One concern about the North Carolina-class was its survivability against enemy submarines. More armor was needed due to the eventuality of them succumbing to torpedoes. A faster ship could avoid ...

What You Need to Know: The USS North Carolina (BB-55), the first of the North Carolina-class fast battleships ... Decommissioned in 1947, the ship is now preserved as a museum in North Carolina ...

it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built for the Navy. It was commissioned in April 1941, served during World War II and decommissioned ...