#USSNorthCarolina June 15
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In June 2025, many of us are taking part in the 30-Day “On This Date” Coach4aday Challenge. Each day, the challenge encourages participants to engage in a meaningful or enjoyable activity inspired by a historical event, anniversary, or personal memory tied to that specific date. My post today is on the battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA.
Full disclosure the I realize that the anniversary of the US Naval Battleship USS North Carolina being launched in New York City was actually June 13, 1940. When this challenge began this was a post, I wanted to share but I missed the actual date in history by two days.
On This Date-30 Day Challenge Guidelines
As with previous challenges, participants are encouraged to adapt the guidelines to fit their own circumstances. If you can, commit to think about the history of each day in June.
- Record something about what happened on this date. It can be an event, memory, or anniversary.
- Share with a challenge partner if you have one.
- Join the conversation by posting on social media with the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge
June 15th-USS North Carolina
The USS North Carolina was designed to be fast and powerful. Even with her massive armor, nine 16-inch guns, and 1,900 man crew, the North Carolina drove through the water at an impressive 28 knots.
When the North Carolina was launched the United States was at peace, but war was raging in Europe and Asia. By the time she had finished her shakedown cruise, commissioning, and training exercises, the country had gone to war, and the North Carolina was hurried to the Pacific to help replace the battleships lost in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. From June 1942 until the end of the war in 1945, the North Carolina was heavily engaged in screening aircraft carrier task forces and using her big guns in support of assaults on Japanese held positions. She sailed more than 300,000 miles, engaging in every major naval operation in the Pacific theater, and earning 15 battle stars.
After the war ended the ship was decommissioned and placed in the Inactive Reserve Fleet in Bayonne, New Jersey. That vessel sat there for 13 years until North Carolina Leaders led by Gov. Terry Sanford, Hugh Morton, and Luther Hodges successfully campaigned for it to be brought to Wilmington NC. Today it is a museum on the Cape Fear River.
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