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Guided Tours

Friends of the Battleship North Carolina provide guided tours of the ship. The tours are led by trained volunteer docents and offered on Saturdays & Sundays.  Proceeds from the tours fund programs, acquisitions and restoration of the USS North Carolina. Details of the tours are given below. 

     

 For more information email us at tours@battleshipsncfriends.com

Tour Basics

Tours will take you up and down steep ladders( and over high coamings). You should wear comfortable clothing and shoes. We do not recommend open toe shoes or flip flops. Please dress for the weather as tours go on rain or shine.

We encourage guests to take pictures and videos but please be mindful of your surroundings. There are open hatches and other obstacles along the tour route, so safety first. We do not recommend taking infants in strollers up and down the ladders.

Service animals are allowed but no other pets please.

** The purchase of a guided tour includes admission to the Battleship.

Public Guided Tours

Above Deck Tour - (Also good for Those With Limited Mobility)

If you are unable to climb ladders or do not like confined spaces, then this is the tour for you.  There is plenty to see and do on this tour.  Discussions will include both the Big guns as well as the air defense weapons and why we have a plane on the ship plus so much more. Your tour guide will take you through the history of how the Battleship North Carolina came to be and you will learn of her role in the fighting in the Pacific during WWII.  You will also learn how she became the most decorated battleship of WWII.

Tour times are approximately 90 minutes.

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