Lot 532
(USS North Carolina). Elevation and Deck Plans for the battleship USS North Carolina, December 1941. Two massive sheets, 8 feet x 18 inch paper with schematic of the battleship with red "Approved Dec 1941" stamp on each sheet, Navy Yard, New York. "U.S.S. North Carolina BB-55, Corrected Working Plan Examined and Found Correct…2 Dec. 1941." With complete list of all fittings with corresponding number. Fine. Also present is the scheme for the "Maine & Half decks Compartment & Access and Deck Supports…Finished Plan Taken From Work examined and Found Correct…21 Aug 1941." Fine. Plus a soft-cover book entitled USS North Carolina (BB55), 32pp, 10½ x 8 inches, Leeward Publications / Ship's Data 1, 1973. Illustrated throughout. Commissioned April 9, 1941, five years after her authorization, the battleship was in New York when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. Her training was accelerated and she sailed out of Norfolk on June 5, 1942, spending 40 months in the combat zone and, according to "Tokyo Rose," was sunk six different times. She was involved in the landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, the battle of the Eastern Solomons, the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, Tarawa, and Making, the invasion of the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, Majuro, Roi and Namur; task force strikes on Truk, Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Satawan, and Ponape; landings on Western New Guinea, Aitape, Tnaahmeral Bay, and Humboldt Bay; the invasion of the Marianas Islands, Saipan, Guam and Tinian; and the battle of the Philippine Sea. She is now a ship's museum at Wilmington, NC. A very nice naval collection.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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| Realized $345 |
