Ships (69)

by Freeman, Margery. A woman is rowing a full basket of cargo on a small boat in the foreground. She wears a palm-leaf sunhat and clothes that protect her from the tropical sun.In the background two large ships are seen [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Harris, William C. Advance by William C. Harris, 2006 See also: Modern Greece Advance was the first and most famous of four blockade-running vessels that the state of North Carolina operated in partnership [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Blair, Dan. The CSS Albemarle, an ironclad ram, was one of the Confederacy's most successful ironclads. This vessel and its sister ship, the CSS Neuse, were designed to wrest control of North Carolina's sounds [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Freeman, Joan E., Davis, R. P. Stephen, Jr., Lawrence, Richard W. Archaeology by Joan E. Freeman and R. P. Stephen Davis Jr., 2006. Additional research provided by Richard W. Lawrence. Part i: Archaeological Research in the Coastal Plain; Part ii: [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Holland, Ron, Ashe, Walter. The city of Asheville had four naval warships named in its honor during the twentieth century. The USS Asheville (PG-21) was the first warship built at the Charleston Naval Shipyard in Charleston, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Ballast stones, whose weight stabilized empty ships, have been found at various colonial landing sites along the North Carolina coast. Although there are no known records, residents and local [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. Battleships Bombed by Billy Mitchell by Paul Branch, 2006 See also: Graveyard of the Atlantic In 1923 two surplus navy battleships were bombed and sunk by aircraft under the command of [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

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by Tetterton, Beverly. Blossom's Ferry was located on the Northeast Cape Fear River on the border between New Hanover and Pender Counties, one mile east-northeast of the community of Castle Hayne and approximately nine [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. The British Cemetery on Ocracoke Island is a small cemetery containing the graves of four British navy personnel killed while helping defend the North Carolina coast against German U-boats [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Steelman, Bennett L. Cassidey's Shipyard was the smaller of two Confederate shipyards in Wilmington during the Civil War and the construction site of the ironclad CSS Raleigh. The yard was founded when James Cassidey [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Blair, Dan. Charlotte became one of the Confederate navy's most important manufacturing centers during the Civil War. The incongruity of a landlocked city housing a navy yard is explained by its location in [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Christening of the USS North CarolinaChristening of the USS North Carolina, June 13, 1940, by Miss Isabel Young Hoey. From the General Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Butler, Lindley S. James Wallace Cooke, Confederate naval officer and commander of the ironclad C.S.S. Albemarle, was born in Beaufort to Thomas and Esther Cooke. He was orphaned at the age of four years, and he and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . CSS Albemarle sunk off Plymouth, N.C.The CSS Albemarle sunk off Plymouth, North Carolina, circa 1865. She had been sunk on 27-28 October 1864 by a torpedo boat. One section of her armored casemate [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)