From the June 12th and 19th, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News.
June 1, 1942
The SS Thomas Sumter, the 13th Liberty Ship built by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington was launched yesterday. It was named for General Thomas Sumter, the South Carolina "Gamecock" of the Revolutionary War. At the time of his death in 1832, he was the last surviving officer of the Revolution. Fort Sumter and the town of Sumter, South Carolina, were also named after him. (I wonder if this is where the University of South Carolina got its nickname?)
June 7, 1942
Rubber rationing in Wilmington was in full force. The approval for the sale of 58 new tires and tubes and 98 retreaded ones was annonced. The police department even needed a permit to get new ones and got just two.
All for the War Effort. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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