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She was the first newly constructed American battleship to enter service during World War II, and took part in every major naval offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations; her 15 battle stars made her the most highly decorated American battleship of World War II. She is now a museum ship and memorial kept at the seaport of Wilmington, N.C.
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Dr. James Kennedy New Every Morning. Send a Great Revival:
Habakkuk 3:2
Years ago when the Battleship North Carolina was anchored in New York, four young men of a thousand got together and asked for a room where they could meet and pray. They were given a little room where they met to pray day after day. They prayed that God would pour out His Blessing upon that ship. One day the Spirit of God came and their hearts burned within them and they knew that God was present. they began to sing praises to God and their hymns of praise wafted up through the ship. Hearing them, these rough sailors came down to mock but when they came into the room they were gripped by the power of the Spirit of God. hundreds were converted and a great revival swept the whole ship and was then carried to others. The same God who changed these men can change anyone’s heart. The Same God who changed Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle of the Gospel of Christ can change anyone. Will you pray for revival?
USS North Carolina (BB-55) was the lead ship of North Carolina-class battleships and the fourth warship in the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the State of North Carolina.
She was the first newly constructed American battleship to enter service during World War II, and took part in every major naval offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations; her 15 battle stars made her the most highly decorated American battleship of World War II. She is now a museum ship and memorial kept at the seaport of Wilmington, N.C.
The North Carolina was laid down on 27 October 1937 at the New York Naval Shipyard and launched on 13 June 1940, sponsored by the daughter of Clyde R. Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. She was commissioned in New York City on 9 April 1941, with Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt in command. The first of the U.S. Navy's fast battleships to be commissioned, she carried a powerful main battery of nine 16 in (410 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 guns. The ship received so much attention during her completion and sea trials that she won the lasting nickname of "Showboat".
The North Carolina was limited to a standard displacement of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t) by both the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty, to a beam of less than 110 ft (34 m) by the width of the locks of thePanama Canal, and to a draft of 38 ft (12 m) so she could use as many anchorages and shipyards as possible. Thus constricted, she proved a challenge to design.
As the first American battleship to be built in two decades, the North Carolina was given the latest in shipbuilding technology. To save weight, she was welded rather than riveted together. Her propulsion was divided into four main spaces, each with two boilers and one steam turbine per propeller shaft. This resulted in fewer openings in watertight bulkheads and minimized the area requiring protection by additional armor plate. She was also one of just 14 ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar.
The North Carolina completed her final shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Early in 1942 she was scheduled to steam there, but remained in the Atlantic Ocean for a few more months as a potential counter to the German battleship Tirpitz if Tirpitz began to attack supply and troop convoys destined for Great Britain. By summer she was ordered to join the Pacific Fleet.
After intensive war exercises, the North Carolina departed for the Pacific theater of Operations. She was the first new battleship to arrive in the Pacific since the beginning of the war, transiting the Panama Canal on 10 June, four days following the end of the Battle of Midway in the Central Pacific.
The Same Sweet Savior:
Sometimes I feel the weight is double and nothing ever stays the same. In this neverending world of trouble...there’s just no use to try again. But the Same Sweet Savior is still calling. “Take up thy Cross and follow me. Pick up the pieces that have fallen...and I will shine the light for thee.” He’s only asking me to trust Him and follow on the narrow way. He’s only asking me to love Him and walk close by Him everyday..More poems by Pearl L. Sturgis
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