by Jessica Federman | Mar 26, 2026 | Life Aboard BB-55, NORTH CAROLINA History
On April 9, 1941, USS North Carolina officially entered service at the New York Navy Yard—marking a major moment in the ship’s history. At 11:30 a.m., under the bright sunshine, the commissioning ceremony lasted just 29 minutes. But what it represented had been years...
by battleshipdev1 | Jan 30, 2023 | Sea Stories
We were in the New York shipyard, getting the ship ready to go to war. The people in the shipyard had the same feeling that I have and that I still have about the wonderful ship the NORTH CAROLINA. Every man on that crew in Brooklyn worked just as hard as they...
