The USS Battleship North Carolina will look a little brighter this Veterans Day Weekend. The USS North Carolina Battleship ...

The USS North Carolina was America’s first “fast battleship,” designed for both speed and strength. Launched in 1937, she ...

A coastal flood advisory was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC on Tuesday at 2:43 p.m. valid for Wednesday between 5 a.m. and 9 ...

Light the Legacy involved special lighting on and around the battleship. Dawn Drabble is a visitor who was at the event Friday evening and was delighted to see the special illuminations.

And she lived up to her classification as a “fast battleship.” Being able to reach up to 28 knots, the USS North Carolina was among the fastest battleships in the world at the time of her ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -The USS North Carolina Battleship Commission unveiled new, advanced illuminations for the ship ahead of this year’s Veteran’s Day weekend. The project was years in the making, ...

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...

The relatively small USS Johnston was heavily outnumbered by the Japanese fleet, which included Japan’s largest battleship, but was awarded for its courage under heavy fire. Of the crew of 327 ...

With downtown Wilmington in the beginning of struggling times, officials looked to the sky for a way to attract tourists. According to an article in the Oct. 20, 1977, Wilmington Morning Star, the ...

From 1943 to 1945, the USS Alabama fought in the Pacific theater during World War II. Now, the 680-foot ship rests in Mobile, Alabama, as the star attraction of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial ...