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The USS North Carolina, a US Navy battleship, served as a gunnery training ship and was scuttled in 1947, but its stern

The USS North Carolina, a US Navy battleship, served as a gunnery training ship and was scuttled in 1947, but its stern section was later recovered and now serves as a memorial in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The ship was decommissioned in 1947 and intentionally sunk off the coast of Wilmington, but its stern section was salvaged and placed on a foundation in the Cape Fear River. The memorial is a popular tourist attraction and museum, featuring the ship's gun turrets, anchors, and other artifacts.