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North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina, created as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program in the early days of World War II. From 1941 through 1946, the company built 243 ships in all, beginning with the Liberty ship SS Zebulon B. Vance, and including 54 ships of the US Navy.
At its peak it had 300 Victory ships and Liberty ships, many of which had been built at the nearby former North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Shipyard. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Wilmington closed in 1962, with the last ship removed in February 27, 1970.
John T. Hoggard is the eponym for Hoggard High School. Hoggard had an active career in education, beginning with his election as Chairman of the New Hanover County Board of Education in 1935, and ending with his death in 1965. His private papers are kept in the Manuscript Collection at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. [3]
Located southwest of the Shipyard Boulevard/Carolina Beach Road intersection, the neighborhood was originally constructed in the early 1940s to house thousands of workers who moved to Wilmington ...
A new fresh pasta restaurant is in the works for midtown Wilmington and could open in late spring or early summer. ... Amy’s Bowl location at 4418 Shipyard Blvd. in the Long Leaf Shopping Center ...
The upgrades are expected to cost more than $5 million and will increase the center's space. A downtown Wilmington community center is set to undergo renovations. Here's what to expect.
Monkey Junction is an unincorporated area near Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, in New Hanover County at the intersection of College Road and Carolina Beach Road . It is one of several centers of recent commercial and residential growth near Wilmington. [ 1 ]
The city of Wilmington is in the process of finding tenants for four floors of its newly acquired Skyline Center.