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USS North Carolina

USS North Carolina, hull number BB-55, is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1940 North Carolina-class battleship moored in Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Also known as: “Battleship North Carolina”, “BB-55”, and “USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial”
  • Address: 1 Battleship Road Northeast, Wilmington, NC 28401

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bellamy Mansion and Murchison Building.

Museum
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The , built between 1859 and 1861, is a mixture of Neoclassical architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Italianate, and is located at 503 Market Street in the heart of downtown .

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The is an eleven-story brick and marble building in , . It occupies the corner of Front and Chestnut Street.

Retail building
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The Cotton Exchange of , is a shopping complex consisting of over eight historical buildings dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilmington and Belville.

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is a city in the southeastern part of . It is the county seat of New Hanover County, and home to the University of North Carolina at , the U.S.S.

Village
is a town in , , United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area.

Town
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is the most populous town in , , United States. The population was 23,504 at the 2020 census, up from 13,527 in 2010. is situated 3 miles west of USS North Carolina.

USS North Carolina

Latitude
34.23654° or 34° 14′ 12″ north
Longitude
-77.95449° or 77° 57′ 16″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Inception
1940
Open location code
876462PW+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45666397
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4496088
Wiki­data ID
Q727245
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“USS North Carolina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يو أس أس نورث كارولينا”
  • Arabic: “يو إس إس نورث كارولاينا”
  • Bulgarian: “Норт Каролина (линеен кораб, 1940)”
  • Bulgarian: “Норт Каролина”
  • Catalan: “USS North Carolina”
  • Cebuano: “USS North Carolina”
  • Chinese: “北卡羅萊納號戰艦”
  • Czech: “BB-55”
  • Czech: “USS North Carolina”
  • Dutch: “USS North Carolina”
  • Finnish: “USS North Carolina”
  • French: “USS North Carolina”
  • Galician: “USS North Carolina”
  • German: “BB-55”
  • German: “North Carolina”
  • German: “USS North Carolina”
  • Hebrew: “קרוליינה הצפונית (BB-55)”
  • Hebrew: “קרוליינה הצפונית”
  • Indonesian: “USS North Carolina”
  • Irish: “USS North Carolina”
  • Italian: “USS North Carolina”
  • Japanese: “ノースカロライナ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “USS North Carolina”
  • Polish: “USS North Carolina”
  • Portuguese: “USS North Carolina (BB-55)”
  • Portuguese: “USS North Carolina”
  • Russian: “USS North Carolina”
  • Slovak: “BB-55”
  • Slovak: “USS North Carolina”
  • Spanish: “USS North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “USS North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “USS North Carolina”
  • “USS North Carolina”

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