USS Norfolk DL-1

USS Norfolk (DL-1) was the lead ship of its class and the first destroyer leader (DL) built for the United States Navy after World War II. Commissioned in 1953, she served as a flagship for various destroyer squadrons and task groups in the Atlantic Fleet. Designed as an anti-submarine warfare platform, Norfolk participated in numerous NATO exercises and patrolled during Cold War tensions. After nearly two decades of service, she was decommissioned in 1970 and subsequently scrapped in 1974.