E.L. Malvaney on Flickr: Posted a Photo  MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
Learn more about the USS Vincennes CG-49 in Freedom's Fortress: Vincennes' History of Service to the United States MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
Hundreds of spent shell casings lie in a heap next to the Mark 5-inch/54-caliber gun on the bow of the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM 1), which is conducting underway trials with the gun. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
A Mark 5-inch/54-caliber gun is test-fired over the port bow side of the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM 1). MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
A RIM-66 Standard-MR (medium range) SM-2 missile is launched from the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) on the Pacific Missile Test Center Range. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
An Aegis Teckeval missile is launched from a Vertical Launch System (VLS) aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) near the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC), Point Mugu, Calif. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
The guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) leaves the shipyard fitted with a Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber gun for underway trials. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
A view of the launch of a RIM-66B Standard-MR (medium range) SM-1 missile aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) on the Pacific Missile Test Center Range. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
An Aegis missile is launched from a vertical launch system (VLS) aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) near the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC), Point Mugu, Calif. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
A view of the launch of a Vandel surface-to-surface (SSM) missile from the Aegis shipboard weapon system aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1). MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
An Aegis Teckeval missile is launched from a Vertical Launch System (VLS) aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) near the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC), Point Mugu, Calif. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
A vertical view of the forward deck of the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) with a hole made for installation of the vertical launching system (VLS) at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
An Aegis Teckeval missile is launched from a Vertical Launch System (VLS) aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) near the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC), Point Mugu, Calif. MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
A starboard beam view of the battleship IOWA (BB-61) in port for conversion and repair prior to being recommissioned. A port beam view of the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1), foreground. Danarah on Flickr: Posted a Photo  Danarah on Flickr: Posted a Photo  MSHennessy on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
Taken from the bridge wing of the Vincennes as she departs Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, MS) enroute for San Diego, California. July 1985.
Learn more about the USS Vincennes CG-49 in Freedom's Fortress: Vincennes' History of Service to the United States A2Geek2 on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
You can't entirely see this, but the foreground road is perpendicular to the water, the house at center is shifted left of where it should be. A2Geek2 on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
The former site of some condos. Note the KitchenAid mixer just sitting there in the middle of the slab And these were built up to be out of the water. A2Geek2 on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
The unposed version of the previous photo |