In yesterday's post, I mentioned this man as the superintendent of the Battleship North Carolina back in 1965.
He was from Durham, North Carolina and died in 1984 at the age of 81. During World War II he served as chief of staff of the Navy's Sixth Fleet and in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Command.
When the USS North Carolina entered its final mooring opposite Wilmington, N.C., Pearl Harbor had not quite been 20 years earlier. Thousands of men and women from World War II visited the ship in those days. Sadly, not so many anymore.
--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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