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Posted: 4/1/2014 1:48:16 AM EDT
couldn't help but pass this on (courtesy of "old remus & the woodpile report") about the USS North Carolina, which is now on my "Must See" list for this summer's vacation trip:
The USS North Carolina, BB-55, was so drop-dead gorgeous she was nicknamed The Showboat, and was commissioned in April of 1941 and served with distinction in every major Pacific Theater action. During the Battle of the Eastern Solomons her volume of fire was so heavy the carrier Enterprise asked if she were on fire. She was hit with a torpedo off Guadalcanal, punching a thirty-two foot hole in her hull below the waterline, but was fully back in action in less than six minutes. WOW! The North Carolina was decommissioned in 1947 and is on display at Wilmington, North Carolina. The name is now carried by the nuclear attack submarine USS North Carolina, SSN-777, commissioned in 2008. A worthy successor, but no one calls her The Showboat. 
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Posted: 4/1/2014 4:46:41 AM EDT
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I've spent many an hour walking those decks and ducking my head below deck. Lots of great childhood memories, and have since been able to take my own son.
If you time it just right, the 4th of July fireworks show they have is spectacular. |
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Posted: 4/1/2014 5:16:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/1/2014 10:06:56 AM EDT
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I've spent many an hour walking those decks and ducking my head below deck. Lots of great childhood memories, and have since been able to take my own son. This. She's a big ole hunk of awesome. One can only imagine walking in those 16" turrets just how damn loud that shit was |
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Posted: 4/1/2014 11:27:35 AM EDT
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and looking good in her camo
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Posted: 4/1/2014 11:36:09 AM EDT
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That is a very cool ship. It is awesome to see how they did it "back in the day". Be sure to give yourself plenty of time, you will need it. Those men were men. Tough and took no shit. God Bless them!!!!
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Posted: 4/1/2014 12:17:01 PM EDT
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I always liked going on her when the kids were younger
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Posted: 4/1/2014 1:20:56 PM EDT
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I always liked going on her when the kids were younger I will say with my experience with younger ones, there's definitely a time limit issue. They do think it's cool to see some of it, but the 4-9 (or so) year olds don't enjoy all the time below deck while you're trying to read all the little placards explaining what everything is for. They just want to see the guns!! |
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Posted: 4/1/2014 2:10:41 PM EDT
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I have been to the North Carolina a few times and it is always awesome. I would only advise not to go in Summer, that ship gets damn hot and humid.
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Posted: 4/2/2014 12:35:39 AM EDT
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It is a great tour.
Great ship, it would of been awesome to be underway with her. Max |
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Posted: 4/2/2014 10:31:09 AM EDT
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Quoted: couldn't help but pass this on (courtesy of "old remus & the woodpile report") about the USS North Carolina, which is now on my "Must See" list for this summer's vacation trip: The USS North Carolina, BB-55, was so drop-dead gorgeous she was nicknamed The Showboat, and was commissioned in April of 1941 and served with distinction in every major Pacific Theater action. During the Battle of the Eastern Solomons her volume of fire was so heavy the carrier Enterprise asked if she were on fire. She was hit with a torpedo off Guadalcanal, punching a thirty-two foot hole in her hull below the waterline, but was fully back in action in less than six minutes. WOW! The North Carolina was decommissioned in 1947 and is on display at Wilmington, North Carolina. The name is now carried by the nuclear attack submarine USS North Carolina, SSN-777, commissioned in 2008. A worthy successor, but no one calls her The Showboat. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/USS_North_Carolina_port_bow%2C_9_Oct_1988.jpg |
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Posted: 4/2/2014 12:25:00 PM EDT
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Been a few times and I always strain my neck looking at her when flying into Wilmington.
CD |
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Posted: 4/3/2014 4:56:21 AM EDT
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I love that ship. My wife and I have been on it almost every beach trip.
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Posted: 4/3/2014 4:56:33 AM EDT
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I love that ship. My wife and I have been on it almost every beach trip.
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Posted: 4/3/2014 4:58:09 AM EDT
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I will say with my experience with younger ones, there's definitely a time limit issue. They do think it's cool to see some of it, but the 4-9 (or so) year olds don't enjoy all the time below deck while you're trying to read all the little placards explaining what everything is for. They just want to see the guns!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I always liked going on her when the kids were younger I will say with my experience with younger ones, there's definitely a time limit issue. They do think it's cool to see some of it, but the 4-9 (or so) year olds don't enjoy all the time below deck while you're trying to read all the little placards explaining what everything is for. They just want to see the guns!! As a former younger one who had his 5th birthday party in the wardroom, I can attest to this. 
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Posted: 4/4/2014 3:52:41 AM EDT
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Those men were men. Tough and took no shit. God Bless them!!!! Yessir! Those of the "Greatest Generation," (my Pa included) had backbones of steel and were ready, willing, and able to back-up with their fists whatever they stood for. HONOR, INTEGRITY, PATRIOTISM, DECENCY, MANHOOD. Sad to say, we are sorely missing this in today's decadent pop culture  .
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Posted: 4/7/2014 8:57:13 PM EDT
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and looking good in her camo https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/536097_10150860101203860_1918369656_n.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dLYB6sH.jpg http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/fridrich-aRkkpnWmknI-image/Museums_of_the_world/by_location/United_States/North_Carolina/USS_North_Carolina_BB-55/USS_North_Carolina_2.jpg I've never cared for the "bedazzled" look on the ship. I wonder how many tons of paint to paint it back. |
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Posted: 4/9/2014 3:46:01 PM EDT
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I love that boat. I have been making an effort to make it to all of the 'memorial' ships, have done maybe 1/2. I have always been partial to the NC.
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Posted: 4/10/2014 4:18:36 AM EDT
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Yessir! Those of the "Greatest Generation," (my Pa included) had backbones of steel and were ready, willing, and able to back-up with their fists whatever they stood for. HONOR, INTEGRITY, PATRIOTISM, DECENCY, MANHOOD. Sad to say, we are sorely missing this in today's decadent pop culture .
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Those men were men. Tough and took no shit. God Bless them!!!! Yessir! Those of the "Greatest Generation," (my Pa included) had backbones of steel and were ready, willing, and able to back-up with their fists whatever they stood for. HONOR, INTEGRITY, PATRIOTISM, DECENCY, MANHOOD. Sad to say, we are sorely missing this in today's decadent pop culture .
Unfortunately the "greatest generation" is the reason we have todays pop culture. They raised and coddled the hippy generation. |
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