The Battleship USS North Carolina now has a new call NI4BK (vanity call with AD4DN as trustee). The new call will only be used during special event operations from the battleship. The original call of the Battleship was NIBK. 

Much of the original radio equipment on the ship in under renovations by members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club. Click on the links below to find out more. 

• Part 1 and 2 of the story Summer 2001

• Photos of radio equipment renovation Summer 2001

• Part 3 of the story January 2002

• Part 4 of the story January 2002 to Spring 2004

Battleship USS North Carolina Specifications

• North Carolina class battleship:
• Launched June 13, 1940
• Built at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
• Commissioned April 9, 1941
• Displacement: 37,484 tons (standard) / 44,377 (full load)
• Length: 729'
• Beam: 108'4"
• Draft: 35'6"
• Speed: 27 knots
• Armament: 3x3 16"/45, 10x2 5"/38, 4x4 1.1", 18x1 .50-caliber MG; 3 planes
• Complement: 2339
• Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 575-psi boilers, 4 shafts, 121,000 shp
• The ship cost the American taxpayers $76,885,750
• The battleship first saw combat in the capture and defense of the Guadalcanal, from 16 August 1942 to about 8 February 1943

Address:
USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial
Box 480
Wilmington, NC 28402
(910) 251-5797
Fax: (910) 251-5807
Email: ncbb55@aol.com

Links of interest

• USS North Carolina Home Page