** It sank in 12 minutes.
** Survivors spotted by a Navy PV-1 on routine patrol four days later.
** In the movie "Jaws," Captain Quint went into detail about the shark attacks on the Indianapolis survivors.
** "Y-know the thing about a shark, he's got ... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes."
** It was sunk in the Philippines Sea, between Leyte Gulf and Guam.
** It's number: CA-35
** Main battery was nine 8-inch guns in three turrets.
--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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