Sleeping Giant - Battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55)

Dedicated to the USS North Carolina (BB-55), affectionately known as "The Showboat". More importantly we both honor and remember the heroes who served aboard and beside her. Without these brave, valiant and honorable souls, the "Showboat" would just be another ship; A footnote in the vast pages of history. It is because of their deeds and service to our nation, that "The Showboat" is more than just a ship. She is a living monument to their accomplishments and the ideals they represent. She is truly a shrine for a grateful nation to honor them both!

She was the most decorated US Battleship of WWII with 15 Battle Stars; Seeing action from Guadalcanal to Tokyo Bay, earning Battle Stars at Iwo Jima and Okinawa in between. Her 'true' nickname is "The Showboat".

Music by: Hans Zimmer

I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Battleship
• USS
• North
• Carolina
• BB-55
• WWII
• War
• Ship
• Pacific
• Japan
• Iwo
• Jima
• Okinawa
• Enterprise
• short
• film

[Goodspittin]

Don't forget her sister ship BB-56, everything done to the North Carolina, identical in every way, the Washington had done also. They never resolved the propeller shudder on either. My grandfather served as a gunners mate on the BB-56 from 1942 till they retired her. He had his hands on 16" shells that landed on Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and sank the only Japanses battleship sunk by a US battleship. CPO James Bryant, 87 years old

[axxedogg]

The USS North Carolina was one of many brave ships that served this country proudly in WWII. She will always have a special place in my heart because my father served aboard her for almost 3 years during the Pacific campaign. He has passed, but the stories he began telling me as a child of being on board during the war will forever be a part of me. I still have many things that were his during the war including a dog tag, a uniform, and a diary he kept. All so priceless.

[Dragunov1Bros]

I've been on this ship many times. The feeling of stepping on the most decorated ship of WWII is too much to handle. It makes me think what happened, who served, who died. And how it is still with us is amazing, school kids saving money to keep it from being scrapped. This ship will forever be in my heart.

[HAL9000Intelligence]

Thank you for uploading this great video!

[MrPage1974]

Please..Singing " Eternal Father " in Memory of the Fallen

[XxBoogasnotxX1]

@Direx230 pirates of the Caribbean- what shall we die for

[JoeySk84life]

i went on the uss nc it was so awesome im a world war 2 fanatic i loved it its so amazing that was in battle years ago then i was on it and sat where they ate and been on the lowest deck god theres nothing like it

[Direx230]

What's the soundtrack? I felt all hua listening to it. Good stuff and very informative film. :)

[tjguzik68]

too fast - I see nothing

[mnkymanfoo]

I wish that we had bought the USS Washington for a museum ship. It would be so awesome to go to Seattle or Bremerton and see her...

[RoadCaptainEntertain]

The ships off Okinawa in April of '45 were an impressive sight.

Somewhere around 327 ships. An all gun Navy was something to see.

[drummerhellas]

@TheGorgeramirez Or hate war....