From the Dec. 22, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
DECEMBER 5, 1962: The USS North Carolina Commission agreed to help turn the battleship into a fallout shelter in case of nuclear attack, but as yet have not received permission from the Navy as the ship is on permanent loan.
The warship can hold 1,395 people right now, but with alterations that number can go up to 5,000.
I Don't Know That I'd Want to Be Above Ground in a Nuclear Attack. --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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