USS North Carolina (BB-55) Timeline-- Part 2: Hit By a Torpedo

SEPTEMBER 15, 1942--   The USS North Carolina was struck by a Japanese torpedo, which caused a massive hole in the hull.  The crew was able to recover and the ship did not sink.  (The torpedo was fired by the Japanese submarine I-19.  The spread of six torpedoes it fired that day also sank the aircraft carrier Wasp and the destroyer USS  O-Brien.  Pretty good shooting.)

SEPTEMBER 30, 1942--  The battleship goes to Pearl Harbor for repairs and remains there until November.

JANUARY 1944--  After being mostly out of action in 1943, and after another stint for repairs in Pearl Harbor, the North Carolina arrived at the Gilbert and Marshall islands.  By late March, it had shot down a Japanese aircraft.

JUNE 15, 1944--  In the Mariana and Palau islands, the North Carolina shot down another Japanese aircraft.

JUNE 20, 1944--  In the Battle of the Philippine Sea, along with other battleships, the North Carolina hit the Japanese hard and shot down two more aircraft.

--GreGen