Commissioned in 1941, the North Carolina was the first of her class, featuring significant improvements in armor, firepower, and speed. Despite being torpedoed in 1942, the battleship earned 12 ...

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...

Ordered to the Pacific in 1950, the battleship braved a hurricane en ... sailed straight through a hurricane off the coast of North Carolina. The howling winds blew helicopters from the Missouri ...

The U.S. Navy took the Iowa-Class battleships out of a short retirement to attack North Korea during the tragic Korean War during the early 1950s. Summary and Key Points: The Korean War is ...

World War II era floatplanes were replaced with helicopters. The Iowa class battleships were used to barrage Chinese and North Korean positions along the coast. Both the sixteen-inch armament and ...

EAGLE ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — Flooding continues to have impacts cross the Cape Fear this week, including at the Battleship North Carolina. The entrance and exit to the battleship flooded with hig ...

A North Carolina teenager has sparked controversy after claiming she was forced to read 'incest porn' in her English class. Lorena Benson, 15, a sophomore at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh ...

The ship was towed to Pearl Harbor in 1998, moored less than 500 yards behind the sunken battleship, USS Arizona. The lead ship in its class, USS North Carolina was the first battleship built by ...

Karen E. Laine listed the North Carolina cottage she renovated on "Good Bones" just a month after the show aired on HGTV.

A vacation in North Carolina promises a rare combination of ... made whitewater river – the world's largest – which offers Class II to Class IV rapids. When you're not riding the rapids ...

There is 1 Class 3A East high school football game in North Carolina today. The first game, South Brunswick vs E.A. Laney, starts at .

There is 1 Class 2A East high school football game in North Carolina on Monday, October 7, 2024. The first game, North Pitt vs SouthWest Edgecombe, starts at .