Northampton has 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 Kennedy and Johnson.

[Note: The above USS NORTH HAMPTON (CC-1) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS NORTH HAMPTON (CC-1) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]