Hypothetical: The Navy drafted you in WWII.

[Earthling]

Reporting for duty sir. And humbly asking for duty on anything but a carrier. (Too much brass)

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Earthling

Reporting for duty sir. And humbly asking for duty on anything but a carrier. (Too much brass)

You'll go where Uncle Sam tells you to go. But in this case it's not a carrier.

North Carolina** North Carolina-class Battleship**

[Earthling]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You'll go where Uncle Sam tells you to go. But in this case it's not a carrier.

North Carolina** North Carolina-class Battleship**

The Battleship North Carolina, BB55, began her life in 1937 at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. Forth in line to have the name this was the first new construction battleship of WWII. Commissioned in 1941 she headed to her home port Pearl Harbor. Jokingly referred to as "The Showboat" while in New York harbor, The USS North Carolina lived up to her nickname by being the most decorated battleship of WWII , earning 15 battle stars. The ship took part in every major battle in the Pacific. During the time fighting Japan, she lost 10 men in combat and had another 64 wounded. (Out of a compliment of 2339 men on board.)

Her Dead:
August 24,1942, at the battle of the Eastern Solomons, the ship was strafed by a Japanese plane, killing Geo. Conlon.

September 15, 1942 the USS NC. was hit by a torpedo in her port quarter
abreast the forward 16 in turret. A hole the size of a truck was blown below the waterline. Albert S. Geary was blown off the deck and lost at sea. Four other men; Wm. O. Skelton, Oscar. C. Stone, Ingwald Nelson lost their lives. Leonard Pone was trapped when the water tight doors were sealed.

April 5,1945 while knocking down there kamikazes, three more men were killed: Edward E Brenn, John M Watson and Carl E Karams. That same day Eldon Means was lost at sea when the kingfisher seaplane flipped.
Several other deaths occurred on board: Robert Nelson was accidentally killed by the .30 cal machine gun, Thurman Thompson died from a skull fracture, Millard R Nieman died from septicemia. Frank Merck from an unspecified accident, Heney J Kobierski died of cardiac arrest, Norman Guilliam drowned at a party on an island in the Marshal chain. Jesse F Nucholus was killed while on shore leave. Earl J. Winthrop, of the USS Ticonderoga was transferred to the North Carolina and subsequently died of his wounds.

Thanks to the efforts of many school children (selling candy) BB55 was saved and brought to Wilmington and dedicated in 1962. The Battleship North Carolina is now a memorial (said to be haunted) to all those from North Carolina who served and died in WWII.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Earthling

The Battleship North Carolina, BB55, ....

You survived unscathed in case you were wondering.