- the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships
- Commissioned: 9 Apr 1941
- Decommissioned: 27 Jun 1947
- Guadalcanal Campaign (Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24~25 Aug 1942)
- was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine but repaired
- Campaigns in Gilberts, Marshall Islands, the Mariana and Palau Islands in 1943 & 1944
- Battle of the Philippine Sea (19~20 Jun 1944)
- Philippines campaign (1944~1945)
- Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945
- In 1962, USS North Carolina museum ship was opened in Wilmington, North Carolina
Armament:
9 × 16 in (406 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 guns
20 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose guns
16 × 1.1 in (28 mm) anti-aircraft guns
18 × .50-cal machine guns
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