Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1960, the ship was saved from the breaker's yard by a campaign to preserve the vessel as a museum ship in her namesake state. North Carolina operated briefly off the east coast of the United States in 1946 before being decommissioned the next year and placed in reserve. Following the surrender of Japan in August, she carried American personnel home during Operation Magic Carpet. She took part in offensive operations in support of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945, including numerous attacks on Japan. The ship was undergoing a refit during the invasion of the Philippines but took part in the later stages of the Philippines campaign and was present when the fleet was damaged by Typhoon Cobra.
After repairs, she returned to the campaign and continued to screen carriers during the campaigns across the central Pacific in 19, including the Gilberts and Marshall Islands and the Mariana and Palau Islands, where she saw action during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The next month, she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine but was not seriously damaged. There, she screened aircraft carriers engaged in the campaign and took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24–25 August 1942, where she shot down several Japanese aircraft.
20 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gunsįollowing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, North Carolina mobilized for war and was initially sent to counter a possible sortie by the German battleship Tirpitz, though this did not materialize and North Carolina was promptly transferred to the Pacific to strengthen Allied forces during the Guadalcanal campaign.Museum ship since 29 April 1962 in Wilmington, North Carolinaġ7,450 nmi (32,320 km 20,080 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h 17 mph)
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