The USS North Carolina

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHOWBOAT ARMAMENT USS NORTH CAROLINA During the war, many Navy ships were painted in vanious pattems of comouflage to break up the outlines of the vessel when viewed from a plane or a submarine. The idea was to make it more difficult to determine the ship's size, speed, distance and direction of travel, As the warprogressed, the North Carolin a gradu ally tookon more and more guns. By 7945 it was possible for the North Carolin a to put 25,000 sholls a m inuto into tho ar. 20-MILLIMET ER RIFLES Swis-builh Oputd by agunner, an assiskant and two 16-INCH GUNS 5-INCH GUNS Ope cted by 13 menin turret, plus 24 moe in handling rooms below. Number of guas: 20 40-MILLIMET ER GUNS The North Carolina wore at least six different paint schemes, called measures. It was recently restored to how it looked in early 1945. The main batey Swechish- built. A crew of 11 worked earh gun mount Operated by odar xfwand e mote control Numberofguns: 60g in ss of four WCs efkective only oguinst otherships and shore turgat T: 1937 Oct. 27: Workbagins in the Brooklyn (1Y.) Havy yard on de fist ew betteship in ló pea rs 1941 Aaril 9: Tle North Caroline is conrissionad. Further kests OB eq uied b fu vibmfiors the ship develaps at hig herspeeds The llorth Corolime enters and kaves lew York Haborsooften, bok all her The Showboot" 1942 July 11: Joins the Pacife fleetat Poarl Habor Aug. 24: Fghs fust miprbamk in faskrn Sobnon isb nds Snoke fron lorhCaolim'sgus is so thickat height ofbate that the carier USS Ente prise sigmk "An youefie? Sept. 15: Hitby Japanese tpedo whik gusrding the corrier USS he first of a new class of battleships to join the American fleet during World War II, the North Carolina served its country for only six years. In that time, though, it earned 15 battle stars fighting in nearly every major battle in the Pacific. Later, it was towed to Wilmington to serve museum duty. Sporting an unusual new camouflage paint job, "The Showboat" is celebrating the victory it fought for and helped win a half-century ago. 1941 Number of guas 9 Weight of projectiles 55 lis Effective ange: About 9 miles Couk throw anf-circrah fie 7 milks skyward badh rs Ann MEASURE2 Numberof gues 36 Weight of projectiles: 1,900 2700 lls Effective aage: 21-23 miks Effec five range: Insich 4,000 1942 MEASURE 12 spuni Rate of fire: 160 ElHective mnge: * Insice 2,000 yars Bate of fire: 450 Dunds a minue ounds a minute late of fire: 15 ounchs a minute per gun Rate of fire: 2 Dunck a minuts pargun 1943 pargun MEASURE21 pargun Hornet near Geado kaal Fve 1944 MEASURE 32 Spoto ne. Om of two locafions fom which rockar and opfcalequipme nt directed the fe of the 16-imh guns. Air searh sodar. Coukl da tect aix raft 75 to 100 miks ovay. QUICK FACTS ranom kiled end 23 injured. November Returns to duty blbwing mpairs at Foard Ha tbor The Horh Caolim eventun lyeerns 15 batte stus Length: 728 feet 8 inches Beam (widhh): 108 feet 4 inches Dmt (minimum da pth equied): 35 feet 6 inchus Displace ment (we igh): 36,600 tors; 44,800 ors fully looced uSS NOR TH CAROLINA 728 feet, 8 jaches 1945- 46 OS20 VOUGHT KINGFISHER Sky Control Officers in changa of the ship's anfi- cir aft da a ses-the fn-inth guns and the mohine gers we e stafiored ha e. br her service in the Pacifie. ARA MEASURE 22 1944 July-Oct: Relitextesive lyat Puget Sound, Wash 1945 Feb.-March: Purikipates in invosionof IwoJirm. Crew: 144 offcers; 2 195 e isted men Top speed: 8 knos (322 mph) lormally, the North Caolia carried thres of these two-seat airpkınes or submarine patrol, air-sea rescue, cerial photography and obse ving the cxc urczy of gunfira. TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 1947-94 720 feet March-Aprit Puricipates in imasion of Okimwa. July- August Prokcts cerers h uxhing air strilesogainst Japarese hore isk nds Sky Two. One of four fe diectos br the ship's 5'inchgurs MEASURE 14 The pkim now on dispky crashed in Carocla in 1942 and was 1946 Seves as e tmining ship for llawal Acadeny cadets 1947 June 27: Deconnissioned and ploced "in rotibe at Bayone, IJ. 1961 September.Octo ber. Towed D Wilring ba, KC., whe e itbecones a fkefing nusaun 1971 June: Om ofonly threo King fsherseaph es known toexist is insta led on fentail 1982 Scove nged borspore part by lory offin k working on eocfination of bwae chsbotteships 1995 Sept. 2: Oe of ne hastsikes broficialcoeonies miking 50tha nniversary of Y-J day. Ba tle Two. Also called the Secondary Conning Skifon, this WCs the batle stafon for the ship's Execufive Ofier He wasofen given controlof the ship during batte, since smola fom ant- airraftguns would nxıko it hard to Se8 well fom the bridge. FIRING THE BIG GUNS sakagud in 1968 Refirad Vought workers estoed the plane, one of the few remci ning of is kind It was instaled on deck in 1971. Sky Three Spot Two Sky Four Aull nino-gu n salvo, or "bro adeide," from the sh ip's th ree m ain 16-inch battery turrets cou ld let fly more th an 72 tons of armor A projpctik and sir They wee plaxed on platlorms and the n shoved into POwdar bogs Cra ne wcs used to hoist seaplanes bark onto the dack of the ship. We R Kised o the gun chambes via electix e lkvatos. Conning tower During an atork the Capkin coukl move to the bwer kvel here, proected by 16 imhesof steel The ship'schief gunnery officer was stafioned in the upper lavel Sky | O el Projecile the breeches by a hydraule Catupults fired seaplanes from the deck at 70 mph. Bidge PROTECTING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS The North Carolina spent much of its active life oscorting U.S. aireraft earriers in the Pacific. Ironically, the North Carolin a nover saw the duty for wh ich it was designed- facing an enomy battlesh ip. Cruising disposifion *Fwe-Victor," which wes used throughout the Paifr war, Povder piercing stool. Earh turet was moned by wo olfire s ond 170man, it lurting projac fik and powckr handle s in the barbeth below. mimised air defa nse foran air aftcarrier Barbettes. Armor plated cylincars supported the 16-inxhgurs. The North Carolina coukl cary a kokal of 1, 8 projpctiks in its three barbe tes Battleships or other heavy ships Crew's |quarters Airc ft carrier ) Destroyes Anchor. Each of the shi's achors weighed 25,883 lbs Rest rooms (heads) Armor. A 12-imb-thick be rof armor installed at an angle to he lp defketa blost-probced the mostvital secfions of the ship A system of compartme nts ond double bottoms were filled with water or fuel or leftempty. If the ship were damagad by a bombor torpack, fbading coukd be contcined oa Smallarea. Emply areCE Could be intenfiomally fibodad to ighta listing Petty Officers mess Engine room. Four propelle rs, earh powe ed by two boilersand bur stam turbines. The llorth Carolinn could cary about 18 millon galors of fual, e nough to trove l 16,000 mufkal miksat 15 knot itcould steam at 27 knots (31 mph), fastenough to keep up with the nevest aireraft caries 55 Plot Deep inside the llorth Carolinx Wo coetrol moms were the heartof the ship's fire-control system oe brthe 16-inth guns and ona for the S-inch gurs, Information from fire-control dincors was sent he B, whee gear- diven computers cukulakd where to aim the guns Tures ond guns coutd be controlled remotly from here. Skk Bay It took B00 gnilbns of Du Pont Imron polyunethone enomel to coat the Horth Carolıa in approxi nely the same fwe-color print s hame it WOR in 1945 Durimg the war, the caw usad tht pcint but Ieatteship Te morial offiak hove liseda more duroble se migkes During much of the war, all horizontal surfares inacluting the nakvaod deck wem pointed a dark hlus to he lp hich the ship from SIm my cintraft StibS eYe n dyed thair huts blus to leep from poviding finy whin korgs Museum workans diela't print the thaek ble, sincs its in the process of being mplured with sh teak Powder mogarines surmundedearh barbete. Most moving parts o fiatures hee we mah of brass, which doesn' tspork Sourcas The North Carolina Bomleship Commisaion "Battleship Nath Carolina" by Ban W. Bloe, "The Showboot" by Dick Gorll and Bruce Robarts, "She'a Dota" by Armold 5 Latt and Robert E Sumrull; "U.S Battleships, An illutrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Operational Experien co of Fat Sutleships" by Jahn C. Reilly, Ir, U.S. Battleships in Adion" by Rob Starn Researched and Iluatrated by CHARLESAPPLE ©1995 by The News & Observer Publishing Company 215 Sauth McDawel Street, Radeigh, NC 27602 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHOWBOAT ARMAMENT USS NORTH CAROLINA During the war, many Navy ships were painted in vanious pattems of comouflage to break up the outlines of the vessel when viewed from a plane or a submarine. The idea was to make it more difficult to determine the ship's size, speed, distance and direction of travel, As the warprogressed, the North Carolin a gradu ally tookon more and more guns. By 7945 it was possible for the North Carolin a to put 25,000 sholls a m inuto into tho ar. 20-MILLIMET ER RIFLES Swis-builh Oputd by agunner, an assiskant and two 16-INCH GUNS 5-INCH GUNS Ope cted by 13 menin turret, plus 24 moe in handling rooms below. Number of guas: 20 40-MILLIMET ER GUNS The North Carolina wore at least six different paint schemes, called measures. It was recently restored to how it looked in early 1945. The main batey Swechish- built. A crew of 11 worked earh gun mount Operated by odar xfwand e mote control Numberofguns: 60g in ss of four WCs efkective only oguinst otherships and shore turgat T: 1937 Oct. 27: Workbagins in the Brooklyn (1Y.) Havy yard on de fist ew betteship in ló pea rs 1941 Aaril 9: Tle North Caroline is conrissionad. Further kests OB eq uied b fu vibmfiors the ship develaps at hig herspeeds The llorth Corolime enters and kaves lew York Haborsooften, bok all her The Showboot" 1942 July 11: Joins the Pacife fleetat Poarl Habor Aug. 24: Fghs fust miprbamk in faskrn Sobnon isb nds Snoke fron lorhCaolim'sgus is so thickat height ofbate that the carier USS Ente prise sigmk "An youefie? Sept. 15: Hitby Japanese tpedo whik gusrding the corrier USS he first of a new class of battleships to join the American fleet during World War II, the North Carolina served its country for only six years. In that time, though, it earned 15 battle stars fighting in nearly every major battle in the Pacific. Later, it was towed to Wilmington to serve museum duty. Sporting an unusual new camouflage paint job, "The Showboat" is celebrating the victory it fought for and helped win a half-century ago. 1941 Number of guas 9 Weight of projectiles 55 lis Effective ange: About 9 miles Couk throw anf-circrah fie 7 milks skyward badh rs Ann MEASURE2 Numberof gues 36 Weight of projectiles: 1,900 2700 lls Effective aage: 21-23 miks Effec five range: Insich 4,000 1942 MEASURE 12 spuni Rate of fire: 160 ElHective mnge: * Insice 2,000 yars Bate of fire: 450 Dunds a minue ounds a minute late of fire: 15 ounchs a minute per gun Rate of fire: 2 Dunck a minuts pargun 1943 pargun MEASURE21 pargun Hornet near Geado kaal Fve 1944 MEASURE 32 Spoto ne. Om of two locafions fom which rockar and opfcalequipme nt directed the fe of the 16-imh guns. Air searh sodar. Coukl da tect aix raft 75 to 100 miks ovay. QUICK FACTS ranom kiled end 23 injured. November Returns to duty blbwing mpairs at Foard Ha tbor The Horh Caolim eventun lyeerns 15 batte stus Length: 728 feet 8 inches Beam (widhh): 108 feet 4 inches Dmt (minimum da pth equied): 35 feet 6 inchus Displace ment (we igh): 36,600 tors; 44,800 ors fully looced uSS NOR TH CAROLINA 728 feet, 8 jaches 1945- 46 OS20 VOUGHT KINGFISHER Sky Control Officers in changa of the ship's anfi- cir aft da a ses-the fn-inth guns and the mohine gers we e stafiored ha e. br her service in the Pacifie. ARA MEASURE 22 1944 July-Oct: Relitextesive lyat Puget Sound, Wash 1945 Feb.-March: Purikipates in invosionof IwoJirm. Crew: 144 offcers; 2 195 e isted men Top speed: 8 knos (322 mph) lormally, the North Caolia carried thres of these two-seat airpkınes or submarine patrol, air-sea rescue, cerial photography and obse ving the cxc urczy of gunfira. TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 1947-94 720 feet March-Aprit Puricipates in imasion of Okimwa. July- August Prokcts cerers h uxhing air strilesogainst Japarese hore isk nds Sky Two. One of four fe diectos br the ship's 5'inchgurs MEASURE 14 The pkim now on dispky crashed in Carocla in 1942 and was 1946 Seves as e tmining ship for llawal Acadeny cadets 1947 June 27: Deconnissioned and ploced "in rotibe at Bayone, IJ. 1961 September.Octo ber. Towed D Wilring ba, KC., whe e itbecones a fkefing nusaun 1971 June: Om ofonly threo King fsherseaph es known toexist is insta led on fentail 1982 Scove nged borspore part by lory offin k working on eocfination of bwae chsbotteships 1995 Sept. 2: Oe of ne hastsikes broficialcoeonies miking 50tha nniversary of Y-J day. Ba tle Two. Also called the Secondary Conning Skifon, this WCs the batle stafon for the ship's Execufive Ofier He wasofen given controlof the ship during batte, since smola fom ant- airraftguns would nxıko it hard to Se8 well fom the bridge. FIRING THE BIG GUNS sakagud in 1968 Refirad Vought workers estoed the plane, one of the few remci ning of is kind It was instaled on deck in 1971. Sky Three Spot Two Sky Four Aull nino-gu n salvo, or "bro adeide," from the sh ip's th ree m ain 16-inch battery turrets cou ld let fly more th an 72 tons of armor A projpctik and sir They wee plaxed on platlorms and the n shoved into POwdar bogs Cra ne wcs used to hoist seaplanes bark onto the dack of the ship. We R Kised o the gun chambes via electix e lkvatos. Conning tower During an atork the Capkin coukl move to the bwer kvel here, proected by 16 imhesof steel The ship'schief gunnery officer was stafioned in the upper lavel Sky | O el Projecile the breeches by a hydraule Catupults fired seaplanes from the deck at 70 mph. Bidge PROTECTING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS The North Carolina spent much of its active life oscorting U.S. aireraft earriers in the Pacific. Ironically, the North Carolin a nover saw the duty for wh ich it was designed- facing an enomy battlesh ip. Cruising disposifion *Fwe-Victor," which wes used throughout the Paifr war, Povder piercing stool. Earh turet was moned by wo olfire s ond 170man, it lurting projac fik and powckr handle s in the barbeth below. mimised air defa nse foran air aftcarrier Barbettes. Armor plated cylincars supported the 16-inxhgurs. The North Carolina coukl cary a kokal of 1, 8 projpctiks in its three barbe tes Battleships or other heavy ships Crew's |quarters Airc ft carrier ) Destroyes Anchor. Each of the shi's achors weighed 25,883 lbs Rest rooms (heads) Armor. A 12-imb-thick be rof armor installed at an angle to he lp defketa blost-probced the mostvital secfions of the ship A system of compartme nts ond double bottoms were filled with water or fuel or leftempty. If the ship were damagad by a bombor torpack, fbading coukd be contcined oa Smallarea. Emply areCE Could be intenfiomally fibodad to ighta listing Petty Officers mess Engine room. Four propelle rs, earh powe ed by two boilersand bur stam turbines. The llorth Carolinn could cary about 18 millon galors of fual, e nough to trove l 16,000 mufkal miksat 15 knot itcould steam at 27 knots (31 mph), fastenough to keep up with the nevest aireraft caries 55 Plot Deep inside the llorth Carolinx Wo coetrol moms were the heartof the ship's fire-control system oe brthe 16-inth guns and ona for the S-inch gurs, Information from fire-control dincors was sent he B, whee gear- diven computers cukulakd where to aim the guns Tures ond guns coutd be controlled remotly from here. Skk Bay It took B00 gnilbns of Du Pont Imron polyunethone enomel to coat the Horth Carolıa in approxi nely the same fwe-color print s hame it WOR in 1945 Durimg the war, the caw usad tht pcint but Ieatteship Te morial offiak hove liseda more duroble se migkes During much of the war, all horizontal surfares inacluting the nakvaod deck wem pointed a dark hlus to he lp hich the ship from SIm my cintraft StibS eYe n dyed thair huts blus to leep from poviding finy whin korgs Museum workans diela't print the thaek ble, sincs its in the process of being mplured with sh teak Powder mogarines surmundedearh barbete. Most moving parts o fiatures hee we mah of brass, which doesn' tspork Sourcas The North Carolina Bomleship Commisaion "Battleship Nath Carolina" by Ban W. Bloe, "The Showboot" by Dick Gorll and Bruce Robarts, "She'a Dota" by Armold 5 Latt and Robert E Sumrull; "U.S Battleships, An illutrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Operational Experien co of Fat Sutleships" by Jahn C. Reilly, Ir, U.S. Battleships in Adion" by Rob Starn Researched and Iluatrated by CHARLESAPPLE ©1995 by The News & Observer Publishing Company 215 Sauth McDawel Street, Radeigh, NC 27602 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHOWBOAT ARMAMENT USS NORTH CAROLINA During the war, many Navy ships were painted in vanious pattems of comouflage to break up the outlines of the vessel when viewed from a plane or a submarine. The idea was to make it more difficult to determine the ship's size, speed, distance and direction of travel, As the warprogressed, the North Carolin a gradu ally tookon more and more guns. By 7945 it was possible for the North Carolin a to put 25,000 sholls a m inuto into tho ar. 20-MILLIMET ER RIFLES Swis-builh Oputd by agunner, an assiskant and two 16-INCH GUNS 5-INCH GUNS Ope cted by 13 menin turret, plus 24 moe in handling rooms below. Number of guas: 20 40-MILLIMET ER GUNS The North Carolina wore at least six different paint schemes, called measures. It was recently restored to how it looked in early 1945. The main batey Swechish- built. A crew of 11 worked earh gun mount Operated by odar xfwand e mote control Numberofguns: 60g in ss of four WCs efkective only oguinst otherships and shore turgat T: 1937 Oct. 27: Workbagins in the Brooklyn (1Y.) Havy yard on de fist ew betteship in ló pea rs 1941 Aaril 9: Tle North Caroline is conrissionad. Further kests OB eq uied b fu vibmfiors the ship develaps at hig herspeeds The llorth Corolime enters and kaves lew York Haborsooften, bok all her The Showboot" 1942 July 11: Joins the Pacife fleetat Poarl Habor Aug. 24: Fghs fust miprbamk in faskrn Sobnon isb nds Snoke fron lorhCaolim'sgus is so thickat height ofbate that the carier USS Ente prise sigmk "An youefie? Sept. 15: Hitby Japanese tpedo whik gusrding the corrier USS he first of a new class of battleships to join the American fleet during World War II, the North Carolina served its country for only six years. In that time, though, it earned 15 battle stars fighting in nearly every major battle in the Pacific. Later, it was towed to Wilmington to serve museum duty. Sporting an unusual new camouflage paint job, "The Showboat" is celebrating the victory it fought for and helped win a half-century ago. 1941 Number of guas 9 Weight of projectiles 55 lis Effective ange: About 9 miles Couk throw anf-circrah fie 7 milks skyward badh rs Ann MEASURE2 Numberof gues 36 Weight of projectiles: 1,900 2700 lls Effective aage: 21-23 miks Effec five range: Insich 4,000 1942 MEASURE 12 spuni Rate of fire: 160 ElHective mnge: * Insice 2,000 yars Bate of fire: 450 Dunds a minue ounds a minute late of fire: 15 ounchs a minute per gun Rate of fire: 2 Dunck a minuts pargun 1943 pargun MEASURE21 pargun Hornet near Geado kaal Fve 1944 MEASURE 32 Spoto ne. Om of two locafions fom which rockar and opfcalequipme nt directed the fe of the 16-imh guns. Air searh sodar. Coukl da tect aix raft 75 to 100 miks ovay. QUICK FACTS ranom kiled end 23 injured. November Returns to duty blbwing mpairs at Foard Ha tbor The Horh Caolim eventun lyeerns 15 batte stus Length: 728 feet 8 inches Beam (widhh): 108 feet 4 inches Dmt (minimum da pth equied): 35 feet 6 inchus Displace ment (we igh): 36,600 tors; 44,800 ors fully looced uSS NOR TH CAROLINA 728 feet, 8 jaches 1945- 46 OS20 VOUGHT KINGFISHER Sky Control Officers in changa of the ship's anfi- cir aft da a ses-the fn-inth guns and the mohine gers we e stafiored ha e. br her service in the Pacifie. ARA MEASURE 22 1944 July-Oct: Relitextesive lyat Puget Sound, Wash 1945 Feb.-March: Purikipates in invosionof IwoJirm. Crew: 144 offcers; 2 195 e isted men Top speed: 8 knos (322 mph) lormally, the North Caolia carried thres of these two-seat airpkınes or submarine patrol, air-sea rescue, cerial photography and obse ving the cxc urczy of gunfira. TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 1947-94 720 feet March-Aprit Puricipates in imasion of Okimwa. July- August Prokcts cerers h uxhing air strilesogainst Japarese hore isk nds Sky Two. One of four fe diectos br the ship's 5'inchgurs MEASURE 14 The pkim now on dispky crashed in Carocla in 1942 and was 1946 Seves as e tmining ship for llawal Acadeny cadets 1947 June 27: Deconnissioned and ploced "in rotibe at Bayone, IJ. 1961 September.Octo ber. Towed D Wilring ba, KC., whe e itbecones a fkefing nusaun 1971 June: Om ofonly threo King fsherseaph es known toexist is insta led on fentail 1982 Scove nged borspore part by lory offin k working on eocfination of bwae chsbotteships 1995 Sept. 2: Oe of ne hastsikes broficialcoeonies miking 50tha nniversary of Y-J day. Ba tle Two. Also called the Secondary Conning Skifon, this WCs the batle stafon for the ship's Execufive Ofier He wasofen given controlof the ship during batte, since smola fom ant- airraftguns would nxıko it hard to Se8 well fom the bridge. FIRING THE BIG GUNS sakagud in 1968 Refirad Vought workers estoed the plane, one of the few remci ning of is kind It was instaled on deck in 1971. Sky Three Spot Two Sky Four Aull nino-gu n salvo, or "bro adeide," from the sh ip's th ree m ain 16-inch battery turrets cou ld let fly more th an 72 tons of armor A projpctik and sir They wee plaxed on platlorms and the n shoved into POwdar bogs Cra ne wcs used to hoist seaplanes bark onto the dack of the ship. We R Kised o the gun chambes via electix e lkvatos. Conning tower During an atork the Capkin coukl move to the bwer kvel here, proected by 16 imhesof steel The ship'schief gunnery officer was stafioned in the upper lavel Sky | O el Projecile the breeches by a hydraule Catupults fired seaplanes from the deck at 70 mph. Bidge PROTECTING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS The North Carolina spent much of its active life oscorting U.S. aireraft earriers in the Pacific. Ironically, the North Carolin a nover saw the duty for wh ich it was designed- facing an enomy battlesh ip. Cruising disposifion *Fwe-Victor," which wes used throughout the Paifr war, Povder piercing stool. Earh turet was moned by wo olfire s ond 170man, it lurting projac fik and powckr handle s in the barbeth below. mimised air defa nse foran air aftcarrier Barbettes. Armor plated cylincars supported the 16-inxhgurs. The North Carolina coukl cary a kokal of 1, 8 projpctiks in its three barbe tes Battleships or other heavy ships Crew's |quarters Airc ft carrier ) Destroyes Anchor. Each of the shi's achors weighed 25,883 lbs Rest rooms (heads) Armor. A 12-imb-thick be rof armor installed at an angle to he lp defketa blost-probced the mostvital secfions of the ship A system of compartme nts ond double bottoms were filled with water or fuel or leftempty. If the ship were damagad by a bombor torpack, fbading coukd be contcined oa Smallarea. Emply areCE Could be intenfiomally fibodad to ighta listing Petty Officers mess Engine room. Four propelle rs, earh powe ed by two boilersand bur stam turbines. The llorth Carolinn could cary about 18 millon galors of fual, e nough to trove l 16,000 mufkal miksat 15 knot itcould steam at 27 knots (31 mph), fastenough to keep up with the nevest aireraft caries 55 Plot Deep inside the llorth Carolinx Wo coetrol moms were the heartof the ship's fire-control system oe brthe 16-inth guns and ona for the S-inch gurs, Information from fire-control dincors was sent he B, whee gear- diven computers cukulakd where to aim the guns Tures ond guns coutd be controlled remotly from here. Skk Bay It took B00 gnilbns of Du Pont Imron polyunethone enomel to coat the Horth Carolıa in approxi nely the same fwe-color print s hame it WOR in 1945 Durimg the war, the caw usad tht pcint but Ieatteship Te morial offiak hove liseda more duroble se migkes During much of the war, all horizontal surfares inacluting the nakvaod deck wem pointed a dark hlus to he lp hich the ship from SIm my cintraft StibS eYe n dyed thair huts blus to leep from poviding finy whin korgs Museum workans diela't print the thaek ble, sincs its in the process of being mplured with sh teak Powder mogarines surmundedearh barbete. Most moving parts o fiatures hee we mah of brass, which doesn' tspork Sourcas The North Carolina Bomleship Commisaion "Battleship Nath Carolina" by Ban W. Bloe, "The Showboot" by Dick Gorll and Bruce Robarts, "She'a Dota" by Armold 5 Latt and Robert E Sumrull; "U.S Battleships, An illutrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Operational Experien co of Fat Sutleships" by Jahn C. Reilly, Ir, U.S. Battleships in Adion" by Rob Starn Researched and Iluatrated by CHARLESAPPLE ©1995 by The News & Observer Publishing Company 215 Sauth McDawel Street, Radeigh, NC 27602 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHOWBOAT ARMAMENT USS NORTH CAROLINA During the war, many Navy ships were painted in vanious pattems of comouflage to break up the outlines of the vessel when viewed from a plane or a submarine. The idea was to make it more difficult to determine the ship's size, speed, distance and direction of travel, As the warprogressed, the North Carolin a gradu ally tookon more and more guns. By 7945 it was possible for the North Carolin a to put 25,000 sholls a m inuto into tho ar. 20-MILLIMET ER RIFLES Swis-builh Oputd by agunner, an assiskant and two 16-INCH GUNS 5-INCH GUNS Ope cted by 13 menin turret, plus 24 moe in handling rooms below. Number of guas: 20 40-MILLIMET ER GUNS The North Carolina wore at least six different paint schemes, called measures. It was recently restored to how it looked in early 1945. The main batey Swechish- built. A crew of 11 worked earh gun mount Operated by odar xfwand e mote control Numberofguns: 60g in ss of four WCs efkective only oguinst otherships and shore turgat T: 1937 Oct. 27: Workbagins in the Brooklyn (1Y.) Havy yard on de fist ew betteship in ló pea rs 1941 Aaril 9: Tle North Caroline is conrissionad. Further kests OB eq uied b fu vibmfiors the ship develaps at hig herspeeds The llorth Corolime enters and kaves lew York Haborsooften, bok all her The Showboot" 1942 July 11: Joins the Pacife fleetat Poarl Habor Aug. 24: Fghs fust miprbamk in faskrn Sobnon isb nds Snoke fron lorhCaolim'sgus is so thickat height ofbate that the carier USS Ente prise sigmk "An youefie? Sept. 15: Hitby Japanese tpedo whik gusrding the corrier USS he first of a new class of battleships to join the American fleet during World War II, the North Carolina served its country for only six years. In that time, though, it earned 15 battle stars fighting in nearly every major battle in the Pacific. Later, it was towed to Wilmington to serve museum duty. Sporting an unusual new camouflage paint job, "The Showboat" is celebrating the victory it fought for and helped win a half-century ago. 1941 Number of guas 9 Weight of projectiles 55 lis Effective ange: About 9 miles Couk throw anf-circrah fie 7 milks skyward badh rs Ann MEASURE2 Numberof gues 36 Weight of projectiles: 1,900 2700 lls Effective aage: 21-23 miks Effec five range: Insich 4,000 1942 MEASURE 12 spuni Rate of fire: 160 ElHective mnge: * Insice 2,000 yars Bate of fire: 450 Dunds a minue ounds a minute late of fire: 15 ounchs a minute per gun Rate of fire: 2 Dunck a minuts pargun 1943 pargun MEASURE21 pargun Hornet near Geado kaal Fve 1944 MEASURE 32 Spoto ne. Om of two locafions fom which rockar and opfcalequipme nt directed the fe of the 16-imh guns. Air searh sodar. Coukl da tect aix raft 75 to 100 miks ovay. QUICK FACTS ranom kiled end 23 injured. November Returns to duty blbwing mpairs at Foard Ha tbor The Horh Caolim eventun lyeerns 15 batte stus Length: 728 feet 8 inches Beam (widhh): 108 feet 4 inches Dmt (minimum da pth equied): 35 feet 6 inchus Displace ment (we igh): 36,600 tors; 44,800 ors fully looced uSS NOR TH CAROLINA 728 feet, 8 jaches 1945- 46 OS20 VOUGHT KINGFISHER Sky Control Officers in changa of the ship's anfi- cir aft da a ses-the fn-inth guns and the mohine gers we e stafiored ha e. br her service in the Pacifie. ARA MEASURE 22 1944 July-Oct: Relitextesive lyat Puget Sound, Wash 1945 Feb.-March: Purikipates in invosionof IwoJirm. Crew: 144 offcers; 2 195 e isted men Top speed: 8 knos (322 mph) lormally, the North Caolia carried thres of these two-seat airpkınes or submarine patrol, air-sea rescue, cerial photography and obse ving the cxc urczy of gunfira. TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 1947-94 720 feet March-Aprit Puricipates in imasion of Okimwa. July- August Prokcts cerers h uxhing air strilesogainst Japarese hore isk nds Sky Two. One of four fe diectos br the ship's 5'inchgurs MEASURE 14 The pkim now on dispky crashed in Carocla in 1942 and was 1946 Seves as e tmining ship for llawal Acadeny cadets 1947 June 27: Deconnissioned and ploced "in rotibe at Bayone, IJ. 1961 September.Octo ber. Towed D Wilring ba, KC., whe e itbecones a fkefing nusaun 1971 June: Om ofonly threo King fsherseaph es known toexist is insta led on fentail 1982 Scove nged borspore part by lory offin k working on eocfination of bwae chsbotteships 1995 Sept. 2: Oe of ne hastsikes broficialcoeonies miking 50tha nniversary of Y-J day. Ba tle Two. Also called the Secondary Conning Skifon, this WCs the batle stafon for the ship's Execufive Ofier He wasofen given controlof the ship during batte, since smola fom ant- airraftguns would nxıko it hard to Se8 well fom the bridge. FIRING THE BIG GUNS sakagud in 1968 Refirad Vought workers estoed the plane, one of the few remci ning of is kind It was instaled on deck in 1971. Sky Three Spot Two Sky Four Aull nino-gu n salvo, or "bro adeide," from the sh ip's th ree m ain 16-inch battery turrets cou ld let fly more th an 72 tons of armor A projpctik and sir They wee plaxed on platlorms and the n shoved into POwdar bogs Cra ne wcs used to hoist seaplanes bark onto the dack of the ship. We R Kised o the gun chambes via electix e lkvatos. Conning tower During an atork the Capkin coukl move to the bwer kvel here, proected by 16 imhesof steel The ship'schief gunnery officer was stafioned in the upper lavel Sky | O el Projecile the breeches by a hydraule Catupults fired seaplanes from the deck at 70 mph. Bidge PROTECTING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS The North Carolina spent much of its active life oscorting U.S. aireraft earriers in the Pacific. Ironically, the North Carolin a nover saw the duty for wh ich it was designed- facing an enomy battlesh ip. Cruising disposifion *Fwe-Victor," which wes used throughout the Paifr war, Povder piercing stool. Earh turet was moned by wo olfire s ond 170man, it lurting projac fik and powckr handle s in the barbeth below. mimised air defa nse foran air aftcarrier Barbettes. Armor plated cylincars supported the 16-inxhgurs. The North Carolina coukl cary a kokal of 1, 8 projpctiks in its three barbe tes Battleships or other heavy ships Crew's |quarters Airc ft carrier ) Destroyes Anchor. Each of the shi's achors weighed 25,883 lbs Rest rooms (heads) Armor. A 12-imb-thick be rof armor installed at an angle to he lp defketa blost-probced the mostvital secfions of the ship A system of compartme nts ond double bottoms were filled with water or fuel or leftempty. If the ship were damagad by a bombor torpack, fbading coukd be contcined oa Smallarea. Emply areCE Could be intenfiomally fibodad to ighta listing Petty Officers mess Engine room. Four propelle rs, earh powe ed by two boilersand bur stam turbines. The llorth Carolinn could cary about 18 millon galors of fual, e nough to trove l 16,000 mufkal miksat 15 knot itcould steam at 27 knots (31 mph), fastenough to keep up with the nevest aireraft caries 55 Plot Deep inside the llorth Carolinx Wo coetrol moms were the heartof the ship's fire-control system oe brthe 16-inth guns and ona for the S-inch gurs, Information from fire-control dincors was sent he B, whee gear- diven computers cukulakd where to aim the guns Tures ond guns coutd be controlled remotly from here. Skk Bay It took B00 gnilbns of Du Pont Imron polyunethone enomel to coat the Horth Carolıa in approxi nely the same fwe-color print s hame it WOR in 1945 Durimg the war, the caw usad tht pcint but Ieatteship Te morial offiak hove liseda more duroble se migkes During much of the war, all horizontal surfares inacluting the nakvaod deck wem pointed a dark hlus to he lp hich the ship from SIm my cintraft StibS eYe n dyed thair huts blus to leep from poviding finy whin korgs Museum workans diela't print the thaek ble, sincs its in the process of being mplured with sh teak Powder mogarines surmundedearh barbete. Most moving parts o fiatures hee we mah of brass, which doesn' tspork Sourcas The North Carolina Bomleship Commisaion "Battleship Nath Carolina" by Ban W. Bloe, "The Showboot" by Dick Gorll and Bruce Robarts, "She'a Dota" by Armold 5 Latt and Robert E Sumrull; "U.S Battleships, An illutrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Operational Experien co of Fat Sutleships" by Jahn C. Reilly, Ir, U.S. Battleships in Adion" by Rob Starn Researched and Iluatrated by CHARLESAPPLE ©1995 by The News & Observer Publishing Company 215 Sauth McDawel Street, Radeigh, NC 27602 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHOWBOAT ARMAMENT USS NORTH CAROLINA During the war, many Navy ships were painted in vanious pattems of comouflage to break up the outlines of the vessel when viewed from a plane or a submarine. The idea was to make it more difficult to determine the ship's size, speed, distance and direction of travel, As the warprogressed, the North Carolin a gradu ally tookon more and more guns. By 7945 it was possible for the North Carolin a to put 25,000 sholls a m inuto into tho ar. 20-MILLIMET ER RIFLES Swis-builh Oputd by agunner, an assiskant and two 16-INCH GUNS 5-INCH GUNS Ope cted by 13 menin turret, plus 24 moe in handling rooms below. Number of guas: 20 40-MILLIMET ER GUNS The North Carolina wore at least six different paint schemes, called measures. It was recently restored to how it looked in early 1945. The main batey Swechish- built. A crew of 11 worked earh gun mount Operated by odar xfwand e mote control Numberofguns: 60g in ss of four WCs efkective only oguinst otherships and shore turgat T: 1937 Oct. 27: Workbagins in the Brooklyn (1Y.) Havy yard on de fist ew betteship in ló pea rs 1941 Aaril 9: Tle North Caroline is conrissionad. Further kests OB eq uied b fu vibmfiors the ship develaps at hig herspeeds The llorth Corolime enters and kaves lew York Haborsooften, bok all her The Showboot" 1942 July 11: Joins the Pacife fleetat Poarl Habor Aug. 24: Fghs fust miprbamk in faskrn Sobnon isb nds Snoke fron lorhCaolim'sgus is so thickat height ofbate that the carier USS Ente prise sigmk "An youefie? Sept. 15: Hitby Japanese tpedo whik gusrding the corrier USS he first of a new class of battleships to join the American fleet during World War II, the North Carolina served its country for only six years. In that time, though, it earned 15 battle stars fighting in nearly every major battle in the Pacific. Later, it was towed to Wilmington to serve museum duty. Sporting an unusual new camouflage paint job, "The Showboat" is celebrating the victory it fought for and helped win a half-century ago. 1941 Number of guas 9 Weight of projectiles 55 lis Effective ange: About 9 miles Couk throw anf-circrah fie 7 milks skyward badh rs Ann MEASURE2 Numberof gues 36 Weight of projectiles: 1,900 2700 lls Effective aage: 21-23 miks Effec five range: Insich 4,000 1942 MEASURE 12 spuni Rate of fire: 160 ElHective mnge: * Insice 2,000 yars Bate of fire: 450 Dunds a minue ounds a minute late of fire: 15 ounchs a minute per gun Rate of fire: 2 Dunck a minuts pargun 1943 pargun MEASURE21 pargun Hornet near Geado kaal Fve 1944 MEASURE 32 Spoto ne. Om of two locafions fom which rockar and opfcalequipme nt directed the fe of the 16-imh guns. Air searh sodar. Coukl da tect aix raft 75 to 100 miks ovay. QUICK FACTS ranom kiled end 23 injured. November Returns to duty blbwing mpairs at Foard Ha tbor The Horh Caolim eventun lyeerns 15 batte stus Length: 728 feet 8 inches Beam (widhh): 108 feet 4 inches Dmt (minimum da pth equied): 35 feet 6 inchus Displace ment (we igh): 36,600 tors; 44,800 ors fully looced uSS NOR TH CAROLINA 728 feet, 8 jaches 1945- 46 OS20 VOUGHT KINGFISHER Sky Control Officers in changa of the ship's anfi- cir aft da a ses-the fn-inth guns and the mohine gers we e stafiored ha e. br her service in the Pacifie. ARA MEASURE 22 1944 July-Oct: Relitextesive lyat Puget Sound, Wash 1945 Feb.-March: Purikipates in invosionof IwoJirm. Crew: 144 offcers; 2 195 e isted men Top speed: 8 knos (322 mph) lormally, the North Caolia carried thres of these two-seat airpkınes or submarine patrol, air-sea rescue, cerial photography and obse ving the cxc urczy of gunfira. TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 1947-94 720 feet March-Aprit Puricipates in imasion of Okimwa. July- August Prokcts cerers h uxhing air strilesogainst Japarese hore isk nds Sky Two. One of four fe diectos br the ship's 5'inchgurs MEASURE 14 The pkim now on dispky crashed in Carocla in 1942 and was 1946 Seves as e tmining ship for llawal Acadeny cadets 1947 June 27: Deconnissioned and ploced "in rotibe at Bayone, IJ. 1961 September.Octo ber. Towed D Wilring ba, KC., whe e itbecones a fkefing nusaun 1971 June: Om ofonly threo King fsherseaph es known toexist is insta led on fentail 1982 Scove nged borspore part by lory offin k working on eocfination of bwae chsbotteships 1995 Sept. 2: Oe of ne hastsikes broficialcoeonies miking 50tha nniversary of Y-J day. Ba tle Two. Also called the Secondary Conning Skifon, this WCs the batle stafon for the ship's Execufive Ofier He wasofen given controlof the ship during batte, since smola fom ant- airraftguns would nxıko it hard to Se8 well fom the bridge. FIRING THE BIG GUNS sakagud in 1968 Refirad Vought workers estoed the plane, one of the few remci ning of is kind It was instaled on deck in 1971. Sky Three Spot Two Sky Four Aull nino-gu n salvo, or "bro adeide," from the sh ip's th ree m ain 16-inch battery turrets cou ld let fly more th an 72 tons of armor A projpctik and sir They wee plaxed on platlorms and the n shoved into POwdar bogs Cra ne wcs used to hoist seaplanes bark onto the dack of the ship. We R Kised o the gun chambes via electix e lkvatos. Conning tower During an atork the Capkin coukl move to the bwer kvel here, proected by 16 imhesof steel The ship'schief gunnery officer was stafioned in the upper lavel Sky | O el Projecile the breeches by a hydraule Catupults fired seaplanes from the deck at 70 mph. Bidge PROTECTING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS The North Carolina spent much of its active life oscorting U.S. aireraft earriers in the Pacific. Ironically, the North Carolin a nover saw the duty for wh ich it was designed- facing an enomy battlesh ip. Cruising disposifion *Fwe-Victor," which wes used throughout the Paifr war, Povder piercing stool. Earh turet was moned by wo olfire s ond 170man, it lurting projac fik and powckr handle s in the barbeth below. mimised air defa nse foran air aftcarrier Barbettes. Armor plated cylincars supported the 16-inxhgurs. The North Carolina coukl cary a kokal of 1, 8 projpctiks in its three barbe tes Battleships or other heavy ships Crew's |quarters Airc ft carrier ) Destroyes Anchor. Each of the shi's achors weighed 25,883 lbs Rest rooms (heads) Armor. A 12-imb-thick be rof armor installed at an angle to he lp defketa blost-probced the mostvital secfions of the ship A system of compartme nts ond double bottoms were filled with water or fuel or leftempty. If the ship were damagad by a bombor torpack, fbading coukd be contcined oa Smallarea. Emply areCE Could be intenfiomally fibodad to ighta listing Petty Officers mess Engine room. Four propelle rs, earh powe ed by two boilersand bur stam turbines. The llorth Carolinn could cary about 18 millon galors of fual, e nough to trove l 16,000 mufkal miksat 15 knot itcould steam at 27 knots (31 mph), fastenough to keep up with the nevest aireraft caries 55 Plot Deep inside the llorth Carolinx Wo coetrol moms were the heartof the ship's fire-control system oe brthe 16-inth guns and ona for the S-inch gurs, Information from fire-control dincors was sent he B, whee gear- diven computers cukulakd where to aim the guns Tures ond guns coutd be controlled remotly from here. Skk Bay It took B00 gnilbns of Du Pont Imron polyunethone enomel to coat the Horth Carolıa in approxi nely the same fwe-color print s hame it WOR in 1945 Durimg the war, the caw usad tht pcint but Ieatteship Te morial offiak hove liseda more duroble se migkes During much of the war, all horizontal surfares inacluting the nakvaod deck wem pointed a dark hlus to he lp hich the ship from SIm my cintraft StibS eYe n dyed thair huts blus to leep from poviding finy whin korgs Museum workans diela't print the thaek ble, sincs its in the process of being mplured with sh teak Powder mogarines surmundedearh barbete. Most moving parts o fiatures hee we mah of brass, which doesn' tspork Sourcas The North Carolina Bomleship Commisaion "Battleship Nath Carolina" by Ban W. Bloe, "The Showboot" by Dick Gorll and Bruce Robarts, "She'a Dota" by Armold 5 Latt and Robert E Sumrull; "U.S Battleships, An illutrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Operational Experien co of Fat Sutleships" by Jahn C. Reilly, Ir, U.S. Battleships in Adion" by Rob Starn Researched and Iluatrated by CHARLESAPPLE ©1995 by The News & Observer Publishing Company 215 Sauth McDawel Street, Radeigh, NC 27602 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHOWBOAT ARMAMENT USS NORTH CAROLINA During the war, many Navy ships were painted in vanious pattems of comouflage to break up the outlines of the vessel when viewed from a plane or a submarine. The idea was to make it more difficult to determine the ship's size, speed, distance and direction of travel, As the warprogressed, the North Carolin a gradu ally tookon more and more guns. By 7945 it was possible for the North Carolin a to put 25,000 sholls a m inuto into tho ar. 20-MILLIMET ER RIFLES Swis-builh Oputd by agunner, an assiskant and two 16-INCH GUNS 5-INCH GUNS Ope cted by 13 menin turret, plus 24 moe in handling rooms below. Number of guas: 20 40-MILLIMET ER GUNS The North Carolina wore at least six different paint schemes, called measures. It was recently restored to how it looked in early 1945. The main batey Swechish- built. A crew of 11 worked earh gun mount Operated by odar xfwand e mote control Numberofguns: 60g in ss of four WCs efkective only oguinst otherships and shore turgat T: 1937 Oct. 27: Workbagins in the Brooklyn (1Y.) Havy yard on de fist ew betteship in ló pea rs 1941 Aaril 9: Tle North Caroline is conrissionad. Further kests OB eq uied b fu vibmfiors the ship develaps at hig herspeeds The llorth Corolime enters and kaves lew York Haborsooften, bok all her The Showboot" 1942 July 11: Joins the Pacife fleetat Poarl Habor Aug. 24: Fghs fust miprbamk in faskrn Sobnon isb nds Snoke fron lorhCaolim'sgus is so thickat height ofbate that the carier USS Ente prise sigmk "An youefie? Sept. 15: Hitby Japanese tpedo whik gusrding the corrier USS he first of a new class of battleships to join the American fleet during World War II, the North Carolina served its country for only six years. In that time, though, it earned 15 battle stars fighting in nearly every major battle in the Pacific. Later, it was towed to Wilmington to serve museum duty. Sporting an unusual new camouflage paint job, "The Showboat" is celebrating the victory it fought for and helped win a half-century ago. 1941 Number of guas 9 Weight of projectiles 55 lis Effective ange: About 9 miles Couk throw anf-circrah fie 7 milks skyward badh rs Ann MEASURE2 Numberof gues 36 Weight of projectiles: 1,900 2700 lls Effective aage: 21-23 miks Effec five range: Insich 4,000 1942 MEASURE 12 spuni Rate of fire: 160 ElHective mnge: * Insice 2,000 yars Bate of fire: 450 Dunds a minue ounds a minute late of fire: 15 ounchs a minute per gun Rate of fire: 2 Dunck a minuts pargun 1943 pargun MEASURE21 pargun Hornet near Geado kaal Fve 1944 MEASURE 32 Spoto ne. Om of two locafions fom which rockar and opfcalequipme nt directed the fe of the 16-imh guns. Air searh sodar. Coukl da tect aix raft 75 to 100 miks ovay. QUICK FACTS ranom kiled end 23 injured. November Returns to duty blbwing mpairs at Foard Ha tbor The Horh Caolim eventun lyeerns 15 batte stus Length: 728 feet 8 inches Beam (widhh): 108 feet 4 inches Dmt (minimum da pth equied): 35 feet 6 inchus Displace ment (we igh): 36,600 tors; 44,800 ors fully looced uSS NOR TH CAROLINA 728 feet, 8 jaches 1945- 46 OS20 VOUGHT KINGFISHER Sky Control Officers in changa of the ship's anfi- cir aft da a ses-the fn-inth guns and the mohine gers we e stafiored ha e. br her service in the Pacifie. ARA MEASURE 22 1944 July-Oct: Relitextesive lyat Puget Sound, Wash 1945 Feb.-March: Purikipates in invosionof IwoJirm. Crew: 144 offcers; 2 195 e isted men Top speed: 8 knos (322 mph) lormally, the North Caolia carried thres of these two-seat airpkınes or submarine patrol, air-sea rescue, cerial photography and obse ving the cxc urczy of gunfira. TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 1947-94 720 feet March-Aprit Puricipates in imasion of Okimwa. July- August Prokcts cerers h uxhing air strilesogainst Japarese hore isk nds Sky Two. One of four fe diectos br the ship's 5'inchgurs MEASURE 14 The pkim now on dispky crashed in Carocla in 1942 and was 1946 Seves as e tmining ship for llawal Acadeny cadets 1947 June 27: Deconnissioned and ploced "in rotibe at Bayone, IJ. 1961 September.Octo ber. Towed D Wilring ba, KC., whe e itbecones a fkefing nusaun 1971 June: Om ofonly threo King fsherseaph es known toexist is insta led on fentail 1982 Scove nged borspore part by lory offin k working on eocfination of bwae chsbotteships 1995 Sept. 2: Oe of ne hastsikes broficialcoeonies miking 50tha nniversary of Y-J day. Ba tle Two. Also called the Secondary Conning Skifon, this WCs the batle stafon for the ship's Execufive Ofier He wasofen given controlof the ship during batte, since smola fom ant- airraftguns would nxıko it hard to Se8 well fom the bridge. FIRING THE BIG GUNS sakagud in 1968 Refirad Vought workers estoed the plane, one of the few remci ning of is kind It was instaled on deck in 1971. Sky Three Spot Two Sky Four Aull nino-gu n salvo, or "bro adeide," from the sh ip's th ree m ain 16-inch battery turrets cou ld let fly more th an 72 tons of armor A projpctik and sir They wee plaxed on platlorms and the n shoved into POwdar bogs Cra ne wcs used to hoist seaplanes bark onto the dack of the ship. We R Kised o the gun chambes via electix e lkvatos. Conning tower During an atork the Capkin coukl move to the bwer kvel here, proected by 16 imhesof steel The ship'schief gunnery officer was stafioned in the upper lavel Sky | O el Projecile the breeches by a hydraule Catupults fired seaplanes from the deck at 70 mph. Bidge PROTECTING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS The North Carolina spent much of its active life oscorting U.S. aireraft earriers in the Pacific. Ironically, the North Carolin a nover saw the duty for wh ich it was designed- facing an enomy battlesh ip. Cruising disposifion *Fwe-Victor," which wes used throughout the Paifr war, Povder piercing stool. Earh turet was moned by wo olfire s ond 170man, it lurting projac fik and powckr handle s in the barbeth below. mimised air defa nse foran air aftcarrier Barbettes. Armor plated cylincars supported the 16-inxhgurs. The North Carolina coukl cary a kokal of 1, 8 projpctiks in its three barbe tes Battleships or other heavy ships Crew's |quarters Airc ft carrier ) Destroyes Anchor. Each of the shi's achors weighed 25,883 lbs Rest rooms (heads) Armor. A 12-imb-thick be rof armor installed at an angle to he lp defketa blost-probced the mostvital secfions of the ship A system of compartme nts ond double bottoms were filled with water or fuel or leftempty. If the ship were damagad by a bombor torpack, fbading coukd be contcined oa Smallarea. Emply areCE Could be intenfiomally fibodad to ighta listing Petty Officers mess Engine room. Four propelle rs, earh powe ed by two boilersand bur stam turbines. The llorth Carolinn could cary about 18 millon galors of fual, e nough to trove l 16,000 mufkal miksat 15 knot itcould steam at 27 knots (31 mph), fastenough to keep up with the nevest aireraft caries 55 Plot Deep inside the llorth Carolinx Wo coetrol moms were the heartof the ship's fire-control system oe brthe 16-inth guns and ona for the S-inch gurs, Information from fire-control dincors was sent he B, whee gear- diven computers cukulakd where to aim the guns Tures ond guns coutd be controlled remotly from here. Skk Bay It took B00 gnilbns of Du Pont Imron polyunethone enomel to coat the Horth Carolıa in approxi nely the same fwe-color print s hame it WOR in 1945 Durimg the war, the caw usad tht pcint but Ieatteship Te morial offiak hove liseda more duroble se migkes During much of the war, all horizontal surfares inacluting the nakvaod deck wem pointed a dark hlus to he lp hich the ship from SIm my cintraft StibS eYe n dyed thair huts blus to leep from poviding finy whin korgs Museum workans diela't print the thaek ble, sincs its in the process of being mplured with sh teak Powder mogarines surmundedearh barbete. Most moving parts o fiatures hee we mah of brass, which doesn' tspork Sourcas The North Carolina Bomleship Commisaion "Battleship Nath Carolina" by Ban W. Bloe, "The Showboot" by Dick Gorll and Bruce Robarts, "She'a Dota" by Armold 5 Latt and Robert E Sumrull; "U.S Battleships, An illutrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Operational Experien co of Fat Sutleships" by Jahn C. Reilly, Ir, U.S. Battleships in Adion" by Rob Starn Researched and Iluatrated by CHARLESAPPLE ©1995 by The News & Observer Publishing Company 215 Sauth McDawel Street, Radeigh, NC 27602