USS North Carolina -- Bring The Heat, Bring The Stupid
Since we are in sort of a naval arms race, thought I’d escalate with some views of the USS North Carolina (BB-55)
The battleship currently occupies a berth on the Cape Fear River, opposite Wilmington, North Carolina. The USS North Carolina was lead ship of a class of two (the other being the USS Washington), and the first capital ship built for the Navy after the “battleship holiday” of the 1920s. The North Carolina set standards for the US Navy’s last generation of battleships, but was limited by the Washington and London Naval Treaties. Laid down in 1937, she was not commissioned until April 1940. At that time she was the grandest ship in the Navy and earned the nickname “showboat” due to the lavish attention garnered in the press.
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My Comment: They definitely don`t make them like they use to.
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