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.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
The USS Texas and Arkansas Duel With German Guns at Cherbourg
A few weeks after D-Day, the USS Texas and USS Arkansas dueled with German guns at Cherbourg. The Texas was hit twice in this engagement.
One round caused a casualty and many other injuries near the bridge and one that was likely to skip off the water went through the hull, landed in an officer's room and did not explode. That shell is on display on the Texas.
A photograph accompanies the blog thread.
--GreGen
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