From then on, it escorted convoys carrying much-needed supplies to England. It escorted its first convoy right away in September. After the U.S. formally entered the war, it continued its North Atlantic until 1943.
It was decommissioned 17 May 1946 and sold for scrap.
The ship was 314 feet long, 31 foot beam and had a crew of 122. Besides torpedoes and depth charges, it mounted four 4-inch guns and one 3-inch.
--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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