The USS North Carolina is more than just a steel beast with an impressive record from a bygone war. It’s a time capsule: a ...

And so, let it be decreed: The 78th N.C. Azalea Festival will be held April 2-6 in and around Wilmington and New Hanover ...

Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Daniel Frye was 19 when he died during Pearl Harbor. Eight five years later, he's returning ...

Saturday's street fair will be capped with a fireworks display starting at 9 p.m. For an up-close-and-personal view, you can watch the fireworks from the fantail of the Battleship North Carolina ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

FILE: Crew members render salutes as they officially bring the newest Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine USS North Carolina to life during her commissioning ceremony. North Carolina is the ...

Memorial Day services were held on battleship USS North Carolina in Wilmington on May 25, 2015. There is a proposal to do much needed repair work to the well-decorated ship. Chris Seward cseward@ ...

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...

The crew visited Wilmington on March 7 for breakfast in the Wardroom of the Battleship North Carolina Memorial. Local dignitaries heard remarks from the crew, and Battleship Commission Acting Chair ...