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In the mid-1940’s, the Navy worked with Johns Hopkins University to test ramjet engines called Operation Bumblebee. Topsail Island was seized as a testing area, and for two years, over 200 rockets left the launchpads. Several of the towers used to test the engines are still standing on Topsail Island and have been reutilized as vacation properties.
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The German submarine U-558 sank HMS Bedfordshire, a British naval ship on submarine patrol duty off Ocracoke Island in May 1942, killing thirty-seven British sailors. Four bodies from the ship washed up on Ocracoke Island. Residents buried them in a small plot. Later, the United States ceded the land to England in perpetuity for one dollar.
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In January 1942, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ALEXANDER HAMILTON was transporting a Navy provision ship into Reykjavik Harbor when she was struck by German submarine U-132. Struck on its starboard side, HAMILTON began to settle but did not sink. The engine room and fire room were both wrecked, and the ship immediately lost power. Livingston Brooks, a Harkers Island resident, was killed instantly in the explosion along with nineteen other crew members. Five other Carteret County residents were on board and survived the attack. Remaining crew were all rescued while HAMILTON capsized. Those lost in the attack are memorialized in Cambridge, England.
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34701
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During the Second World War, the U.S. Coast Guard was responsible for enforcing and controlling the movement of vessels in various ports and in-land waters. In 1942, Lieutenant N.H. Church was assigned as Captain of the Port of Morehead City. All vessels moving in local waters were required to carry a license or identification card issued by the Captain of the Port; Church sent various reports to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1943 and 1944 documenting local vessel traffic. These reports address topics including submarine patrols, local waters under surveillance, vessels ashore, and escaped naval mines.
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34649
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USS CURRITUCK was named for the Currituck Sound near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. CURRITUCK was a seaplane tender commissioned during the Second World War. After serving at Leyte Gulf, CURRITUCK was refitted for a mapping operation of Antarctica. During the Cold War, CURRITUCK’s seaplanes tracked Russian submarines throughout the Caribbean and North Atlantic. Following a refit in 1960, CURRITUCK again patrolled the Western Pacific Ocean where it provided tender operations for the Vietnam War. The vessel was decommissioned in 1971 and scrapped the following year.
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28685
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During World War II, North Carolina had a strong military and industrial presence. The state also became a major combat zone, with more Allied ships and German submarines sunk off its coast than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. Naval operations at the Coast Artillery in Holly Ridge made a dramatic contribution to national defense.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
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34599
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A photograph depicting a large vessel in port at Morehead City was discovered in the Carteret County Historical Society Archives. The vessel was identified as TAMPA class United States Coast Guard Cutter MODOC (WPG-46). Built in 1921 and kept in the port of Wilmington, MODOC served as a gunboat during World War II, on patrol in the Atlantic. On 24 May, 1941, MODOC witnessed the British attack the German battleship BISMARCK. MODOC continued to serve through the war and was decommissioned in 1947.
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32326
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North Carolina’s largest and most famous battleship, the U.S.S. North Carolina, is inactive but remains as a popular tourist attraction along the Cape Fear River in Wilmington. The U.S.S. North Carolina was the only American battleship to have participated in all twelve major United States Naval offensive operations in the Pacific during World War Two. Today, the battleship serves as a memorial to the North Carolinians who served during the war.
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14643
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Many owners of private boats turned them over to the Government shortly after the outbreak of the war. These boats have rendered effective service in keeping watch along the coast.
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