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Tango01 | 21 Sep 2016 3:17 p.m. PST |
"In 1916 the U.S. Navy had visions of commanding the world's greatest fleet—and a big naval appropriations bill that promised the construction of ten battleships armed with 16-inch guns. But the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty ended those dreams for the foreseeable future; only three of the battlewagons were completed. After a building hiatus of more than a dozen years, the keels were laid for a pair of modern 16-inch battleships, the North Carolina (BB-55), namesake of the two-ship class, and the Washington (BB-56). The ships were commissioned within five weeks of each other in the spring of 1941 and went on to serve with distinction throughout the Pacific war. The North Carolina earned 15 battle stars and the Washington 13. Several years after World War II ended, the sister ships were decommissioned, as were three of the four more-modern Iowa-class battleships. But while the Iowas would be recommissioned and periodically modernized, the North Carolinas remained mothballed until stricken from the Navy's official inventory of ships on 1 June 1960. The Washington was scrapped the next year, but her sister was purchased by the state of North Carolina for $330,000 USD—the funds having been raised by Tar Heel schoolchildren who saved their spare change for the effort.." More here link
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