USNS Norwalk information

	USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279) in the 1960s
History
United States
Name	Norwalk Victory
Namesake	Norwalk, California
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	Waterman Steamship Corporation
Ordered	as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 696
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	19 May 1945
Launched	10 July 1945
Completed	7 August 1945
Fate	Transferred to US Navy in 1963
Notes	International Radio Call Sign: NCHI
United States
Name	USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)
Operator	US Navy
In service	30 December 1963
Stricken	1 August 1979
Identification	Hull symbol:T-AK-279
Fate	Scrapped in 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, then rebuilt in 1963 to USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)
Displacement	4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard); 15,589 metric tons (15,343 long tons) (full load);
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × steam turbine; 1 × shaft;
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	12 officers; 87 enlisted;
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun (Norwalk Victory only); 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun (Norwalk Victory only); 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon (Norwalk Victory only); None as USNS Norwalk;
Notes

USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279) was the first in her class, a Fleet Ballistic Missile Cargo Ship, which was launched as a World War II commercial Victory cargo ship SS Norwalk Victory under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The Norwalk Victory was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1963.

^ "USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.

[navsource-1] "USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[2] Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.

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History
USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279) in the 1960s
United States
Name	Norwalk Victory
Namesake	Norwalk, California
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	Waterman Steamship Corporation
Ordered	as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 696
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	19 May 1945
Launched	10 July 1945
Completed	7 August 1945
Fate	Transferred to US Navy in 1963
Notes	International Radio Call Sign: NCHI
United States
Name	USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)
Operator	US Navy
In service	30 December 1963
Stricken	1 August 1979
Identification	Hull symbol:T-AK-279
Fate	Scrapped in 1973
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, then rebuilt in 1963 to USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)
Displacement	4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard) 15,589 metric tons (15,343 long tons) (full load)
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × steam turbine 1 × shaft
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	12 officers 87 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun (Norwalk Victory only) 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun (Norwalk Victory only) 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon (Norwalk Victory only) None as USNS Norwalk
Notes	^[2]