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The North Carolina class were a pair of fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s and early 1940s.. In planning a new battleship class in the 1930s, the US Navy was heavily constrained by international treaty limitations, which included a requirement that all new capital ships have a standard displacement of under 35,000 LT (35,600 t).
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Parent. Sun Capital. The Horsehead Holding Corporation, formerly The New Jersey Zinc Company, was an American producer of zinc and related materials based in Pittsburgh. The operations of the historic company are currently conducted as American Zinc Recycling. The New Jersey Zinc Company was for many years the ...
Slavery was legally practiced in the Province of North Carolina and the state of North Carolina until January 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Prior to statehood, there were 41,000 enslaved African-Americans in the Province of North Carolina in 1767. By 1860, the number of slaves in the state of ...
The 249-year-old musket balls were discovered by archeologists doing "compliance activities" in preparation for an event, the National Park Service said in a news release Tuesday. Early analysis ...
Arthur Prysock. Arthur Prysock Jr. (January 1, 1924 [ 1][ 2] or 1929 [ 3][ 4] – June 21, 1997) [ 5] was an American jazz and R&B singer best known for his live shows and his deep baritone, influenced by Billy Eckstine. [ 6] According to his obituary in The New York Times, "his heavy, deep voice projected a calm, reassuring virility."
North Carolina Department of Transportation. Disposition. Operational. Atlantic Coast Line 501 is an EMC E3 diesel locomotive built in November 1939 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. It was notable for being the sole EMC E3 survivor, though it was rebuilt into an E6 before delivery. The No. 501 locomotive spent its career pulling the ...
2405771 [ 4] Website. www .cityofws .org. Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. [ 6] At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 90th-most populous city in the United States. [ 7]
Two former FBI officials settled lawsuits with the Justice Department on Friday, resolving claims that their privacy rights were violated when the department leaked to the news media text messages ...