The second USS North Carolina was an armored cruiser (ACR-12) launched in 1906 and commissioned two years later. This ship on the line warship was commissioned from 1824 through 1866. The USS North Carolina Battleship (BB-55) is the third of four US Navy ships to be named after the state of North Carolina. I have toured battleships before, but what I didn't know was the fascinating story of how a citizens campaign that saw support from the entire state saved this battleship from the scrapyard and brought her to Wilmington.īell from the 2nd USS North Carolina (ACR-12) That all changed on a recent family day trip to the Wilmington area. My family typically vacationed in the Cherry Grove Beach, SC area and we always talked about driving up to Wilmington but never got further north than Calabash. Even before I moved here in 2000, I had wanted to visit this historic warship. In the nearly 17 years that I have lived in North Carolina, I have always wanted to visit the Battleship USS North Carolina in Wilmington.
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