From the October 25, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News.
For the year, the USS North Carolina Memorial had 216,438 visitors (39% from out-of-state), its third best attendance since 1995. That year the ship set its best-ever attendance at 232,000.
The keel was laid in 1934 and "The Showboat" was launched in 1940. During World War II, it received 15 Battle Stars for action in the Pacific Theater.
--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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