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Please help support the USS N Carolina museum, they have an online store and the profits go towards maintaining and restoring the ship. We can't lose our history!
So why wasn't the I-19 attack talked about? In that attack the USS Wasp and USS O'Brien were sunk while North Carolina lost 5 sailors and was significantly damaged in the attack. The rescue actions of the North Carolina and other ships in the task force to save their comrades on the two sinking ships was extraordinary and I think is worthy of mention for the ship.
Carolina Dog To be fair, that doesn’t have much to do with the North Carolina, like the Japanese misunderstanding and thought they had sunk her is their fault, nothing to do with this ship and loosing a sailor is nothing worthy to mention. On the other hand, this ship getting severe damage is significant to its service career
@@belfast4893 she is a wonderful record of naval history durring WWII, American shipbuilding, and the valor of our sailors who served in the Pacific theater.
@@belfast4893 Losing a sailor is totally worthy to mention you bastard are you even human? May those sailors RIP and never be forgotten. You are not from NC, you would not understand. Anyways that I-19 torpedo salvo was one of japans luckiest strikes of the war, it is an important part of the USS NC's history and a few of those torpedos hit the NC but our showboat refused to go down. May those that went down with the O'Brien and Wasp RIP and never be forgotten and I wish the same for my fellow North Carolina citizens that died on that battleship serving our country.
@@atticusstewart5096 Are you stupid or just too ignorant to understand the purpose of this video ? This is just a brief overview of the North Carolina, 18 min video is just a summary, not a full account of detail. It’s impossible to go through every single detail of the service history. They have to omit less relevant information to keep the video short. And loosing 5 sailor is really nothing in the context of war....over thousands of men loose their life every day during war. It’s impossible to recognize every single one of them in a video. I mean their family members will not forget them, but you still have to understand due to the large amount of casualties in each engagement, unless the sailor did something outstanding, it’s not likely for a documentary to mention all of them.
My wife, son and I visited the North Carolina not long ago. It appears they've taken good care of her and for a relatively 'modern' sailor like me she is absolutely fascinating. I've actually witnessed 3 of the 4 Iowas underway and firing their main batteries, 2 of them during Desert Storm. I also did some work aboard Iowa while she was being recommissioned in the 1980s. I'm a destroyer sailor at heart still, but the battlewagons impressed the hell out of me.
They've done a lot of work to keep her ship shape. They redid the deck 20 years ago. And right now there repairing her hull due to it cracking and leaking in water.
I'm kind of surprised the torpedo hit wasn't mentioned. You'd think a 32 ft. by 18 ft. hole would be an incident worth mentioning, but this was still pretty good.
Gabe Dudley yea that story is very false she served pretty much for the whole war her torpedo attack happened if im am remembering correct 1942 she saw no other significant time out of action after that though
They kept going with the mission, and only a bit later fixed the damage. It only slowed the ship down by a couple knots, and had no effect on the combat ability of the ship. Amazingly designed
@@carolinadog8634 That's not what I heard, but I've been wrong before, I guess. You still can't deny that the ship wasn't in any danger of sinking and the torpedo protection worked amazingly well. And the ship was still combat-capable.
@@carolinadog8634 I am an 18 year volunteer on board and one of the contributors to this video... After the torpedo hit she increased to 25kts and stayed in formation for the rest of the day. She would be return for Pearl and repairs and some additional work would take about 30 days or so. She would not return to the western US until her major refit in the summer/fall of 1944. Due to the impact and damage, the #1 turret could be used only in an emergency until repairs were made in Pearl, but none of the crew ever shared that there was any concern of firing #1 turret would cause the ship to sink or break apart, just that they didn't want to cause further damage that would lengthen the repair time.... also, the whipping effect on the foremast disabled her SK air search radar. One of the worst stories was from one of the damage control team members talking about sealing up bulkheads with possible alive crew members on the other side... said it gave him nightmares.
“Sir, the Enterprise wants to know if we’re on fire?” “On fire? Tell them no it’s just our guns smoking. Guess they never saw this much firepower before!”
When the North Carolina was being upgraded, there was a man walking the deck with a big hoop, he would lay it down on the deck, draw a ring around it, move it so it almost touched the last ring and draw a new ring. Where each ring was, the shipyard mounted an AA gun. This is why it's so hard to say how many AA guns a BB carried in the later parts of the war!
She's a doll, and we're PROUD to have her back here in Carolina where she belongs. Unlike those poor sods in New Mexico who tried (and lamentably failed) to save their namesake ship from the scrapper's torch.
Only fitting she had to to go through hurricanes. North Carolina is infamous for it's hurricane season. I still have a picture of my daughter sitting on a cannon when we visited this ship. If you have a battleship museum in your state it's worth every penny and worth the time to tour it and learn the history of it.
I spent a lot of time looking around in her machine shop during breaks while we replaced parts of her forward hull this past year. All your father's machines that are aboard have been restored and look to be in functioning order if you haven't visited. Thank you for your families service.
I just visited the USS North Carolina this past weekend. Amazing. My lady and I took a 4.5 hour guided tour of the ship, led by a Mr. Jim Sweetwood (thanks Jim!!!) and it was phenomenal!! His knowledge amount was outstanding. I highly recommend the guided tour for any naval history buffs out there. It was $67(?) total for the both of us but well worth every penny. Wilmington, NC is a cute town too with plenty to do.
The admission was well worth it to tour this historic Battleship. It takes pretty muchnthe whole day to see everything. Proud to be a Tarheel by birth. Historical fact- Our revolutionary enemies gave us the name Tarheels because we didn't run
Want to mention that North Carolina was been purchased from US Navy by the *school kids* from her name-sake?? Imagine, school children who are saving their spare changes and school lunch budget ,just to save her from getting scrapped. Its kinda overwhelming to know their abundant love on " _as being her_ ", not as a simple battleship. And I'm a little sad that not as many iconic ship was not able to receive the same treatment as North Carolina, such as Warspite, Duke of York, Saratoga and Enterprise
i was one of those children.1960,i was eight years old.remember gathering spare change back then, that was sixty years ago.have been aboard her several times. served in the navy 1971-75. have seen her many times over the years. i get a thrill every time i see her.
I honestly wish they would have saved the USS Washington. She was the last US battleship to ever sink another enemy battleship with her main armaments. Sadly, she was scrapped in 1958, at the displeasure of all who served on her Edit: last US battleship on her own. Oldendorf’s fleet hold the “last US battleships to sink an enemy battleship” title
It wasn't just school kids. Makes a better story, but they got everyone involved by telling kids that anyone who gave a dime got a free pass to visit the ship. But most of the money came from other donations.
My great grandfather was one of the men who built her. Every time I visit the uss North Carolina it's like there's a connection just to be able to touch something I know he had a hand in building.
When they replaced the teak deck from WWII with teak donated from Indonesia in honor of her service, they sold pieces of the old teak with a small plaque in the gift shop. I bought one!
"USS North Carolina are you on fire". "Nah, we got another Clear Skies medal". I've called this ship in the game The Airplane Serial Killer for a reason.
I think it's great they repainted this ship in it's wartime dazzle camo scheme, as the Brits did with HMS Belfast(see recent photos). They should do that with all WW1 & WW2 ships. I was born in Kinston NC, and my family visited the ship in roughly the mid 70s when I was 8-10 years old. Now I live 45 minutes away from the USS New Jersey, which I visited in 2005. Seems like wherever you live on the coasts of America, there's a battleship museum within reasonable driving distance.
"North Carolina never given a chance to engage a battleship." Well at least her sister ship Washington got her chance to go up against the fast battleship IJN Kirishima at point blank range, becoming the only American battleship to actually sink an enemy battleship in ww2. (If not, feel free to give some US bb that actually sunk an enemy bb.)
@@tjd4600 they did significant damage but a US destroyer sunk that battleship with torpedoes (sorry can't remember if it was yamashiro or fuso both suffered massive loss of life )
Called me biased, as I'm from North Carolina, but I just really think this is the best looking battleship in the US fleet. Everything is in proportion, the clean lines are beautiful, she has an athletic, lean stance, but has a lot of muscle. That measure 32 camo paint just looks awesome (although as she's painted now is inaccurate to her WWII paint scheme, the sides were painted asymmetrically). And that she still exists and is in such amazing condition makes me proud. I've visited this ship probably 8 times now, it's always a thrill. Can't recommend it or Wilmington enough. Visit Fort Fisher too, if you like history, and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
I love(I say this with total respect) that the last thing the North Carolina sunk was a restaurant. Almost like she was saying, "Mothball Me? AIight, HOLD My armored belt"...
@@Blueman-in3lv ...Yep and thats a shame it was scraped. I mentioned that my father served aboard he Washington in someone else's post. Wish they would make some kind of documentary about it.
@@Bisexual_Sovereign It's in Battle 360 yeah. Kirishima got fucked up so bad the japanese abandoned ship and scuttled her, and the USS Washington(BB-56) got credited with the kill. There were reports that 14in japanese BB shells were just bouncing off Washington's hull, lol.
@@Kriegermeister1 Washington wasn't hit during the battle, South Dakota on the other hand was as her radar went out and she became illuminated by searchlights and pretty much every Japanese ship opened up on her, she took quite a few hits, including 14 inch shells, but they only did minor structural damage.
NorfolkSoutherns#1Fan small correction. South Dakota wasn’t just out of radar. The shock of the main guns firing jumped the wire and the ship went into blackout. It got spotted then and got rained on. Hence the nice name USS Sitting Duck.
@@generaljimmies3429 , The Iowa and South Dakota do not count as they were not limited by the Washington Naval Treaty (WNT) or the London Naval Treaty (LNT). Remember North Carolina class was originally planned with 14 inch guns but they were changed to 16 inch guns after calling the Escalator clause. Also the US had heard about the Japanese dropping out the WNT and the LNT.
@@corporaltommy4407 I'm pretty sure the South Dakotas are still treaty battleships. The reason why they were shorter in length to the North Carolinas was to add more armor without going over the weight limit. The Iowa class is when the US decided to forgo the treaty.
Hi bro...i just want to tell that today i discovered terrible thing about NC in game wows!!!I upgraded today to hull b and .....the bow of the hull b is not correct in game also not the stern at hull b ......she is my fav ship and this makes me very upset and sad!!!If you don bellive just compare real NC battleship with in game hull b ...bow and stern and you will hopefully see what im talking about i got eye for detail so...i will sail on hull a as it was in 1942!!!I am waithing for some anwser from anyone who see this comment!!!
The USS NC is very dear to me. Growing up living in Wilmington and seeing the beast every day. She was a beautiful vessel. Still beautiful. Of you ever go through Wilmington NC anyone, I recommend climbing aboard and looking at it. Truely a gem in the port city.
I was a schoolboy when the state decided to save her from the scrapyard. I remember collecting dimes to "Save Our Ship". Later I was lucky enough to be visiting relatives in Wilmington and was among the first tours on board her. She is one of the museum ships that is still in her WW II configuration. Well worth a visit!!
I was just visiting Wilmington last week and toured the USS NC, this video cannot do justice how amazing the main gun turrets are. They're 3 stories tall and the whole thing turns. It is crazy the little hallways it takes to get in there and imagining how hot it would be. I was in there when it was ~85F outside and it was hot down below deck, I am in good shape but that was not a comfortable sweat. He says there's 177 men in one gun mount/ turret, and I read many stories of guys with heat exhaustion. Also the actual turret up top is so cramped, I am 6'2 and could hardly move in some areas
I am brand new to World of Warships, but this video was shot in Wilmington, NC. How do I know? I was born and raised here and have been on the ship numerous times. It is quite amazing. I have even sat on it to watch the 4th of July fireworks in downtown Wilmington. Now if that isn't American, sitting on a battleship on 4th of July watching fireworks, I don't know what is! Can't wait to grind my way to unlocking it in game. As much as it reps NC, it reps Wilmington too. Being that its docked here. Gotta rep my state/city. Woo.
I love the way they do fireworks in Wilmington. I lived there for only a year, but there were 5 different times when they had a fireworks display. I could ride my bicycle to the waterfront, and watch them.
I'm a bit surprised this history of The USS North Carolina did not include the ship being struck by a torpedo while doing escort duty with the USS Wasp and USS Saratoga on 15 September 1942. While she had a 13 by 82 foot hole in the port forward quarter, over 12 feet below the waterline, she managed to maintain station with the USS Saratoga, doing 25 kts with a 5 degree list to port.
@@ThatViggenEnjoyer Yep, they even had some celebrity ghost hunters stay in it a few years back. The ship also has some information dedicated to it in a display.
Wasn’t she escorting Hornet CV-8 as part of TF-17? North Carolina couldn’t have been escorting Saratoga on September 15th because Saratoga was struck by a torpedo on September 1st and had gone back for repairs.
The story of the USS North Carolina defending Enterprise so vigorously has enthralled me me ever since I was a boy, My amazing wife knowing this found a Jeweler that made my Wedding Ring out BB-55 Hull plating and Teak deck :)
@@ThroneOfBhaal - Sure, just took this one quick, hull playing outside, teak deck inside drive.google.com/file/d/1stqymU_pGG8gKJNpwx7-Up99eoLpnPU7/view?usp=sharing
I visited the North Carolina Battleship in 1964, just home from Navy Boot Camp. Some guy walk up and noticed that I was sailor and asked me something about the ship. I told him I've never been on a ship before, but the area/place that I spoke to him was showed in this video.
So awesome that the Yanks treasure and maintain their old ships. In the UK I can only think of the Belfast (a ww2 cruiser) that we have maintained from that era. I guess the wars really did make my nation severely broke after all
Averof next please! Took part and survived in balkan wars, ww1, ww2. Ship is in such a good condition, back in 2017 they even put her back in the sea for a sail from Pireus up to Thessaloniki. thats 250 miles up north and another 250 back to her "nest". Go ahead and tell me which other surviving ship could right now get in the open sea. LIVING HISTORY BOYS! WG SEE INTO THAT!
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I was born in North Carolina and this ship was one of the first model ships I built. When I was in 4th grade I put my dimes in a cup to help buy this ship. July 1st, 1963 I was on board. At that time, you could man the 40mm & 20mm guns and I had a tremendous time playing with the biggest toy I'd ever seen. For most of my life, I carried a USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial Pocket Knife - in my pocket and I still have that knife to this day. You'd be surprised at how many computers I repaired with that knife ... I can still remember laying on my back in a computer lab in Puerto Rico using the smaller of that knife's two blades as a screw driver, removing failed circuit boards from a rack I pulled out over me - and then replacing them ... I'd been sent to provide training - not fix computers - and hadn't brought my tools ... so I was using what was in my pocket ... .
As a resident of North Carolina she is my favorite Ship I always enjoyed visiting her as a kid very proud of the ship as my family has been in the state since before the revolution
My Grandpa Payne (fought on this Mighty Battle Ship at the age of 17) & my Great Grandpa Payne (flew a fighter plane at the age of 34) both served at the same time, in the United States Navy fighting for our freedom, in WWII.💗 I love you both so much & may you both rest in peace.💗💋💗💋
Better than the history channel, which doesnt show any history. And wtf? They bought a battleship for about the price of a supercar (lambo huracan etc)
Right? Remind me if I ever hit the lotto to buy a Battleship instead of a sports-car. Ironically, with how often supercars break down, the yearly maintenance might actually be comparable as well lol. (Just don't pull a Texas)
My Grandpa served on the USS North Carolina. He didn't like talking about the war, but he did tell me he watched the massive cannons fire once during a battle. He said the blast burnt off his eye brows and arm hair.
Beautiful but as a Massachusetts boy I am partial to SoDaks. Big Mamie is down the road from me and is always a pleasure to visit Battleship Cove. I plan on a visit to the NC. And New Jersey next year.
You'll have to come to Wilmington, NC in order to visit the NC. I live here in Wilmington. The Battleship NC is across the river from downtown which has a lot of historic buildings and lots of resturants/bars, we also have Wrightsville Beach is a great place to visit as well. The way you said "visit NJ and the NC" it seemed kind of ambiguous like you might have thought its in NJ. Anyway, if you want any tips for when you come visit I'd be glad to give ya the local rundown.
I'm from NC. As a 6 year old kid my family and I went to Wilmington and toured the BB55. I loved it; and we got some old style home movies. Dad served on a destroyer DD869 AJ Isbell during Korea, and he loved to take to stuff like this. Makes me proud to be a North Carolinian and American. Yes, and the comment about the onlookers thinking she was on fire from her AA guns...is pretty awesome. :)
Not sure what you mean. If you mean its sad she never got to duel her enemy counterparts, (Just my guess since you mention North Carolina, and the Iowa's but not Alabama) I guess. Though her sister USS Washington did fire on (and sank) Japanese Battleship Kirishima. If your going down the path of "reactivation" than its not sad at all, as beautiful as these ships are they are completely obsolete and of no practical use in the modern Navy.
....even if first hand knowledge is gone ists not actually gone. AARs exist from the last deactivation. The ships are a tiny bit out dated. The boilers can still be used even if they are the last of their type. The ammo is still available and more can be made, "they" were developing base bleed projectiles that would've almost doubled their range, and think about how amazing a 16" version of the 155mm Excalibur round would be. One destroyer has one 5" the Iowa's still have 8! The armor is still the thickest and would provide the best crew protection compared to the destroyer from over the horizon enemy assets. The biggest issue I admit to is if the barrels are out of round how could they replace that? Even updating the electronics would be pennies compared to the stealth ships the Navy is trying to produce that there won't be enough built to matter. Russian admirals still respect our BBs, there's a reason why!
TheGamerGauntlet American battleships like Iowa and her sisters have the capability to be reactivated with almost 33 knots, almost as fast as WWII era destroyers so it’s not slow go learn more history before you comment a battleship is slow
I've been on the North Carolina in Wilmington and thinking that 47 men had to stay in one of the turret it gives me chills. When I entered one of the gun turret I felt immediately claustrophobic, and I'm not usually, and there were maybe other 5 or 6 people around inside.... I can't imagine how it was when it was also firing!
Seeing how many ww2 ships are stil floating spread across the us, I wonder, if the stil could be fired up? Could these ships stil be used as a last line of defense? Even for today's standards?
Depends on the ship The main armament of the Iowas I believe is still usable (well, all of them except Iowa's turret 2 which was never fully repaired, just aesthetic repairs) The North Carolina, and other WW2 era BBs besides the Iowas, have their main armament disabled (disabled as in immobilized), and I believe parts of their power plant are also removed Note I never mentioned the secondaries, those I'm unsure Odds are the 5 inch 38s on the Iowas are still mobile, while any other warship has their secondaries disabled, but it all depends on what the US government requires of each museum ship, so it's never exact (Note: I believe 2 Iowa's are still, under US Government request, able to be reactivated, however this could be incorrect. If this is true, Wisconsin and New Jersey are the 2 more likely ones. Iowas turret 2 is busted, so it'd be expensive to repair, and Missouri's role in history would make her a huge headache if she got sunk)
@@lovegorev287only 2 of the four Iowa class are still in the reserves and will be operational when the US is in an national emergency however the navy is still continuing to this day fighting for the Iowa and Wisconsin to be removed from the Naval registry due to cost issues and the needed improvements of the air and surfaces defenses.
@@Blueman-in3lv Well, I was say about 3 the 1st time I visited her so those guns we're quite ginormous. I visited her again about 3 years ago, and they're still ginormous!
Matthew Tencza man I wish I could visit the North Carolina. Too bad I live in Canada. There’s nothing here. The North Carolina was always my favourite battleship. Fuck the Iowa’s the didint do much in ww2.
As I’m typing this comment I am currently en route to see the North Carolina, after the visit I’ll edit this comment on how it went. Update: It went pretty good, the ship is in good condition and the staff is friendly.
@Timber_Wolf; Iavixi; I think he was upset that someone would be so insensitive to make a joke on something that killed real life American Heroes. As I say shame on you. SPC-Lee A Benson 11B U.S. Army (RET.)
@@shoaibgazi8510; But please remember the guys that did the shooting, as they must live with the knowledge that they killed 3 of there fellow Brothers in Arms. This is no small sacrifice on there behalf. Sorry if I'm coming off a little hard, but sometimes I think that games can trivialize the sacrifices that some of are fallow humans have made for us all. MOH SSGT Travis Atkins Thank you my brother I will never forget. RIP BRO.
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so do we have proximity shells?
Please help support the USS N Carolina museum, they have an online store and the profits go towards maintaining and restoring the ship. We can't lose our history!
Please try USS Washington, North Carolina sister ship, as she was the first US Battleship to combat IJN Kirishima in Savo Island
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German, japanese, english dub... what happened with br or spanish community?
Enterprise : are you on fire?
NC AA crew : So anyway I started blasting
Best comment I’ve seen today
And blast I did
Enty: are you on fire?
NorCal: no, I'm on AA guns blazin
@@Sycthe707 Why do I see you almost everywhere XD.
Hahaha
Get in the documentary business. You're by far the best at it these days.
They have the tools to do some very nice animations.
Best? God damn your standards are shit
@@TheReaper569 They do the best naval documentaries out there. Compare it to the recent Midway one from the History Channel
Hakan Karaağaç damn your standards are HORRID
@@billjames1953 th-cam.com/video/K8OQeoCpP0o/w-d-xo.html better info for navy docs
Naval engineers: how much AA would you like?
Admirals: yes
If you throw enough shit at the planes, they will run out of planes to throw at you XD
@SCORPION AKA HANZO HASASHI it's based on a meme
@SCORPION AKA HANZO HASASHI idk exactly but ik it was based on a meme
ZOIDCORE if we keep throwing people at the bullets, eventually, the bullets will stop
Hehe guns go brrrrt
So why wasn't the I-19 attack talked about? In that attack the USS Wasp and USS O'Brien were sunk while North Carolina lost 5 sailors and was significantly damaged in the attack. The rescue actions of the North Carolina and other ships in the task force to save their comrades on the two sinking ships was extraordinary and I think is worthy of mention for the ship.
Carolina Dog To be fair, that doesn’t have much to do with the North Carolina, like the Japanese misunderstanding and thought they had sunk her is their fault, nothing to do with this ship and loosing a sailor is nothing worthy to mention. On the other hand, this ship getting severe damage is significant to its service career
@@belfast4893 she is a wonderful record of naval history durring WWII, American shipbuilding, and the valor of our sailors who served in the Pacific theater.
Not to mention, this attack prevented North Carolina participatimg in Santa Cruz, leaving only South Dakota the operational battleship of the time.
@@belfast4893 Losing a sailor is totally worthy to mention you bastard are you even human? May those sailors RIP and never be forgotten. You are not from NC, you would not understand. Anyways that I-19 torpedo salvo was one of japans luckiest strikes of the war, it is an important part of the USS NC's history and a few of those torpedos hit the NC but our showboat refused to go down. May those that went down with the O'Brien and Wasp RIP and never be forgotten and I wish the same for my fellow North Carolina citizens that died on that battleship serving our country.
@@atticusstewart5096 Are you stupid or just too ignorant to understand the purpose of this video ? This is just a brief overview of the North Carolina, 18 min video is just a summary, not a full account of detail. It’s impossible to go through every single detail of the service history. They have to omit less relevant information to keep the video short.
And loosing 5 sailor is really nothing in the context of war....over thousands of men loose their life every day during war. It’s impossible to recognize every single one of them in a video. I mean their family members will not forget them, but you still have to understand due to the large amount of casualties in each engagement, unless the sailor did something outstanding, it’s not likely for a documentary to mention all of them.
Enterprise: Are you on fire??
N. Carolina: I'M ON A HOT STREAK!
damn right
Enterprise:your on fire!
North Carolina: *tis' but a scratch*
My wife, son and I visited the North Carolina not long ago. It appears they've taken good care of her and for a relatively 'modern' sailor like me she is absolutely fascinating. I've actually witnessed 3 of the 4 Iowas underway and firing their main batteries, 2 of them during Desert Storm. I also did some work aboard Iowa while she was being recommissioned in the 1980s. I'm a destroyer sailor at heart still, but the battlewagons impressed the hell out of me.
Freaking awesome dude
They've done a lot of work to keep her ship shape. They redid the deck 20 years ago. And right now there repairing her hull due to it cracking and leaking in water.
@@chrisdurso3325 really lucky you are. I wish I werr born in th interwar era so I could see battleships firing salvos
@@JerrySeriatos
Seeing and hearing those guns fire is undoubtedly very impressive. But believe me, its not worth being born before or in times of war.
I live in the town across the river, it’s a beautiful giant, me and my grandpa visit the ship a lot.
I'm kind of surprised the torpedo hit wasn't mentioned. You'd think a 32 ft. by 18 ft. hole would be an incident worth mentioning, but this was still pretty good.
Yes im from nc and the story i always heard was she was struck by a torp on her second time out and by the time repairs were done the war was over.
Gabe Dudley yea that story is very false she served pretty much for the whole war her torpedo attack happened if im am remembering correct 1942 she saw no other significant time out of action after that though
They kept going with the mission, and only a bit later fixed the damage. It only slowed the ship down by a couple knots, and had no effect on the combat ability of the ship. Amazingly designed
@@carolinadog8634 That's not what I heard, but I've been wrong before, I guess. You still can't deny that the ship wasn't in any danger of sinking and the torpedo protection worked amazingly well. And the ship was still combat-capable.
@@carolinadog8634 I am an 18 year volunteer on board and one of the contributors to this video... After the torpedo hit she increased to 25kts and stayed in formation for the rest of the day. She would be return for Pearl and repairs and some additional work would take about 30 days or so. She would not return to the western US until her major refit in the summer/fall of 1944. Due to the impact and damage, the #1 turret could be used only in an emergency until repairs were made in Pearl, but none of the crew ever shared that there was any concern of firing #1 turret would cause the ship to sink or break apart, just that they didn't want to cause further damage that would lengthen the repair time.... also, the whipping effect on the foremast disabled her SK air search radar. One of the worst stories was from one of the damage control team members talking about sealing up bulkheads with possible alive crew members on the other side... said it gave him nightmares.
“Sir, the Enterprise wants to know if we’re on fire?” “On fire? Tell them no it’s just our guns smoking. Guess they never saw this much firepower before!”
When the North Carolina was being upgraded, there was a man walking the deck with a big hoop, he would lay it down on the deck, draw a ring around it, move it so it almost touched the last ring and draw a new ring. Where each ring was, the shipyard mounted an AA gun. This is why it's so hard to say how many AA guns a BB carried in the later parts of the war!
She's a doll, and we're PROUD to have her back here in Carolina where she belongs. Unlike those poor sods in New Mexico who tried (and lamentably failed) to save their namesake ship from the scrapper's torch.
Only fitting she had to to go through hurricanes. North Carolina is infamous for it's hurricane season. I still have a picture of my daughter sitting on a cannon when we visited this ship. If you have a battleship museum in your state it's worth every penny and worth the time to tour it and learn the history of it.
Amen brother, Ive been to the Battleship Texas twice
I plan to visit USS New Jersey soon
Naval Legends: USS Enterprise when?
And don't say it cannot be done because she is gone. They made Yamato.
Agree
Would love to see a shigure or graff spee.
Zuikaku need love too
In the meantime watch Battle 360, it's nothing but the Enterprise :)
Yeah the Big E does need one for her.
My dad served as a machinist's mate aboard the USS North Carolina during WW2 in the PTO. RIP dad.
Mine was a "motor mac" briefly on the USS NC
I spent a lot of time looking around in her machine shop during breaks while we replaced parts of her forward hull this past year. All your father's machines that are aboard have been restored and look to be in functioning order if you haven't visited. Thank you for your families service.
@@twowheelinjim61 o7
one of my fav ship. sadly she always get uptierd against yamato class and other tier X.
Yansuki It's not like she can't deal with it lol
Yeah but she is so good she can still do good at tier 10
With her stealth and gun arc, she can hold up pretty well as a support ship at that tier.
@@bullreeves1109 she can, but tier x game are boring as fuck. i like lower tier better.
@@destawaits no, iowa has /50 cals while nc has 45 cals
I've been on this boat. It is amazing that so many people lived, worked, and fought on that boat. My hat is off to those sailors.
As a young boy, my father took me and siblings to visit this ship....I’ll never forget it...steel and badassery
I'm more than proud to have NC in my port.
Hello neighbor.
Amen brother....just a short jaunt from Topsail...
Lol I walked out the restaurant I was in and looked over at it.
Same bro
Ahhhh fellow citizens of Wilmington. Hows the weather back home?
I love the North Carolina's clean and beautiful design.
Thanks bud
I just visited the USS North Carolina this past weekend. Amazing. My lady and I took a 4.5 hour guided tour of the ship, led by a Mr. Jim Sweetwood (thanks Jim!!!) and it was phenomenal!! His knowledge amount was outstanding. I highly recommend the guided tour for any naval history buffs out there. It was $67(?) total for the both of us but well worth every penny. Wilmington, NC is a cute town too with plenty to do.
The admission was well worth it to tour this historic Battleship. It takes pretty muchnthe whole day to see everything. Proud to be a Tarheel by birth.
Historical fact- Our revolutionary enemies gave us the name Tarheels because we didn't run
Want to mention that North Carolina was been purchased from US Navy by the *school kids* from her name-sake?? Imagine, school children who are saving their spare changes and school lunch budget ,just to save her from getting scrapped. Its kinda overwhelming to know their abundant love on " _as being her_ ", not as a simple battleship. And I'm a little sad that not as many iconic ship was not able to receive the same treatment as North Carolina, such as Warspite, Duke of York, Saratoga and Enterprise
Mias Senpai and the entire bikini atoll fleet
i was one of those children.1960,i was eight years old.remember gathering spare change back then, that was sixty years ago.have been aboard her several times. served in the navy 1971-75. have seen her many times over the years. i get a thrill every time i see her.
I honestly wish they would have saved the USS Washington. She was the last US battleship to ever sink another enemy battleship with her main armaments. Sadly, she was scrapped in 1958, at the displeasure of all who served on her
Edit: last US battleship on her own. Oldendorf’s fleet hold the “last US battleships to sink an enemy battleship” title
It wasn't just school kids. Makes a better story, but they got everyone involved by telling kids that anyone who gave a dime got a free pass to visit the ship. But most of the money came from other donations.
Mias Senpai yep. My sister and I was two of them. We wanted our Lady to come home.
The part of the commentary "Are you on fire??" was golden!! they just witnessed the awesomeness of her firepower and were obviously stunned by it.
Kinkaid: "Are you on fire?"
NC Captain: *gets 7-14 Aircraft Shot Down ribbons* "Yeaaahh boiii"
My great grandfather was one of the men who built her. Every time I visit the uss North Carolina it's like there's a connection just to be able to touch something I know he had a hand in building.
When they replaced the teak deck from WWII with teak donated from Indonesia in honor of her service, they sold pieces of the old teak with a small plaque in the gift shop. I bought one!
I live in Wilmington and I love visiting this ship all the time
"USS North Carolina are you on fire".
"Nah, we got another Clear Skies medal".
I've called this ship in the game The Airplane Serial Killer for a reason.
That moment you're putting so much gunpowder in the air that your friends think you're on fire. :)
I live about 10 minutes from this ship. Around halloween they always do a haunted battleship which is always fun.
I think it's great they repainted this ship in it's wartime dazzle camo scheme, as the Brits did with HMS Belfast(see recent photos). They should do that with all WW1 & WW2 ships. I was born in Kinston NC, and my family visited the ship in roughly the mid 70s when I was 8-10 years old. Now I live 45 minutes away from the USS New Jersey, which I visited in 2005. Seems like wherever you live on the coasts of America, there's a battleship museum within reasonable driving distance.
I heard it is haunted, is it?
"North Carolina never given a chance to engage a battleship." Well at least her sister ship Washington got her chance to go up against the fast battleship IJN Kirishima at point blank range, becoming the only American battleship to actually sink an enemy battleship in ww2. (If not, feel free to give some US bb that actually sunk an enemy bb.)
Pearl harbor era battleships sunk japanese ships/battleships in the battle of leyte gulf but im not sure
TJ D yeah I think West Virginia Maryland and Tennessee was there
Sadly
She was never given a chance to be preserved like her sister ship
@@tjd4600 they did significant damage but a US destroyer sunk that battleship with torpedoes (sorry can't remember if it was yamashiro or fuso both suffered massive loss of life )
12:44 this animation makes me 😩👌🏻
Called me biased, as I'm from North Carolina, but I just really think this is the best looking battleship in the US fleet. Everything is in proportion, the clean lines are beautiful, she has an athletic, lean stance, but has a lot of muscle. That measure 32 camo paint just looks awesome (although as she's painted now is inaccurate to her WWII paint scheme, the sides were painted asymmetrically). And that she still exists and is in such amazing condition makes me proud. I've visited this ship probably 8 times now, it's always a thrill. Can't recommend it or Wilmington enough. Visit Fort Fisher too, if you like history, and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
I love(I say this with total respect) that the last thing the North Carolina sunk was a restaurant. Almost like she was saying, "Mothball Me? AIight, HOLD My armored belt"...
Have been waiting for this for a long timee!! Thank you wargaming for making this!!~
Glorious. Now you need to make a Episode on Washington so you can show off the night battle it and South Dakota took part In.
that would be awesome... they could include Kirishima too...
Zack Tyler
Maybe do a episode on the Kongo class then Washington after 🤔
Bull Reeves Washington was scrapped so they won’t do one on her
But south dakota tooks most of the hits and was battered but his distraction buying enough time for Washington to strike Kirishima.
@@Blueman-in3lv ...Yep and thats a shame it was scraped. I mentioned that my father served aboard he Washington in someone else's post. Wish they would make some kind of documentary about it.
I love these Naval Legends episodes, alway getting goosebumps. I hope they never run out of material to make new ones.
Hey, I live in NC and I've visited this battleship a few time, and I'm Soo happy you guys decided to do and episode about her!
I’m from North Carolina and this ship is the pride of our state I’ve been there it’s awesome
Glad to have been born in the state of NC!!!
Me too. Watauga County Hospital, Boone, North Carolina.
Yessir, this ship is a legend
Need another clip regarding USS Washington and her engagement against IJN surface warships.
Their is Battle 360’s version it’s in ep 4 I think
@@Bisexual_Sovereign It's in Battle 360 yeah. Kirishima got fucked up so bad the japanese abandoned ship and scuttled her, and the USS Washington(BB-56) got credited with the kill. There were reports that 14in japanese BB shells were just bouncing off Washington's hull, lol.
@@Kriegermeister1 Washington wasn't hit during the battle, South Dakota on the other hand was as her radar went out and she became illuminated by searchlights and pretty much every Japanese ship opened up on her, she took quite a few hits, including 14 inch shells, but they only did minor structural damage.
NorfolkSoutherns#1Fan small correction. South Dakota wasn’t just out of radar. The shock of the main guns firing jumped the wire and the ship went into blackout. It got spotted then and got rained on. Hence the nice name USS Sitting Duck.
Cant believe that it didnt even get a mention. Arguably the last battleship vs battleship engagement in history.
By far the most powerful ship built under the Washington Naval Treaty.
nah south dakota class is better
@@ak2340 Or the Iowa Class
@@generaljimmies3429 , The Iowa and South Dakota do not count as they were not limited by the Washington Naval Treaty (WNT) or the London Naval Treaty (LNT). Remember North Carolina class was originally planned with 14 inch guns but they were changed to 16 inch guns after calling the Escalator clause. Also the US had heard about the Japanese dropping out the WNT and the LNT.
@@corporaltommy4407 I'm pretty sure the South Dakotas are still treaty battleships. The reason why they were shorter in length to the North Carolinas was to add more armor without going over the weight limit. The Iowa class is when the US decided to forgo the treaty.
I believe both the South Dakota and North Carolina classes were treaty ships in all but main gun caliber
December 7, 1941: The day that mighty battleships became support vessels for Aircraft carriers.
Why cant North Carolina look this good in game its all rusty
@Deadgamer77789 Ac_K i understand why but if yamato got a revamped look i want other ships to look shiny and new
@ShadowPBPBC if they hate capitalist they wouldn't even make the american BB lines in the first place
@@DuckyGoose74 When was this about capitalism!?
@@justafnaffan2.016
I guess the comment Frosted reacted to was deleted.
Hi bro...i just want to tell that today i discovered terrible thing about NC in game wows!!!I upgraded today to hull b and .....the bow of the hull b is not correct in game also not the stern at hull b ......she is my fav ship and this makes me very upset and sad!!!If you don bellive just compare real NC battleship with in game hull b ...bow and stern and you will hopefully see what im talking about i got eye for detail so...i will sail on hull a as it was in 1942!!!I am waithing for some anwser from anyone who see this comment!!!
good combination with games and historic facts
Gone.
My great grandfather served on this ship. When i was a child i visited it with my father, Grandfather, uncle and great uncle. Great experience.
My uncle Kenneth Landry served on this ship as a gunners mate, from before the start of WW2 until the end of war. He had some great stories
The USS NC is very dear to me. Growing up living in Wilmington and seeing the beast every day. She was a beautiful vessel. Still beautiful. Of you ever go through Wilmington NC anyone, I recommend climbing aboard and looking at it. Truely a gem in the port city.
I'm from Mount Airy, I try to get to Wilmington to see her when I can.
I was a schoolboy when the state decided to save her from the scrapyard. I remember collecting dimes to "Save Our Ship". Later I was lucky enough to be visiting relatives in Wilmington and was among the first tours on board her. She is one of the museum ships that is still in her WW II configuration. Well worth a visit!!
I was just visiting Wilmington last week and toured the USS NC, this video cannot do justice how amazing the main gun turrets are. They're 3 stories tall and the whole thing turns. It is crazy the little hallways it takes to get in there and imagining how hot it would be. I was in there when it was ~85F outside and it was hot down below deck, I am in good shape but that was not a comfortable sweat. He says there's 177 men in one gun mount/ turret, and I read many stories of guys with heat exhaustion.
Also the actual turret up top is so cramped, I am 6'2 and could hardly move in some areas
I am brand new to World of Warships, but this video was shot in Wilmington, NC. How do I know? I was born and raised here and have been on the ship numerous times. It is quite amazing. I have even sat on it to watch the 4th of July fireworks in downtown Wilmington. Now if that isn't American, sitting on a battleship on 4th of July watching fireworks, I don't know what is! Can't wait to grind my way to unlocking it in game. As much as it reps NC, it reps Wilmington too. Being that its docked here. Gotta rep my state/city. Woo.
I love the way they do fireworks in Wilmington. I lived there for only a year, but there were 5 different times when they had a fireworks display. I could ride my bicycle to the waterfront, and watch them.
NC resident here. I've been aboard this ship. And wow
I'm a bit surprised this history of The USS North Carolina did not include the ship being struck by a torpedo while doing escort duty with the USS Wasp and USS Saratoga on 15 September 1942. While she had a 13 by 82 foot hole in the port forward quarter, over 12 feet below the waterline, she managed to maintain station with the USS Saratoga, doing 25 kts with a 5 degree list to port.
I agree, quite a big event to not include
isn’t their a myth that when you go down to that spot at night you can hear the whispers of the sailors who were killed by that torpedo?
@@ThatViggenEnjoyer Yep, they even had some celebrity ghost hunters stay in it a few years back. The ship also has some information dedicated to it in a display.
@@JC-mi7wn yeah that’s what i thought
Wasn’t she escorting Hornet CV-8 as part of TF-17? North Carolina couldn’t have been escorting Saratoga on September 15th because Saratoga was struck by a torpedo on September 1st and had gone back for repairs.
The Mighty Legendary Battlin' BB-55, USS North Carolina, a fine ship indeed and I am glad to have watched this video.
Update on the Carolina, she’s been put into cofferdams to repair and patch the hull as well as they removed the foremast to patch thr rust
My grandfather from Poland served six years on the battleship North Carolina during the second war.
She's a glorious ship to tour. I HIGHLY recommend a trip to the USS NC. I went a couple years back, and plan on going on another.
I toured her in Wilmington many years ago when I was a kid. Best vacation of my life. They've done an amazing job keeping her up over the years.
WOW 😳 what a Ship
Show boat alright 💯✌️
The story of the USS North Carolina defending Enterprise so vigorously has enthralled me me ever since I was a boy, My amazing wife knowing this found a Jeweler that made my Wedding Ring out BB-55 Hull plating and Teak deck :)
Amazing! What does it look like? :D
@@ThroneOfBhaal - Sure, just took this one quick, hull playing outside, teak deck inside drive.google.com/file/d/1stqymU_pGG8gKJNpwx7-Up99eoLpnPU7/view?usp=sharing
Could have made a passing mention that she was the most decorated US Battleship in the war as well. More battle stars than any other BB.
Every time I go to Wilmington I go on that ship and it never gets old!
I visited the North Carolina Battleship in 1964, just home from Navy Boot Camp. Some guy walk up and noticed that I was sailor and asked me something about the ship. I told him I've never been on a ship before, but the area/place that I spoke to him was showed in this video.
Visited her. What a magnificent piece of history.
So awesome that the Yanks treasure and maintain their old ships. In the UK I can only think of the Belfast (a ww2 cruiser) that we have maintained from that era. I guess the wars really did make my nation severely broke after all
Winston Churchill took our empire, sharpened it, and drove it into Germany's Kidney.
Richard Dawson HMS Cavalier,a WW2 DD, was also preserved
Damn wish they could have maintained the Warspite (or other ww2 bbs) and one more CV
*_What a wonderful video! I love this series!_*
I have been waiting for this episode FOREVER 😁😁
Great job on this documentary! She's a beautiful ship and a very impressive battle record!
Averof next please!
Took part and survived in balkan wars, ww1, ww2.
Ship is in such a good condition, back in 2017 they even put her back in the sea for a sail from Pireus up to Thessaloniki. thats 250 miles up north and another 250 back to her "nest".
Go ahead and tell me which other surviving ship could right now get in the open sea.
LIVING HISTORY BOYS! WG SEE INTO THAT!
Omg the CGI looks so good in that battle scene.
When you escort an aircraft carrier under an air attack in game
*FEEL MY WRATH!!!*
I love the Naval Legends Videos so much :) They are extremly high quality and so informative. I hope you will do much more of these Videos :) Whats the brilliant song at 2:33 Min ? Love this song on every Naval Legends Video :) Keep it up. Great Video :)
Gothic Storm Future War
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Interesting fact. The museum can't turn the radar on because it would blow out the Wilmington airports radar.
I was born in North Carolina and this ship was one of the first model ships I built.
When I was in 4th grade I put my dimes in a cup to help buy this ship.
July 1st, 1963 I was on board.
At that time, you could man the 40mm & 20mm guns and I had a tremendous time playing with the biggest toy I'd ever seen.
For most of my life, I carried a USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial Pocket Knife - in my pocket and I still have that knife to this day. You'd be surprised at how many computers I repaired with that knife ... I can still remember laying on my back in a computer lab in Puerto Rico using the smaller of that knife's two blades as a screw driver, removing failed circuit boards from a rack I pulled out over me - and then replacing them ... I'd been sent to provide training - not fix computers - and hadn't brought my tools ... so I was using what was in my pocket ...
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Please bring the USS North Carolina to World of Warships Legends!!
Eventually my child.
Got it
As a resident of North Carolina she is my favorite Ship I always enjoyed visiting her as a kid very proud of the ship as my family has been in the state since before the revolution
My Grandpa Payne (fought on this Mighty Battle Ship at the age of 17) & my Great Grandpa Payne (flew a fighter plane at the age of 34) both served at the same time, in the United States Navy fighting for our freedom, in WWII.💗 I love you both so much & may you both rest in peace.💗💋💗💋
I watch documentaries almost daily. These are very well made, for very specific pieces of hardware.
100% worth visiting it was a bucketlist worthy trip just go in the fall! Wilmington NC
It’s wild how well done these docs are. Thank you for all the content. Not to mention my favorite game!
Better than the history channel, which doesnt show any history.
And wtf? They bought a battleship for about the price of a supercar (lambo huracan etc)
money went farther back then
Right? Remind me if I ever hit the lotto to buy a Battleship instead of a sports-car. Ironically, with how often supercars break down, the yearly maintenance might actually be comparable as well lol. (Just don't pull a Texas)
My Grandpa served on the USS North Carolina. He didn't like talking about the war, but he did tell me he watched the massive cannons fire once during a battle. He said the blast burnt off his eye brows and arm hair.
Beautiful but as a Massachusetts boy I am partial to SoDaks. Big Mamie is down the road from me and is always a pleasure to visit Battleship Cove. I plan on a visit to the NC. And New Jersey next year.
You'll have to come to Wilmington, NC in order to visit the NC. I live here in Wilmington. The Battleship NC is across the river from downtown which has a lot of historic buildings and lots of resturants/bars, we also have Wrightsville Beach is a great place to visit as well. The way you said "visit NJ and the NC" it seemed kind of ambiguous like you might have thought its in NJ. Anyway, if you want any tips for when you come visit I'd be glad to give ya the local rundown.
I'm from NC. As a 6 year old kid my family and I went to Wilmington and toured the BB55. I loved it; and we got some old style home movies. Dad served on a destroyer DD869 AJ Isbell during Korea, and he loved to take to stuff like this. Makes me proud to be a North Carolinian and American. Yes, and the comment about the onlookers thinking she was on fire from her AA guns...is pretty awesome. :)
Saddens me that this beast's guns will forever remain quiet as well as the Iowa's!!!
Not sure what you mean. If you mean its sad she never got to duel her enemy counterparts, (Just my guess since you mention North Carolina, and the Iowa's but not Alabama) I guess. Though her sister USS Washington did fire on (and sank) Japanese Battleship Kirishima. If your going down the path of "reactivation" than its not sad at all, as beautiful as these ships are they are completely obsolete and of no practical use in the modern Navy.
....even if first hand knowledge is gone ists not actually gone. AARs exist from the last deactivation. The ships are a tiny bit out dated. The boilers can still be used even if they are the last of their type. The ammo is still available and more can be made, "they" were developing base bleed projectiles that would've almost doubled their range, and think about how amazing a 16" version of the 155mm Excalibur round would be. One destroyer has one 5" the Iowa's still have 8! The armor is still the thickest and would provide the best crew protection compared to the destroyer from over the horizon enemy assets. The biggest issue I admit to is if the barrels are out of round how could they replace that? Even updating the electronics would be pennies compared to the stealth ships the Navy is trying to produce that there won't be enough built to matter. Russian admirals still respect our BBs, there's a reason why!
Technically reactivation is an option so you can technically reactivate it for war and they’re guns will go boom again
Highly unlikely though
TheGamerGauntlet American battleships like Iowa and her sisters have the capability to be reactivated with almost 33 knots, almost as fast as WWII era destroyers so it’s not slow
go learn more history before you comment a battleship is slow
TheGamerGauntlet
that’s not really true
I've been on the North Carolina in Wilmington and thinking that 47 men had to stay in one of the turret it gives me chills. When I entered one of the gun turret I felt immediately claustrophobic, and I'm not usually, and there were maybe other 5 or 6 people around inside.... I can't imagine how it was when it was also firing!
Enterprise: North Carolina you’re on fire
North Carolina: I don’t remember that being my problem
I love this comment, best one here tbh
I just visited her on Monday! Fabulous ship
I've seen the North Carolina two times that ship was awesome for back in the day matter of fact it's still awesome
Seeing how many ww2 ships are stil floating spread across the us, I wonder, if the stil could be fired up? Could these ships stil be used as a last line of defense? Even for today's standards?
Depends on the ship
The main armament of the Iowas I believe is still usable (well, all of them except Iowa's turret 2 which was never fully repaired, just aesthetic repairs)
The North Carolina, and other WW2 era BBs besides the Iowas, have their main armament disabled (disabled as in immobilized), and I believe parts of their power plant are also removed
Note I never mentioned the secondaries, those I'm unsure
Odds are the 5 inch 38s on the Iowas are still mobile, while any other warship has their secondaries disabled, but it all depends on what the US government requires of each museum ship, so it's never exact
(Note: I believe 2 Iowa's are still, under US Government request, able to be reactivated, however this could be incorrect. If this is true, Wisconsin and New Jersey are the 2 more likely ones. Iowas turret 2 is busted, so it'd be expensive to repair, and Missouri's role in history would make her a huge headache if she got sunk)
@@lovegorev287only 2 of the four Iowa class are still in the reserves and will be operational when the US is in an national emergency however the navy is still continuing to this day fighting for the Iowa and Wisconsin to be removed from the Naval registry due to cost issues and the needed improvements of the air and surfaces defenses.
Generally speaking, no they won't. Bringing them back up to snuff would take so many resources that it wouldn't be worth it.
I'm telling you seeing those shells in person is no joke they are big as life
It's just an unfortunate fater her sister-ship Washington wasn't preserved, same with SD and Indiana
Cool to see them bring history to life with their animations
Just toured the ship it was amazing
Love this magnificent ship visited her several times
Nice video, but USS Enterprise when?
The memories I have visiting this ship. I'll be visiting her again for my 30th birthday coming May!
Matthew Tencza how was it when u visited the ship? How big were it’s guns in person?
@@Blueman-in3lv Well, I was say about 3 the 1st time I visited her so those guns we're quite ginormous. I visited her again about 3 years ago, and they're still ginormous!
Matthew Tencza man I wish I could visit the North Carolina. Too bad I live in Canada. There’s nothing here. The North Carolina was always my favourite battleship. Fuck the Iowa’s the didint do much in ww2.
@@Blueman-in3lv Most of the Iowa's battle stars we're earned after WW2 however. Btw, Canada has Haida and she's pretty cool.
As I’m typing this comment I am currently en route to see the North Carolina, after the visit I’ll edit this comment on how it went.
Update: It went pretty good, the ship is in good condition and the staff is friendly.
Proud to live in North Carolina and to be born here!!!
That DD that put a 5in round into the NC was pink during its next few games.
lavixl ever hit an enemy/allied ship with one fletcher round? Either 600-250 hp dmg and a minor inconvenience
@@timber_wulf5775 Wasn't taking myself so serious just making a joke.
@Timber_Wolf; Iavixi; I think he was upset that someone would be so insensitive to make a joke on something that killed real life American Heroes. As I say shame on you.
SPC-Lee A Benson 11B U.S. Army (RET.)
@@leebenson4874 Oh ok got it sorry about that. Yeah shame on him.
@@shoaibgazi8510; But please remember the guys that did the shooting, as they must live with the knowledge that they killed 3 of there fellow Brothers in Arms. This is no small sacrifice on there behalf. Sorry if I'm coming off a little hard, but sometimes I think that games can trivialize the sacrifices that some of are fallow humans have made for us all.
MOH SSGT Travis Atkins Thank you my brother I will never forget. RIP BRO.
The best all around ship at T8. And the best ship ever created under the treaty