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    USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States...
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  • Carolina (BB-55) is a North Carolina-class battleship launched in 1940; decommissioned in 1947 and a museum ship in Wilmington, North Carolina USS North Carolina (SSN-777)...
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    connections to previous ships named North Carolina. Sections of the teak decking from USS North Carolina (BB-55), a fast battleship that served in World...
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    an increase in the time of construction made it impractical. USS North Carolina (BB-55) was laid down on 27 October 1937, the first battleship begun...
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    New Jersey (BB-62), Camden, NJ USS North Carolina (BB-55), Wilmington, NC USS Texas (BB-35) - Battleship Texas Foundation USS Wisconsin (BB-64) - Nauticus...
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    main article at Stony Island. The museum battleships USS Alabama (BB-60) and USS North Carolina (BB-55) have had cofferdams since 2003 and 2018, respectively...
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    "USS Taylor DD-468". Destroyer History Foundation. Retrieved 4 May 2012. "USS Thresher SS200 History". Retrieved 4 May 2012. "History". North Carolina...
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    Retrieved 20 February 2021. "EX DIVISION". USS North Carolina WWII Living History Crew. USS North Carolina WWII Living History Crew. 2015. Archived from...
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    River USS North Carolina (BB-55) Waccamaw River Special routes of U.S. Route 76 U.S. Route 176 - runs from U.S. Route 25 Business/North Carolina Highway...
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    battleship production being restarted in 1937, commencing with USS North Carolina (BB-55). Though ultimately unsuccessful, Japan tried to neutralize this...
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  • built in the 1960s Showboat, the nickname of American Battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55) Showboating, showing off Showboaters, a 2011 British reality...
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    USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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    to oversee the fitting out of the new battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55). He became North Carolina's first commanding officer upon her commissioning...
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    After his rescue, he was assigned to the USS North Carolina (BB-55) for three months and then transferred to the USS De Haven (DD-469). Eight weeks after...
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    USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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    scuttled as a result of the attack. The USS North Carolina (BB-55) received a single torpedo in the same attack with the USS Wasp, causing it to miss critical...
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    Moores Creek National Battlefield, Sunset Park Historic District, USS North Carolina (BB-55) National Historic Landmark, Westbrook-Ardmore Historic District...
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    Jersey (BB-62) USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial; Wilmington, North CarolinaUSS North Carolina (BB-55) San Jacinto State Park; LaPorte, Texas – USS Texas (BB-35)...
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    USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944...
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  • the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015. "DD Fist of the North Star Cast". ddhokuto.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013...
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    Nagato were also decoded, leading to important changes to the USS North Carolina (BB-55), then being designed, in order to match the performance of the...
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    Margaret Gardner Hoey (category First ladies and gentlemen of North Carolina)
    1940 she and her husband attended a launching ceremony for the USS North Carolina (BB-55) at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn where her daughter was...
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    USS Kentucky (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship intended to be the last ship of the Iowa class. Hull BB-66 was originally to be the second ship of the...
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    USS North Carolina (BB-55) "U.S. Route 117" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 15, 2020. "NCDOT State Maintained Roads". Arcgis. North Carolina Department...
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    USS Tennessee (BB-43) was the lead ship of the Tennessee class of dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. The Tennessee...
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  • Enterprise, including sailors from USS Hornet (CV-8), USS Northampton (CA-26), USS North Carolina (BB-55), and USS Smith (DD-378). The series consists...
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    The third USS Adirondack (AGC-15) was laid down on 18 November 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in...
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    who had torpedoed and sunk USS Wasp (CV-7), damaged USS North Carolina (BB-55) and caused catastrophic, mortal, damage to USS O'Brien (DD-415) in one spread...
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  • Cleveland (CL-55), nickname refers to the ship's hull symbol, CL-55. "Cheer Up Ship" – USS Nevada (BB-36) "Chesapeake Raider" – USS Wyoming (BB-32), nickname...
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    Betty Ray McCain (category North Carolina Democratic Party chairs)
    Cultural Resources, McCain opened the North Carolina Museum of History, rededicated USS North Carolina (BB-55), and secured funding for the excavation...
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