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.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Iwo Jima Map Returned to USS North Carolina

From the March 4, 2011, Raleigh (NC) Telegram.

The battleship USS North Carolina took part in this battle.  For the last six months the rubber intelligence map was conserved at East Carolina University in Greenville after having deteriorated badly.

It will now be displayed on the ship in an oxygen-free environment.  It was originally made by Naval Photographic Interpretation Center for invasion preparation.  It wasn't just a fold-out map, but was a cardboard, plaster, foam rubber relief map done at 1:12,5000 inches, showing topographical features.  During the war, the "Showboat" earned 15 Battle Stars, including Iwo Jima.

The Friends of the Battleship provided funds to conserve it.

Save That Map!!  --GreGen

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