LEADER 04047cam 2200553Ii 4500001 on1231501384 003 OCoLC 005 20210720020609.0 006 m o d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 210114s2020 ncuab obm 000 0 eng d 035 (Sirsi) o1231501384 035 (OCoLC)1231501384 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE |dOCLCO |dERE |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-nc 049 EREE 090 VA65.N63 100 1 Vestal, Joshua, |eauthor. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Hull preservation : |bpreservation methods and management of the battleship North Carolina memorial Wilmington, North Carolina / |cby Joshua Vestal. 246 3 Hull preservation preservation methods and management of the battleship North Carolina memorial Wilmington, North Carolina 264 1 [Greenville, N.C.] : |b[East Carolina University], |c2020. 300 159 pages : |bcolor illustrations, maps 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 text file |bPDF |c6.244 MB |2rda 538 System requirements: Adobe Reader. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 502 |bM.A. |cEast Carolina University |d2020. 500 Presented to the faculty of the Department of History 500 Advisor: Nathan Richards 500 Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 7, 2021). 520 3 The USS North Carolina (BB-55), was the most decorated battleship in the United States Navy during World War II. During its service, the USS North Carolina participated in every major action in the Pacific receiving fifteen battle stars. The ship was decommissioned in 1947 after only six years of service. It was then stricken from the Naval Vessel register in 1960 and was set to be sold for scrap. However, the residents of North Carolina, including thousands of school children, saved the ship from being scrapped and raised enough money to have it towed down the Cape Fear River to Wilmington, NC. It now serves as a memorial to the veterans of North Carolina who served in World War II.After sitting in its berth for decades, the ship began to experience hull deterioration. A project to repair the worst section of the hull (the starboard bow) finally took place in 2011. Now, several other sections need repair. Today, caretakers of USS North Carolina have recently finished installing a permanent cofferdam around the vessel. Repairs to several sections of the ship's hull are currently underway. Utilizing archaeological and cultural resource management approaches, this thesis will discuss the preservation issues that steel-hulled battleship museums face, focusing on the USS North Carolina, as well as the methods for restoring and maintaining the hulls of these ships. It will also analyze methods used to solve these preservation issues, which will allow for better preparation when dealing with similar issues that may arise in more recently converted battleship museums. This thesis will also seek to understand the relationship that battleship museums play in preserving cultural heritage. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 610 20 North Carolina (Battleship : BB-55) |xPreservation. |=^A691096 650 0 Historic sites |zNorth Carolina |zWilmington. |=^A114966 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xNaval operations, American. |=^A24188 650 0 Three-dimensional modeling. |=^A1318460 653 Cultural Resource Management 653 Naval History 700 1 Richards, Nathan, |edegree supervisor. |=^A654356 710 2 East Carolina University. |bDepartment of History. |=^A636991 856 40 |zAccess via ScholarShip |uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/8816 949 |owjh 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 5547856