On April 9, 1941, the USS North Carolina, considered the strongest fighting ship at the time was commissioned into the U.S. Navy. Nicknamed “the showboat,” the battleship participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific theater of operations during World War II, earning 15 battle stars. In June 1947, the USS North Carolina was decommissioned and placed in the Inactive Reserve Fleet in Bayonne, New Jersey. The state’s citizens advocated for the battleship to be moved to Wilmington, NC.
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On April 9, 1941, the USS North Carolina, considered the strongest fighting ship at the time was commissioned into the U.S. Navy. Nicknamed “the showboat,” the battleship
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