The USS North Carolina (BB-55)

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I live in NC, been many times, great ship. They do gun and light shows often at night, really cool effect of war, but not sure the schedule of it anymore.

You should head down to Charleston to Patriot's Point if you haven't been yet.

I haven't heard of the gun and light shows.

What's at Patriot's Point? I'll have to Google that.

Originally Posted by Stealhead

One thing for sure they sure did not feed you to well back then in the Navy.

There were little info boards all through the ship and all the ones pertaining to food say that the food was good. They had a menu in there and it sounded like really good food. The "Crew Memories" all say it was great stuff.

You should go visit the USS Drum and USS Alabama down in Mobile,Alabama some time you pay one admission for both.You can pay extra and stay the night in the USS Alabama and get a much longer tour of nearly the entire ship.

There's tons of ships I want to see... So far I've only seen the USS NC and the U-505.

I want to see the USS Razorback in Little Rock really bad.

[TorpX]

Great stuff there. It's too bad they haven't restored things so you could get a real sense of how they worked; especially the CIC and gun directors.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by TorpX

Great stuff there. It's too bad they haven't restored things so you could get a real sense of how they worked; especially the CIC and gun directors.

Exactly what I think.

There's too many things that are removed.

[Father Goose]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

It was awesome... I'm not exactly a kid...but today I felt like one again.

Red, please don't take offense at my "being a kid" comment. I'm a kid everytime I go to a ballpark to watch a baseball game. I still bring my glove and catch home runs during batting practice. Nothing wrong with being a kid from time to time. There's a part of you that you should never let grow up.

Glad you had fun. I know you were really looking forward to it. Looks like you enjoyed good weather too. You beat the rain.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Father Goose

Red, please don't take offense at my "being a kid" comment. I'm a kid everytime I go to a ballpark to watch a baseball game. I still bring my glove and catch home runs during batting practice. Nothing wrong with being a kid from time to time. There's a part of you that you should never let grow up.

Glad you had fun. I know you were really looking forward to it. Looks like you enjoyed good weather too. You beat the rain.

I don't take offense to it. It's not the worst thing you could call me!

Yes...I was really really looking forward to it and now I'm extremely happy. I haven't been this happy in what seems like forever.

We were just out on the beach watching the incredibly choppy sea roll in. The tide was getting real high so we walked for about 2 miles along the edge and then hit up the boardwalk for some doughnuts on the way home.

Not sure what I'm gonna do tomorrow. I think i'll either watch movies or go into town. We were going to go out fishing in the ocean but the sea won't calm down until this weekend.

The fun won't be in the fishing. The fun will be in the sailing.

EDIT: Ohhh! Almost forgot! The museum for the ship has a section on SSN 777 (USS North Carolina) They had a nice model in a glass case

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

There were little info boards all through the ship and all the ones pertaining to food say that the food was good. They had a menu in there and it sounded like really good food. The "Crew Memories" all say it was great stuff.

I was joking about the super thin mannequins.

My great uncle was on the USS Minneapolis sister ship to the ill fated USS Indianapolis.Minneapolis was much more lucky she got her bow ripped off by a long lance torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga actually the torpedo did not explode hence the Lucky Lady name the long lance usually did go boom unlike American torpedoes.My uncle said that supposedly during the typhoon in 1944 a sailor got washed overboard a certain death but then got washed back on deck.That might have been scuttlebutt.She was called the Lucky Lady after surviving the long lance hit.

Anyway my uncle and his brother in law also a Minneapolis sailor used to joke often about how bad the food was and they both still joke about it.
One of their favorites is; "If it moves it aint a raisin!"(it is a weevil) They did say that lots off ice cream would be served in the mess before a major battle especially.Of course weevils are high in protein so from a nutritional stand point weevils are good for you.

Back in WWII in the surface navy food quality depended sometimes it was not so great for enlisted men.Typically they did not want to throw away things like weevil infested flour.On a sub the cook would have tossed that flour overboard and done without rather than serve everyone bugs.Of course all of the food was not bad but certain thing you did not eat like "raisins" or powdered eggs.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

I was joking about the super thin mannequins.

I see now.

Anyway my uncle and his brother in law also a Minneapolis sailor used to joke often about how bad the food was and they both still joke about it.
One of their favorites is; "If it moves it aint a raisin!"(it is a weevil) They did say that lots off ice cream would be served in the mess before a major battle especially.Of course weevils are high in protein so from a nutritional stand point weevils are good for you.

Back in WWII in the surface navy food quality depended sometimes it was not so great for enlisted men.Typically they did not want to throw away things like weevil infested flour.On a sub the cook would have tossed that flour overboard and done without rather than serve everyone bugs.Of course all of the food was not bad but certain thing you did not eat like "raisins" or powdered eggs.

Yes there were a few stories about "Raisins" on the information boards in the galley and crew mess.

I think one of the best stories was in the sick bay. There were like 23 men who got circumcised on the ship. It says that later on, that procedure was stopped because they figured out how to use that skin for other purposes. I think they said something about fixing the skin around your eyes.

I don't exactly remember. I was too busy looking around. I read all the story board things...but I only remember the good ones. Like the one in the laundry room about the guys who would tie knots in the pants of somebody they don't like, step on the pants leg, pull the knot tight, wash it, and make it to where the knot won't come out and when it comes out their uniform won't be fit to pass inspection.

Or another laundry room story about taking baths in the washing machines...until some joker came along and pressed the start button.

[BossMark]

Great pictures mate if there's any more keep them coming

[Cybermat47]

Woah, I'd love to be on a battleship that size! Lucky you!

[HW3]

Are you going to be around for the weekend?



Battleship 101

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[Wolferz]

One thing for sure they sure did not feed you to well back then in the Navy.

What? You don't like Navy beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Engine Telegraph. Once again, they go taking stuff off.

Can you imagine if they'd left it on? DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING.

Nice pics, glad you had a good time.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by BossMark

Great pictures mate if there's any more keep them coming

There aren't a whole lot more. There are more pictures of the same stuff.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Can you imagine if they'd left it on? DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING, DING-DING-DING-DING.

Nice pics, glad you had a good time.

Sadly, they also removed the wires from the foghorn and whistle controls.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I get it - they don't want noise.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I get it - they don't want noise.

Yeah. There were some light switches that worked though but nearly all of the hatches have pieces missing.

I'm trying to sort through and find out which pictures I posted here and which ones I didn't. I might have a couple more.