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.

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Where the Remaining Battleships Are Located

From the Complete Pilgrim.

USS TEXAS  (BB-35)  Houston, Texas  (New York-Class launched 1912)

USS NORTH CAROLINA  (BB-55)  Wilmington, North Carolina.  (North Carolina-Class launched 1940)

USS ALABAMA  (BB-60)   Mobile, Alabama    (South Dakota-Class launched 1942)

USS MASSACHUSETTS  (BB-59)  Fall River, Massachusetts  (South Dakota-Class launched 1941)

USS IOWA  (BB-61)  Los Angeles, California  (Iowa-Class launched 1942)

USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62)   Camden, New Jersey  (Iowa-Class launched 1942)  Launched December 7, 1942, on the one year anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

USS WISCONSIN  (BB-64)  Norfolk, Virginia  (Iowa-Class launched December 7, 1943, the second anniversary of Peral Harbor).

USS MISSOURI  (BB-63)   Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  (Iowa-Class launched in 1943)  Located by the wreck of the USS Arizona.

--GreGen


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