HISTORIC WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA
HOME OF USS NORTH CAROLINA
We undertook a road trip from Nashville Tenessee east to Wilmington North Carolina and covered Nashville,Knoxville, Asheville and many others, a total distance of 620 miles.In Wilmington we stayed at::-
Wilmington is located on the shore of the Cape Fear River.It is a historic port twon with a large number of well-preserved old homes that are quite beautiful. It is also a Coast Guard city anda major producer of films as well as the home of
USS North Carolina
Completed in 1941 this was the lead ship in the North Carolina Class ships. It first went to Iceland but returned to the Pacific where it saw service in the Battle of Eastern Solimons, (1942) Battle of Iwo Jima and Battle of Okinawa (1945). She was decommissioned in 1946 and in 1962, after a battle to avoid her becoming scrap metal is now a museum ship across from Wilmington on the Cape Fear River.
AROUND WILMINGTON
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