From the April 9, 2016, Fox News (Wilmington, N.C.)
Active duty Marines and sailors were on board the ship Saturday demonstrating life on board the battleship during the war.
The North Carolina was launched 13 June 1940 and sponsored by the daughter of North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey. It was commissioned April 9, 1941 with Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt in command.
It was the first of the Navy's new class of fast battleships and first one launched in two decades as a result of naval treaties.
During its completion and sea trials, it received so much attention it got the nickname "The Showboat."
--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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