Monday, September 26, 2011

Back Then: Raising Funds for the USS North Carolina

From the Sept. 20th Wilmington (NC) Star-News Back Then column.

From the September 12, 1961, paper.

Battleship Commission Chairman Hugh Morton announced that $235,5000 had been raised to date and that another $50,000 was still needed.

Of the amount raised, $205,000 had already been spent, mostly for land purchases and site preparation.

The Battleship's Coming Home. --Cooter

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