by Jessica Federman | Aug 17, 2026 | NORTH CAROLINA History, Sea Stories, Uncategorized
In 1864, Captain Richard Worsam Meade II prepared to leave USS North Carolina for a new command. His departure was marked in an unusual way: with a piece of music. Composer Luigi de Perini wrote The Adieu March, a piano composition dedicated to Meade as he left North...
by Jessica Federman | Jul 8, 2026
Celebrate Constitution Day at the Battleship North Carolina, in partnership with the Stamp Defiance Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. More information coming soon!
by Jessica Federman | Jul 6, 2026 | NORTH CAROLINA History, Uncategorized
John Paul Jones believed that great ships should be fast because they were meant to “go in harm’s way.” It’s a philosophy that feels especially fitting aboard USS NORTH CAROLINA, America’s first fast battleship. In a November 1778 letter...
