The USS North Carolina is more than just a steel beast with an impressive record from a bygone war. It’s a time capsule: a ...

Wage War: The USS North Carolina was America’s first “fast battleship,” designed for both speed and strength. Launched in ...

Battleship Cove (Fall River, Massachusetts) was the top vote-getter. As USS North Carolina, it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built for ...

Battleship Cove, which was established in 1965 ... List was USS North Carolina (BB-55), the U.S. Navy’s first of 10 “fast battleships.” Decommissioned in 1947, the warship was saved from ...