From the January 29, 2016, ABC 4 News Charleston, S.C. "Cutter sunk in World War II being remembered in South Carolina" AP.
North Charleston, S.C. Coast Guard personnel and historical societies gathered Friday afternoon when the Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton docked.
This was the anniversary of the day in 1942 when another cutter by the same name was torpedoed by a German submarine.
A plaque was dedicated with the names of the whole crew of that ship. It is a replica of the plaque placed on the wreckage in the sea off Iceland three years ago. The wreck was found in 2009. There were 26 lives lost.
--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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