10 Comments on The Story of the USS North Carolina
I knew a guy who installed the sound system on the North Carolina when the ship was made made into a museum in Wilmington. Water cooled audio amplifiers to simulate the sound of the firing of the big guns. Which was the easy part.
He said they struggled to make the gas injection system work that would simulate the the flames coming out of the barrels when the guns were fired. After trying many ideas they were finally able to get the flames out to about 30 feet. But the Navy was not reaally satisfied with that, they wanted the flames to blow out to 60 feet, which was closer to what happened when the gun were fired in battle. Must have been quite a sight to see, and hear.
I’ll bet there were no transgender bathrooms on it.
Wow that’s the sound track from the USS NC Battleship Memorial Light and Sound Spectacular. Revell (The model company) must have paid to produce that. I had no idea.
I knew the story though. I’ve seen the L&SS several times. It’s was pretty awesome back in the day. It was a cool place to go for July 4th.
OH and if you want to check out another awesome WWII ship from the “Historic Fleet” check out the USS Kidd (WWII Destroyer) in Baton Rouge, La.
You can also visit the battleship USS Massachusetts, plus a fine collection of warships from WW2 and later, at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts.
Go Tar Heels!!! I have NC in an NCAA pool.
Great vedio
That’s video.
That’s ok Moe. I like “vedio” better. :–)
The USS NC Battleship Light & Sound Spectacular show is no more. It was cancelled in 2011.
Also cancelled was another event there I was not aware of. A fantail film festival. During which people could set on the fantail of the Battleship and watch movies the same way the crew had done during the ship’s active service.
I spent 6 months as crew on a destroyer. It was great fun on warm nights to watch movies projected onto a sheet on the side of one of the gun turret turned sideways while at sea. I only got to do that a dozen times or so. After another year of training I spent 4 years on a submarine. No going outside, no large flat fantail and no gun turret to project a movie onto.
I might also mention something about the life of ship’ screws in the Pacific during WW2. When I was crew on a destroyer a guy in my division told me his father was crew on a destroyer in the Pacific during WW2. His father was continuously at sea for 11 months without setting foot on shore.
Until getting to go ashore on an island for a few hours one afternoon for a few beers and to play baseball or whatever provided them a little R&R. Afterward he returned to sea for another 5 months before getting to go ashore again. And that only happened because his ship was heavily damaged by a kamikaze attack requiring the ship to go into port in Australia for extensive repairs.
Except for that one afternoon he was practically constantly at sea for 16 months. I would assume other ships in the Pacific had a similar schedule. Including the USS NC.
I knew a guy who installed the sound system on the North Carolina when the ship was made made into a museum in Wilmington. Water cooled audio amplifiers to simulate the sound of the firing of the big guns. Which was the easy part.
He said they struggled to make the gas injection system work that would simulate the the flames coming out of the barrels when the guns were fired. After trying many ideas they were finally able to get the flames out to about 30 feet. But the Navy was not reaally satisfied with that, they wanted the flames to blow out to 60 feet, which was closer to what happened when the gun were fired in battle. Must have been quite a sight to see, and hear.
I’ll bet there were no transgender bathrooms on it.
Wow that’s the sound track from the USS NC Battleship Memorial Light and Sound Spectacular. Revell (The model company) must have paid to produce that. I had no idea.
I knew the story though. I’ve seen the L&SS several times. It’s was pretty awesome back in the day. It was a cool place to go for July 4th.
OH and if you want to check out another awesome WWII ship from the “Historic Fleet” check out the USS Kidd (WWII Destroyer) in Baton Rouge, La.
You can also visit the battleship USS Massachusetts, plus a fine collection of warships from WW2 and later, at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts.
Go Tar Heels!!! I have NC in an NCAA pool.
Great vedio
That’s video.
That’s ok Moe. I like “vedio” better. :–)
The USS NC Battleship Light & Sound Spectacular show is no more. It was cancelled in 2011.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110517/articles/110519641 .
Also cancelled was another event there I was not aware of. A fantail film festival. During which people could set on the fantail of the Battleship and watch movies the same way the crew had done during the ship’s active service.
I spent 6 months as crew on a destroyer. It was great fun on warm nights to watch movies projected onto a sheet on the side of one of the gun turret turned sideways while at sea. I only got to do that a dozen times or so. After another year of training I spent 4 years on a submarine. No going outside, no large flat fantail and no gun turret to project a movie onto.
I might also mention something about the life of ship’ screws in the Pacific during WW2. When I was crew on a destroyer a guy in my division told me his father was crew on a destroyer in the Pacific during WW2. His father was continuously at sea for 11 months without setting foot on shore.
Until getting to go ashore on an island for a few hours one afternoon for a few beers and to play baseball or whatever provided them a little R&R. Afterward he returned to sea for another 5 months before getting to go ashore again. And that only happened because his ship was heavily damaged by a kamikaze attack requiring the ship to go into port in Australia for extensive repairs.
Except for that one afternoon he was practically constantly at sea for 16 months. I would assume other ships in the Pacific had a similar schedule. Including the USS NC.