DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 44899
USS North Carolina (BB-55)
Slides down the building ways, as she is launched at the New
York Navy Yard, 13 June 1940.
Note the slope of her side armor, angled outward 15 degrees to
increase its effective thickness against incoming enemy shells.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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