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===USS ''Norton Sound''===
{{USS|Norton Sound|AVM-1}} was a [[United States Navy]]-guided missile ship responsible for missile-launching functions. It also served as a training facility for crews involved in the testing. The [[Lockheed X-17|X-17A missiles]] to be used in the test were unfamiliar to those conducting the tests. Exercises including assembly and repair of dummy missiles were performed aboard ''Norton Sound''. It also carried a 27-MHz [[COZI]] radar, which was operated by the [[Air Force Cambridge Research Center]], which was used to monitor effects of the shots. It was responsible for the launching of three low-yield nuclear warheads into the high [[atmosphere]].<ref name=":0" /> Its commanding officer, Captain [[Arthur R. Gralla]], commanded Task Force 88.<ref>{{cite book |author-first=Cliff |author-last=Lawson |title=The Station Comes of Age: Satellites, Submarines, and Special Operations in the Final Years of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1959–1967 |publisher=Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division |year=2017 |page=43}}</ref> Gralla would later receive the [[Legion of Merit]] for his role conducting the tests expeditiously.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hall of Valor Project |title=Arthur R. Gralla |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/300454 |publisher=Military Times |access-date=30 December 2018 |archive-date=31 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231092654/https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/300454 |url-status=live }}</ref>