More LIFE: USS North Carolina

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[Big B]

Very cool Kelley.

I compared the photos above to the North Carolina you did in that same camo pattern for the artwork we were putting together (of course I still have all those files we shipped back and forth)
Oh man! You nailed it dead-nuts-on![&o]

I wonder if the community will ever see the job you did?...


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I swear, Brian![;)][:D]

Is this the one?

[Fallschirmjager]

Gorgeous ship

[Big B]

Oh yeah, that's the one[;)]

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ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

I swear, Brian![;)][:D]

Is this the one?

[AirGriff]

She's sitting in Wilmington, VA, if any care to take a look at the real deal.  She's pretty much the same ship as in the war.  Very neat stuff.  Let's see if I can figure out how to get a picture on here [8|]
 
Nope.  I don't have my best pictures on this computer anyway. 

[AirGriff]

She fought in almost every major battle in the Pacific and lost something like three men, and those I believe were to accidents.  Quite a lady.

[vettim89]

ORIGINAL: AirGriff

She fought in almost every major battle in the Pacific and lost something like three men, and those I believe were to accidents.  Quite a lady.

No men lost when she took a TT the way Wasp was sunk? Wow, that would be very unusual as she had a 19 ft hole in the hull IIRC

[Wolfpack_MatrixForum]

ORIGINAL: AirGriff

She fought in almost every major battle in the Pacific and lost something like three men, and those I believe were to accidents.  Quite a lady.

UMMMM That would be Wilmington, NC.

She lost 10 men killed in action and 67 wounded. Took a torp near the solomons on Sept 15,1942. Saved from becoming scrap in 1958 and officially dedicated as North Carolina's memorial to WWII veterans on April 29,1962.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: AirGriff

She's sitting in Wilmington, VA, if any care to take a look at the real deal.  She's pretty much the same ship as in the war.  Very neat stuff.  Let's see if I can figure out how to get a picture on here [8|]

Nope.  I don't have my best pictures on this computer anyway. 

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[bradfordkay]

The good ol' Showboat!  I had a UV campaign versus the AI where she (nearly) singlehandedly held the IJN at bay at Lunga in the latter months of '42 and early '43...

[Fallschirmjager]

Massachusetts is probably the ship Airgriff is think of. I believe she collected 11 or 12 battle stars and did not lose a single Navalman or Marine during her entire tour.
And she was even hit by two French 240mm shells during Operation Torch.

[AirGriff]

I stand corrected on all that stuff. It's been a few years since I've seen the ship. I just remembered being amazed at how many battles she had been in and only lost a handful of people.

Is there anything smaller than a BB or CV out there? I've seen a few subs, including the U-505 in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

[SuluSea]

What a gorgeous ship!!!!

Who was it that said ? "A naval vessel is like a woman, she flaunts her topsides, hides her bottom, and there is always a bustle of men around her."

[John Lansford]

There's a DD at Charleston, SC, but it's got some postwar additions to it.  I think there's another DD down at Mobile, AL too.

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: AirGriff

I stand corrected on all that stuff. It's been a few years since I've seen the ship. I just remembered being amazed at how many battles she had been in and only lost a handful of people.

Is there anything smaller than a BB or CV out there? I've seen a few subs, including the U-505 in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

The Historic Naval Ships Association has a website that will help you find ones to visit: http://www.hnsa.org/index.htm

[Japan]

If you like submarines, and if you get the chanse, you can always also visit Bremerhaven U-Boot-Museum in Germany, has a German WW2 Type XXI Submarine there...