by Jessica Federman | Aug 10, 2026 | Life Aboard BB-55, NORTH CAROLINA History, Sea Stories
In the final days of World War II, as the war in the Pacific moved toward its conclusion, USS North Carolina (BB-55) was still in action off the coast of Japan. On August 9, 1945, the same day the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Task Force 38 launched carrier...
