MAJOR HITS
(1) Boat Deck aft of stack.
(2) Forward of the stack thru bridge, thru Captains cabin, signal bridge.
(3) Forecastle (2) frams 15.
(4) Torpedo, port bow, frames 38-65.
(5) Bomb, port bow, frame #25.
FORWARD BATTLE DRESSING STATION
Central station ordered station secured when smoke filled compartment. Six men or more overcome who were evacuated and revived except one CPO who died from suffocation or better still an acute heart attack as he died with gas mask on, sitting at the table.
AMIDSHIPS BATTLE DRESSING STATION
After lull in the battle, about 8 to 10 burn cased treated, several chest wounds and one amputation of foot. One shattered jaw.
AFTER BATTLE DRESSING STATION
After lull in battle about 20 cases of burns, fractures, gunshot wounds, etc were treated.
--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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