Ships (69)

by Freeman, Margery. A woman rows a small boat at a distance from two large ships in Halong BayA woman rows a small boat at a distance from two large ships in Halong BayA woman is rowing a full basket of cargo on a small [...] (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 1: Archaeological Research in the Coastal Plain; Part 2: [...] (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.)

by . CSS David with spar torpedoDrawings of the CSS David, a 50-foot steam torpedo boat of "cigar-shaped" hull design. The top drawing shows the ship's spar torpedo, a bomb placed at the end of a spar (a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Extraído de Libro de hechos de El Viejo Estado del Norte. La propiedad literaria 2011 por la Oficina de Archivos e Historia de Carolina del Norte, Departamento de Recursos Culturale de [...] (from NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Latham, David W. The Elizabeth II, a historic attraction on Roanoke Island, is a 69-foot, square-rigged sailing ship representative of the Elizabethan vessels used to carry the first English colonists to the New [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Elliott, Robert G. Gilbert Elliott, Confederate officer and builder of the Confederate ram, Albemarle, lawyer, and law directory publisher, was born in Elizabeth City, the third child of Gilbert Elliott (20 May 1813–20 [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carraway, Gertrude S. Richard Ellis, Revolutionary War patriot and shipowner, was a native of Ireland living in New Bern prior to 1765. On 16 May of that year he was one of the forty residents requesting Governor William [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stick, David. Ferries are an integral part of North Carolina's modern transportation system, with 24 ferries providing regularly scheduled runs on seven different routes across rivers, sounds, and even an ocean [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Fish, Peter G. The Fortuna case, decided by U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Marshall in the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina on an appeal from Judge Henry Potter's district court, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stick, David. Graveyard of the Atlantic by David Stick, 2006 See also: Huron, USS; Mirlo Rescue; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Babits, Lawrence E. Gunboats, Wooden by Lawrence E. Babits, 2006; Revised December [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Babits, Lawrence E. Harkers Island Boats by Lawrence E. Babits, 2006 See also: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company (from Tar Heel Junior Historian); [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)