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.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
USS Stephen Cassin
Earlier today, I wrote about this destroyer which was destroyed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in my War of 1812 Not So Forgotten Blog.
It was in a drydock along with another destroyer named the Downs and the battleship Pennsylvania.
It was named after a naval hero of the War of 1812 who commanded the USS Ticonderoga at the Battle of Lake Champlain. Stephen Cassin's father was also the commander of Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.
-- GreGen
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