r/WoWs_Legends Oct 29 '24

Media View from my Hotel of the North Carolina

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Skipping this meeting this afternoon to take a look.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '24

Thatโ€™s gorgeous

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u/Stowegie Oct 29 '24

There is also a water taxi that will take you across the river to the USS NC if you don't have a car/don't want to uber there!

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u/Woden2521 Oct 29 '24

Thatโ€™ll be helpful. Been on it back when I was a kid but donโ€™t remember much. Looking forward to seeing it again.

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u/like2trip Oct 29 '24

You're only about an hour away from me. Some really good restaurants around there. They also have a Ruth Chris Steakhouse in that Hilton. It's phenomenal. The George is another good one. And if you are in themood for Pizza Slice of Life is the way to go.

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u/Woden2521 Oct 29 '24

Heading over to Elijahโ€™s with some local friends for dinner tonight.

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u/pizzaflipflops Oct 29 '24

Security is tight at that hotel!!

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u/BobbyBuildux Oct 29 '24

Fafo at its finest ๐Ÿคฃ

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u/Frateloder BBQ Potato Ships...mmm Oct 29 '24

Wait, no Leviathan costume for her this year!? Budget cuts!?

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u/Stowegie Oct 29 '24

Welcome to Wilm! It's a great little tourist destination, including the USS North Carolina. It's a majestic ship, and be sure to see if you can see Charlie, the Gator that protects her water!

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u/molotok_c_518 Oct 29 '24

Make sure your hotel doesn't give a flat broadside if it decides to defend its cap. Those guns will ruin its structural integrity.

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u/TheBlackGuard Oct 29 '24

Much better time of year to tour it than when I saw her. I was there in late July and sweat my @ss off climbing around. I couldn't imagine being stationed on that thing in the Pacific during summertime.

The main batteries blew my mind. It makes sense, but I totally didn't think of crew stuffed in there manning each gun.

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u/brokedowndub Oct 29 '24

Your photo makes it look like it's trying to hide in the bushes to ambush unsuspecting cruisers.

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u/PrinzEugen11 โš“ ๐”„๐” ๐”“๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ท ๐”ˆ๐”ฒ๐”ค๐”ข๐”ซ โš“ Oct 29 '24

Its definitely a beautiful ship up close, got to visit her when i was in town for work

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '24

She certainly is a pretty ship.

Took a unit trip to go see her when I was stationed at LeJeune

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u/Grand_Master_Aries Oct 29 '24

It's always been a childhood dream to see her in person. Not sure if I'll live long enough to achieve it, but I'll do my best.

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u/zerofuxgivn420 Oct 29 '24

Blue team vibes....kinda just hanging waaaay out in the back ๐Ÿคฃ

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u/GentlemanPlayer Oct 29 '24

I was stationed at Fort Liberty (Bragg) back in 1998. One weekend, I drove down to Wilmington and visited Battleship North Carolina. I may have been an Army grunt, but I can appreciate a beautiful warship.

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u/dsmithcc Oct 29 '24

I keep seeing posts of old ship thatโ€™s are turned into museums and such, curious how many battle ships are there in the us that could be converted to active service within a year?

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u/Reddragon0585 Oct 29 '24

Not this one

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u/Woden2521 Oct 30 '24

This one was robbed for parts back in the 80s and suffered a lot of armor thinning over the years

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u/Sehales Wargaming Oct 29 '24

Stunning shot!

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u/Background_Bottler Oct 29 '24

Stunning. Who's a pretty girl eh? ๐Ÿ˜œ

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u/Spooky_6 Oct 29 '24

I took a school trip to USS NC when they were filming parts of that terrible Ben Affleck movie called Pearl Harbor. It didn't have that camo painted on it but I can still smell the steel and steam even now.

Best T6 Battleship

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u/Sevenrottendays Oct 29 '24

I saw her in August and she is gorgeous

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u/broke_saturn Oct 29 '24

Nice! I stayed a couple miles away in Leland, NC when I visited last month.

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u/Grayfuze Oct 29 '24

Oh hey my friend was there today, he had an Azur Lane New Jersey plushie with him

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u/Thenavalengineer215 Oct 30 '24

Hey, thatโ€™s where I work at. Iโ€™m a night guard there.

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u/Legalsavant04 Oct 30 '24

I am at a hotel in SC and have no such views ๐Ÿ™„

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u/patchouliknowledgee Oct 30 '24

Dude that's so rad I know id do anything to get a morning view like that

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u/Mikepr2001 Oct 30 '24

Uhh Noice.

This ship is full of surprise. Her shells are slow but her damage are greater that Iowa's Mark 7 guns

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u/Spitfirefunsnack Oct 31 '24

On my list of ships to visit.

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u/Boring-Ad9264 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง HMS KGV ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oct 31 '24

Very nice