An Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club Event The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate from the Battleship North Carolina during the North Carolina QSO Party on Sunday, February 24, 2013. The event runs from Noon until 10:00PM local time. The purpose of this annual “HAM Radio” event is to allow amateur radio operators worldwide
Calling all Navy engineering enthusiasts! Join the Battleship North Carolina for an in-depth program on the Battleship's power plant. Learn in detail about the ship's eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers, four sets of General Electric turbines and reduction gears, steam and diesel powered service turbo generators, along with electrical distribution, water distillation, and steering mechanisms.
To all Members and Friends of the Naval Historical Foundation who live in Southern California---You are invited to attend a festive reception aboard the USS Midway Museum on Sunday, April 7th from 6-8 pm. Please see the invitation posted above and RSVP to Ms. Leslie Cook, Director of Development, before April 2, 2013 at [email protected]
The USS North Carolina Battleship Association is an organization of the Battleship's former crew members and their families. The Association hosts an annual reunion in Wilmington with the next one scheduled for April 17 - 20, 2013. The crew and families very much look forward to their annual return to the Battleship to share stories, visit
The Battleship North Carolina has sponsored "Living History" weekends, called "Battleship Alive," since 1997. "Living History" brings historical events, places and persons "alive" for the public by demonstrating various aspects of the past and allowing interaction with the interpreters. The Living History Crew (LHC) gives insight into the daily life and routine of the crew
As the first of the 10 fast battleships which served in WWII, USS North Carolina paved the way for those battleships that followed. In this four-hour program, participants will explore the ship and engage with experts on ship design. Topics include surviving a torpedo strike, fires, loss of power and countermeasures for magnetic mines and
The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate on board the Battleship North Carolina as one of 63 ships participating worldwide in the Museum Ships Weekend. On this annual event, HAM radio operators will communicate and transmit via voice using the ship’s original radio equipment. Two modern stations will be operating through the ship's original
In June the Battleship North Carolina launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide NC Department of Cultural Resources programming. Enjoy their 2nd year of the Legacy Series: "Armored Cruiser North Carolina and the Great War." The auditorium will be filled. The second US ship named North Carolina, the ACR12 made naval aviation history
In June the Battleship launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide NC Department of Cultural Resources programming. During Battleship 101 visitors may enjoy talking to volunteers stationed throughout the ship ready to discuss daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. The event presents a family friendly opportunity to
Noted as Black Card Magazines favorite spots to watch fireworks and Coastal Living's 10 Spots to Celebrate the Fourth the Battleship North Carolina and the City of Wilmington present the 2013 17th Annual Battleship Blast Fireworks show sponsored by WECT TV-6 and 102.7 WGNI on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The spectacular is one you will
In July, the Battleship continues with the 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources programming. The Legacy Series continues as they go Under the Sea with Submarine USS North Carolina. Join them in the Battleship Visitor Center as they welcome our special guests, four young men who served aboard
In July, the Battleship continues with the 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources programming. During Battleship 101 visitors may enjoy talking to volunteers stationed throughout the ship ready to discuss daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. The event presents a family friendly opportunity
Battleship 101 visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. A unique opportunity to talk one on one of what life was like aboard a World War II Battleship in the time of combat.
For more information visit: Perry Group at http://www.battleoflakeerie-bicentennial.com/howtogetonboard.php Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial at http://www.nps.gov/pevi/planyourvisit/special-events.htm
This day will celebrate May 1st, 1898, the Battle of Manila Bay - the famous battle in which OLYMPIA (with Admiral Dewey) led the Asiatic squadron against the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. The Living History crew will be spending the weekend on board in a full immersion event, in which they will demonstrate the