USS Northampton (CLC-1)
42°19′03″N 72°37′57″W / 42.3176001°N 72.6326363°W
USS Northampton underway in 1959 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Northampton |
| Namesake | Northampton, Massachusetts |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 31 August 1944 |
| Launched | 27 January 1951 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Edmond J. Lampron |
| Commissioned | 7 March 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 8 April 1970 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 December 1977 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, December 1977 |
| Notes | Bell at the Northampton Human Resources |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oregon City-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,700 long tons (13,920 t) |
| Length | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, 120,000 shp (89 MW), 4 boilers, 4 shafts |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement | 2,000 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × AN/SPS-2 |
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| Armor | |
| Aviation facilities | landing pad available for one helicopter |
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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.