It was reacquired by the US Navy for the Korean War 25 July 1950 and participated in the North Korean Aggression, Communist China Aggression, Inchon landing, U.S. Counter Offensive, second Korean Winter and Korean Defense.
It earned a total of eight battle stars during its career: two in World War II and six during the Korean War.
It was transferred to the Military Transportation Service in 1965 and was later part of the National defense reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.
The DeKalb County was sold in 1984 for scrapping.
A Ship With a Long career. --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.
my dad was on this ship in 1956
ReplyDeleteFloyd Boyle was his name