I tip my hat to the men who served and died in her.Įven though she never got the opportunity to meet another BB in a fight I think she and her men would have aquitted themselves well. I'm a sailor of the 1980s - 1990s and to me she is incredible. If you get the chance I highly recommend visiting this lady. as far as "fun" (aka yolo) is concerned, I think I've had more of that in the Bismarck with its secondary build lol. When it comes to winning, that's the one I trust. Still bow-tanks like a champ even now through all the changes and the guns are still just as good. Mostly because it is such a nice change to the tech tree from 7 and below. Anyway, Been planning to take a trip to see the Texas but next time I get the chance I'll have to go see it.Īs for the ship in-game, I have to say, out of all of the other tier 8's it's probably one of the most memorable. Back when I was a kid, I got to see the USS Drum and USS Alabama you know, when they actually let kids play on the AA guns and spin them around (heard somewhere that someone ruined that for everyone though. Would have loved to have stopped and walked around. In 1962, the North Carolina museum was opened in Wilmington, North Carolina.Hindsight being 20/20, I wish I had known it was there when I went to North Carolina some time ago. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1960, the ship was saved from the breaker’s yard by a campaign to preserve the vessel as a museum ship in her namesake state. North Carolina operated briefly off the east coast of the United States in 1946 before being decommissioned the next year and placed in reserve. Following the surrender of Japan in August, she carried American personnel home during Operation Magic Carpet. She took part in offensive operations in support of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945, including numerous attacks on Japan. The ship was undergoing a refit during the invasion of the Philippines but took part in the later stages of the Philippines campaign and was present when the fleet was damaged by Typhoon Cobra. After repairs, she returned to the campaign and continued to screen carriers during the campaigns across the central Pacific in 19, including the Gilberts and Marshall Islands and the Mariana and Palau Islands, where she saw action during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The next month, she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine but was not seriously damaged. There, she screened aircraft carriers engaged in the campaign and took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24–25 August, where she shot down several Japanese aircraft. The ship was laid down in 1937 and completed in April 1941, while the United States was still neutral during World War II.įollowing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, North Carolina mobilized for war and was initially sent to counter a possible sortie by the German battleship Tirpitz, though this did not materialize and North Carolina was promptly transferred to the Pacific to strengthen Allied forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Built under the Washington Treaty system, North Carolina‘s design was limited in displacement and armament, though the United States used a clause in the Second London Naval Treaty to increase the main battery from the original armament of nine 14-inch (360 mm) guns to nine 16 in (410 mm) guns. 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 Navy.
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