Record #:

17154

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

The U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA is the fourth American combat ship to bear the name of the North State. The first U.S. battleship to be commissioned since 1923, the new North Carolina cost $70,000,000, displaces 35,000 tons and is 704 feet long.

Source:

Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Feb 1942, pInside cover, unnumbered, f

Subject(s):

USS NORTH CAROLINA (Ship)