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World War II

Battleship North Carolina: From the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Cape Fear River

A battleship built in Brooklyn survived a torpedo hit and the Pacific war, then escaped the scrapyard thanks to a state that refused to let her go.

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20th Century

Torpedo Junction: German U-boats off the North Carolina Coast, 1942

In early 1942, U-boats hunted tankers against the glow of American towns off Cape Hatteras. The toll was heavy before convoys and a British trawler's loss changed the war.