USS North Carolina (BB-55)
Name: North Carolina Namesake: State of North Carolina Ordered: 1 August 1937 Builder: New York Naval Shipyard Laid down: 27 October 1937 Launched: 13 June 1940 Commissioned: 9 April 1941 Decommissioned: 27 June 1947 Stricken: 1 June 1960 Nickname(s): "Showboat"[1] Status: Museum ship since 29 April 1962 in Wilmington, North Carolina General characteristics Class and type: North Carolina-class battleship Displacement: Standard: 35,000 long tons (36,000 t) Full load: 44,800 long tons (45,500 t) Length: 728 ft 9 in (222.12 m) Beam: 108 ft 4 in (33.02 m) Draft: 32 ft 11.5 in (10.046 m) Installed power: 8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 121,000 shp (90,000 kW) Propulsion: 4 × General Electric steam turbines
