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NH 44899 USS North Carolina (BB-55)

Photo #: NH 44899  USS North Carolina (BB-55)
Title: USS North Carolina (BB-55)
Description: Slides down the building ways, as she is launched at the New York Navy Yard, 13 June 1940. Note the slope of her side armor, angled outward 15 degrees to increase its effective thickness against incoming enemy shells. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 44899
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