USS Norfolk Bell
Category: Public Art
Address
Wisconsin Square
Norfolk, VA 23510
Details
The USS Norfolk, Destroyer Leader 1 was commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Yard on March 4, 1953. The wife of former Norfolk Mayor Fred Duckworth served as the ship's sponsor. Following the decommissioning of the USS Norfolk, the ship's bell was on display at the foot of St. Paul's Boulevard from 1975 until 1987. It is now located in Wisconsin Square, near Harbour Place Condominiums. The giant brass bell is one of the last remaining pieces of the destroyer Norfolk. Two of the USS Norfolk's anti-aircraft gun mounts are on display at a high school in Boca Raton, Florida. The rest of the ship was sent to the scrap heap in 1974.
Nearby Dining
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Nearby Attractions
- The Lone Sailor Wisconsin Square (31 feet SE)
- Nauticus1 Waterside Dr (450 feet S)
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Nearby Parking Garages & Surface Lots
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- West Plume Street Garage135 West Plume St (712 feet SE)
- Town Point Garage110 West Main St (859 feet SE)
- Garage at The Main Hotel100 East Main St (0.2 miles SE)