U.S.S. North Carolina
BB-55
1945
(Neptun 1302T)
- Class: North Carolina - 2 battleships of 1937
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 714(wl) 729(oa) x 108.25 x 26.75 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 121,000 = 28 knots
- Armor: belt 16 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/45 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 60-40mm (15x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: New York Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 27 Oct 1937
- Launched: 13 Jun 1940
- Commissioned: 9 Apr 1941
- Decommissioned: 1 Jun 1960
- Actions: N. Atlantic 1941, Guadalcanal landings, Eastern Solomons, torpedoed by I-19 15 Sep 1942; Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Saipan, Philippine Sea, Iwo Jima, Pacific raids 1944-45. Preserved as memorial at Wilmington, North Carolina, 1962. Shown in Measure 32/18D Medium Pattern System camouflage.
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