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Photo # 80-G-K-13971:  View on board USS North Carolina, looking aft from her bow, 1941

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USS North Carolina (BB-55), 1941-1961 --
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This page features additional selected images related to USS North Carolina (BB-55).

For more views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS North Carolina (BB-55), 1941-1961.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-K-13971 (Color)

    USS North Carolina (BB-55)

    View looking aft from the battleship's bow, showing her forward superstructure and 16"/45 guns. Photographed during her maiden voyage, circa May 1941.
    Note Measure 1 camouflage paint, CXAM-1 radar antenna, anchor chains and deck planking.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 535 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-13511 (Color)

    USS North Carolina (BB-55)

    Fires her after 16"/45 guns in June 1941, during her shakedown cruise.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

    Note:
    This image is rather "soft". The original transparency was a 35mm slide.

     
    Photo #: NH 91509

    USS North Carolina (BB-55)


    Fires her forward 16"/45 guns directly ahead, during trials in mid-1941.

    Donation of Ted Stone, 1980.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     


    For more views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS North Carolina (BB-55), 1941-1961.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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