Category: USS North Carolina (BB-55), United States Navy

Categories: United States Navy Ships | United States Navy Ships, World War II

This category contains profiles of those who served aboard the USS North Carolina (BB-55)

• Commissioned: 9 April 1941
• Decommissioned: 27 June 1947
• Status: Museum ship since 29 April 1962 in Wilmington, North Carolina

USS North Carolina (BB-55) was the lead ship of North Carolina-class battleships and the fourth warship in the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the State of North Carolina. She was the first newly constructed American battleship to enter service during World War II, and took part in every major naval offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations; her 15 battle stars made her the most highly decorated American battleship of World War II. She is now a museum ship and memorial kept at the seaport of Wilmington, N.C.

See Wikipedia:USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)

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Edward Bergevin 20 Sep 1926 Iowa, United States - 10 May 2005

Francis Harvey 08 Dec 1912 Pennsylvania, United States - 07 Sep 1970

Ernest King 12 Jul 1922 Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States - 19 Jun 1990

Fred Lindsey 29 Aug 1925 Naches, Yakima, Washington, United States - 18 Jul 2016

Walter Lister 04 Jun 1919 Georgia, United States - 13 Nov 1942

Thomas Mullins 11 May 1924 Garland, Dallas, Texas - 29 Oct 1996

William Rhodes 01 Apr 1919 Darlington, South Carolina, United States - 21 Aug 2005

Francis Teeter 25 May 1926 Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States - 08 Jan 2019

Francis Thomas 18 Oct 1891 Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Mar 1953

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