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	North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
		It is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
		According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004, North Carolina's population was 8,541,221.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Carolina (2068 words)

	USS North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second North Carolina (ACR-12), a Tennessee-class armored cruiser, escorted troop transports during World War I and was eventually renamed Charlotte.
		The fourth North Carolina (BB-55), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was known as "Showboat" and saw action during World War II.
		A fifth North Carolina (SSN-777), a Virginia-class submarine, was under construction as of 2004 and expected to be delivered in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_North_Carolina (199 words)

	USS North Carolina (ACR-12) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second USS North Carolina (ACR-12), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 12", later renamed Charlotte and designated CA-12, was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy.
		Following shakedown along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean, North Carolina carried President-elect William Howard Taft on an inspection tour to the Panama Canal in January and February 1909.
		North Carolina sent a medical relief party ashore 17 May to Adana, Turkey, to treat both wounded and desperately ill Armenians, victims of massacre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(ACR-12) (513 words)

	USS North Carolina
		The first USS North Carolina, 74, was one of nine ships of the line authorized by Congress in 1816.
		The second USS North Carolina (ACR-12)[?], a Tennessee-class armored cruiser[?], escorted troop transports during World War I and was eventually renamed Charlotte.
		The fourth USS North Carolina (BB-55), the lead ship of her class[?] of battleship, was known as "Showboat" and saw action during World War II.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_North_Carolina.html (149 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS North Carolina (BB 55) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		North Carolina completed her shakedown in the Caribbean prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, and after intensive war exercises, entered the Pacific 10 June 1942.
		With USS Enterprise, in the Northern Covering Group, North Carolina sortied from Pearl Harbor 10 November 1943 for the assault on Makin, Tarawa, and Abemama.
		North Carolina sent both sailors and members of her Marine Detachment ashore for preliminary occupation duty in Japan immediately at the close of the war, and patrolled off the coast until anchoring in Tokyo Bay 5 September to re•embark her men.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/ncarolina/bb55-nc.html (1682 words)

	USS North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first USS North Carolina (1820)''North Carolina'', 74, was one of nine ship of the lineships of the line authorized by Congress in 1816/.
		The fourth USS North Carolina (BB-55)''North Carolina'' (BB-55), the lead ship of North Carolina class battleshipher class of battleship, was known as "Showboat" and saw action during World War II/.
		A fifth USS North Carolina (SSN-777)''North Carolina'' (SSN-777), a Virginia class submarine''Virginia''-class submarine, was under construction as of 2004 and expected to be delivered in 2006/.
	www.infothis.com /find/USS_North_Carolina (155 words)

	USS North Carolina (1820) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first USS North Carolina was a 74-gun (A warship intended for combat) ship of the line.
		After a period in ordinary at Norfolk, North Carolina decommissioned 30 October 1836 to fit out for the (Click link for more info and facts about Pacific Station) Pacific Station, the one other area where ships of her vast size could be employed.
		Again flagship of her station, flying the pennant of Commodore Henry E. Ballard, North Carolina reached (Click link for more info and facts about Callao) Callao, (A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries) Peru 26 May 1837.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_North_Carolina_(1820)2.htm (375 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		USS North Carolina (BB-55) was built, by the New York Naval Shipyard and was launched on June 13, 1940.
		USS North Carolina is in excellent condition and retains all of her World War II integrity.
		USS North Carolina was the first modern American battleship built after World War I. She was the class leader for a new generation of American battleships and set a standard for new shipbuilding technology that combined high speeds with powerful armament and formidable protection.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/northcarolina.htm (1423 words)

	North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		North Carolina is a southern state in the United States.
		In 1860 North Carolina was a slave state with a population of slightly less than 1 million, approximately one-third of whom were enslaved.
		The capital of North Carolina is Raleigh and its governor is Mike Easley, a Democrat.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/North-Carolina.htm (1562 words)

	USS North Carolina (SSN 777) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The original was USS North Carolina (1820-1836), the second (ACR 12) (1908 - 1921), and the third (BB 55) (1940 - 1947).
		North Carolina (SSN 777) will be built by General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in Groton, Conn., and Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., and will join the fleet in December 2006.
		North Carolina's keel was laid May 22, 2004.
	www.sublant.navy.mil /nc777.html (297 words)

	Company News On Call
		Today, the Wilmington, N.C.-based USS North Carolina serves as a museum and a memorial to North Carolina's native sons who served in World War II, including more than 10,000 North Carolinians who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
		Now, once again, she needs us." Like a number of other World War II ships, the gallant USS North Carolina might have been reduced to scrap metal in the early 1960s were it not for a legion of leaders and North Carolina schoolchildren who decided its symbolic and historic value was worth fighting for.
		The USS North Carolina was armed with nine 16-inch guns in three turrets and 20 38-caliber guns in 10 twin mounts when completed in 1937.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/12-5-97/373058 (1187 words)

	Wooden Model Ship :
		USS Kidd served with distinction during WWII and saw action in some of the heaviest battles with the Japanese from 1943 to 1945.
		On April 11, 1945, during the invasion of Okinawa, USS Kidd was struck by a Japanese kamikaze and sufferedt 38 death and 55 wounded.
		USS Alabama began her combat service augmenting the British Fleet protecting convoys on the "Murmansk Run" from England through the North Sea to Russia against German warships and aircraft.
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	Battleships USS North Carolina BB-55
		North Carolina and the Navy began the long island-hopping campaign for victory over the Japanese by landing marines on Guadaleanal and Tulagi 7 August 1942.
		As the pace of operations in the Philippines intensified, North Carolina guarded carriers while their planes kept the Japanese aircraft on Luzon airfields from interferring with the invasion convoys which assaulted Mindoro, 15 December.
		North Carolina sent both sailors and members of her Marine Detsehment ashore for preliminary occupation duty in Japan immediately at the close of the war, and patrolled off the coast until anchoring in Tokyo Bay 5 September to reembark her men.
	www.multied.com /Navy/battle/NC.html (1635 words)

	USS North Carolina
		When the keel of the USS North Carolina was laid in October 1937, she was the first battleship to be constructed in 16 years and became the first of 10 fast battleships to join the fleet in World War II.
		Open to the public since October 1961, the proud North Carolina is an authentically restored World War II battleship, a National Historic Landmark, and a memorial honoring the 10,000 North Carolinians of all branches of service who gave their lives in World War II.
		The North Carolina is located on the Cape Fear River opposite downtown Wilmington, located off Highway 421 at the junction of Highways 17, 74, 76, and 421.
	www.sneadsferry.com /areahistory/des_battleship.htm (714 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: North Carolina (BB 55)
		North Carolina was designed to carry 14" main guns, but was built with nine 16 inch, 45-caliber guns after foreign nations did not agree to a 14" limit.
		North Carolina was the first fast battleship in the US Navy, reaching 28 knot speeds.
		North Carolina was laid down at New York Navy Yard on 27 October 1937, launched 13 June 1940, and commissioned 9 April 1941.
	www.hazegray.org /features/bb55 (820 words)

	USN Ships--USS North Carolina (BB-55)
		USS North Carolina, lead ship of a class of 35,000-ton battleships, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		North Carolina continued her Western Pacific activities in 1945, participating in the invasions of Iwo Jima in February and Okinawa in March and April.
		North Carolina returned to the United States in October 1945 and operated in the Atlantic until she was inactivated in 1946.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/bb55.htm (827 words)

	USS North Carolina II
		The second North Carolina (ACR-12) was laid down 21 March 1905 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Doek Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 6 October 1906; sponsored bv Miss Rebekah Glenn, daughter of the Governor of North Carolina; and commissioned at Norfolk 7 May 1908, Captain William A. Marshall in command.
		For the remainder of her Mediterranean cruise, North Carolina cruised the Levant succoring American citizens and refugees from oppression.
		The name North Carolina was assigned to BB-52, laid down at Norfolk Navy Yard 12 January 1920.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/MISC/northcarolinaII.html (466 words)

	USS North Carolina - Wilmington, North Carolina
		The North Carolina is nested in a berth adjoining the Cape Fear River.
		The North Carolina, like some other ships, has both a 16" and a 5" turret open - and you can even explore one of her barbettes with its magazine and handling rooms.
		The North Carolina is the sole survivor and lead ship from her two-ship class and an excellent example of the Navy's first "modern" battleships.
	www.taskforce1.org /northcarolina.htm (335 words)

	USS North Carolina (1820) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress 29 April 1816, she was laid down in 1818 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched 7 September 1820, and fitted out in the Norfolk Navy Yard.
		Such was the case as Rodgers' squadron which laid the groundwork for the 1830 commercial treaty with Turkey opening ports of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea to American traders.
		After a period in ordinary at Norfolk, North Carolina decommissioned 30 October 1836 to fit out for the Pacific Station[?], the one other area where ships of her vast size could be employed.
	www.termsdefined.net /us/uss-north-carolina-(1820).html (407 words)

	North Carolina Historic Sites
		Tryon Palace was built by Royal Governor William Tryon and stood sentinel to the revoltion of North Carolina from crown colony to indepedent state.
		North Carolina Continentals and militia defeat loyalists troops seeking to join the British army and subdue the colony for the Crown.
		The USS North Carolina is a seasoned veteran of the Pacific Theater of World War II.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/list.htm (1017 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		USS North Carolina and USS Alabama are in excellent condition and retain their World War II integrity.
		USS New Jersey and USS Iowa do not appear to meet the criteria for designation because they have been modernized and returned to active service by the navy and have lost their World War II integrity.
		USS Wisconsin is the last Iowa class battleship still retained by the navy that has not been modernized.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/warships3.htm (415 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship USS North Carolina of the North Carolina class
		North Carolina is the most decorated U.S. battleship of World War II with 15 battle stars, having participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific from Guadalcanal to Tokyo Bay.
		Now moored on the Cape Fear River just across from downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, the battleship is the State\\\'s memorial to her World War II veterans, a growing museum and a major tourist attraction.
		USS North Carolina is a National Historic Landmark.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2636.html (394 words)

	North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The story of North Carolina's Albemarle region—from Native Americans, to the first English-speaking colonists, to farmers and fishermen.
		Preserving the history and culture of southern North Carolina from prehistory to the present.
		Interprets the history of North Carolina's Mountain region, from the earliest inhabitants through the settlement period and into the twentieth century.
	www.ncdcr.gov /museums.asp (367 words)

	DANFS: USS North Carolina (BB-55)
		North Carolina and the Navy began the long island-hopping campaign for victor over the Japanese by landing marines on Guadalcanal and Tulagi 7 August 1942.
		With Majuro as her base, North Carolina joined in the attacks on Palau and Woleai 31 March-1 April, shooting down another enemy plane during the approach phase.
		With Ulithi now her base, North Carolina screened wide-ranging carrier strikes on Formosa, the coast of Indo-China and China, and the Ryukyus in January, and similarly supported strikes on Honshu the next month.
	www.ibiblio.net /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/BB/bb55.html (1642 words)

	North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The basic structural arrangement of the two NORTH CAROLINA class battleships was partly pre-ordained by the decision that the main battery would be mounted in three turrets, two forward and one aft.
		Overall, the effect of these innovations was to give the NORTH CAROLINA and WASHINGTON a modern, formidable bearing that served warning to any potential enemy of their advanced capabilities as fighting ships.
		However, during World War II it fell to the NORTH CAROLINA and WASHINGTON, as forerunners of the fast battleship breed, to cope first with most of the innovations, write the book, and set the pace for all the rest.
	www.steelnavy.com /NCarolina.htm (602 words)

	Battleship USS North Carolina, I-19 Submarine Attack - WWII Record - BB-55 - USS Wasp
		The North Carolina was with the HORNET task force, which was to the northeast of the WASP force.
		The sky was clear, a 20-knot trade-wind was blowing from the southeast, and the surface of the sea was covered with whitecaps-good hunting weather for submarines; dangerous for their prey.
		Then, at exactly 1452, while the NORTH CAROLINA was passing course 295, and beginning to pick up speed, a torpedo impacted into her port bow abreast of her forward turret.
	www.polaris.net /~jrube/text/ncarolna.htm (1120 words)

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