The USS North Carolina (BB-55), the first of the North Carolina-class fast battleships, played a pivotal role in WWII, ...

The USS Battleship North Carolina will look a little brighter this Veterans Day Weekend.The USS North Carolina Battleship ...

Wage War: The USS North Carolina was America’s first “fast battleship,” designed for both speed and strength. Launched in 1937, she could reach 28 knots, allowing her to escort carriers ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -The USS North Carolina Battleship Commission unveiled new, advanced illuminations for the ship ahead of this year’s Veteran’s Day weekend. The project was years in the making, ...

He and other vets say the ship would make a fine museum, especially docked alongside the battleship USS North Carolina in Wilmington, not far from town where the Wright brothers made their names.

Battleship will have Light the Legacy in honor of Veterans Day this year. (Courtesy photo) The USS North Carolina Battleship ...

Twenty years ago, Alice Smith began the hunt for the forgotten Civil War-era submarine Alligator Jr., the prototype for the first United States submarine USS Alligator. Both were designed by ...

Sure, there are a few other battleships still around, such as the USS North Carolina. But Texas is a rarity. You see, the USS Texas has the virtue of being the only battleship in existence to ...

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head to Roanoke to the North Carolina Aquarium. Its main feature is the Graveyard of the Atlantic exhibit. Models of remains of the USS Monitor make up the home for giant turtles and sharks in the ...

A branch of the North Carolina Aquarium is located on the northern ... The main attraction here is the tank containing the actual remains of the USS Monitor warship. Watching the aquarium's ...

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