USS NORTH CAROLINA Investigation with Sherri Brake
Wilmington, NC
NEW DATE FOR 2024 Coming soon!
Reservations are needed/age 16 and over/limit of 45 souls
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THE HAUNTINGS
* A young blond haired man has been seen in the passageways * Multiple EVPs have been recorded by various investigators * One soul peers out of portholes occasionally * Hatches and doors open or close themselves * Lights turn themselves on and off *Items on this ship move by themselves in front of witnesses *Unexplained cold spots, voices and disembodied footsteps |
Join us for this overnight special event on-board the most decorated
battleship of World War II, the USS North Carolina.
Commissioned by the United States Navy in April of 1941 and built in the New York Naval Shipyard, this battleship was the first newly constructed American
battleship to enter service during World War II.
She took part in every major offensive in the Pacific earning her
a total of 15 battle stars.
It's a museum, a memorial and a historic landmark
It is with great honor and anticipation, that we have once again secured this National Historic Landmark for our overnight investigation.
Won't you join us for this once in a lifetime opportunity?
Your host for the night is author and paranormal researcher, Sherri Brake.
EXPLORE the battleship on your own!
Your host for the night is para-historian and author, Sherri Brake.
Sherri has over 25 years of documented experience in the paranormal and has appeared on several television shows, 100's of radio shows and leads haunted history tours in the US and special tours to Ireland and Scotland. She instructs classes on the paranormal and on dowsing. Her tours are listed as the #5 Best Ghost tour in America by USA TODAY and 10Best. Sherri is the owner of Haunted Heartland Tours which has featured haunted history tours for 15 years. See other tours here.
Your host for the night is para-historian and author, Sherri Brake.
Sherri has over 25 years of documented experience in the paranormal and has appeared on several television shows, 100's of radio shows and leads haunted history tours in the US and special tours to Ireland and Scotland. She instructs classes on the paranormal and on dowsing. Her tours are listed as the #5 Best Ghost tour in America by USA TODAY and 10Best. Sherri is the owner of Haunted Heartland Tours which has featured haunted history tours for 15 years. See other tours here.
What's included in your cost for the special event investigation?
* Introduction and welcome speech with author and investigator Sherri Brake
* On your own tour of the ship with lights on
* Independent investigation time after the tour (lights out, sailor)
* Pizza, snacks, coffee and beverages
Cancellation Policy:
No refunds for guest cancellations,but if we or the USS North Carolina site needs to cancel the event, a full refund with be issued to each person who reserved initially.
Where is this ship located at?
The ship is docked on Eagle Island on the Cape Fear River just opposite downtown Wilmington North Carolina.
MAP IT HERE
* Introduction and welcome speech with author and investigator Sherri Brake
* On your own tour of the ship with lights on
* Independent investigation time after the tour (lights out, sailor)
* Pizza, snacks, coffee and beverages
Cancellation Policy:
No refunds for guest cancellations,but if we or the USS North Carolina site needs to cancel the event, a full refund with be issued to each person who reserved initially.
Where is this ship located at?
The ship is docked on Eagle Island on the Cape Fear River just opposite downtown Wilmington North Carolina.
MAP IT HERE
A Little history and some interesting facts;
The USS North Carolina is 729 feet -- that's the size of 2 1/2 football fields. It typically had a crew of about 2,300.
It made its own electrical power, producing 8.4 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power a small town of 6500 people.
She steamed over 300,000 miles during wartime.
When the keel of NORTH CAROLINA was laid in October of 1937, she was the first battleship to be constructed in sixteen years
The ship could carry 120 days of food supplies, including: 7800 eggs, 16,800 lbs of butter, 94,200 lbs of sugar, 214,000 lbs of fresh meat, 466,000 lbs of fresh vegetables and 135,000 lbs of fresh fruit.
The battleship has about 15,000 tons of steel armor plate, which is about 42% of her weight.
She sustained a hit when a Japanese torpedo slammed into the battleship's hull, creating an 18x32 foot hole.
The North Carolina carried out nine shore bombardments, sank an enemy troopship, destroyed at least 24 enemy aircraft and assisted in shooting down many more. Her anti-aircraft guns helped halt scores of attacks on aircraft carriers.
At war's end, she had lost only 10 men in action and had 67 wounded.
In 1960 when the US Navy reported the battleship would be scrapped, the State's citizens mounted a campaign to bring it to North Carolina to preserve her as the State's war memorial to the 10,000 North Carolinian's who lost their lives during World War II.
THE TV SHOWS
As with any historic site, various ghost stories and sightings have been reported through the years.
Various TV shows have filmed here including TAPS GHosthunters, SyFYs Fact or Faked Paranormal Files, One Tree Hill, Discovery Channel and these shows, to name just a few;
SciFi Channels Ghost Hunters crew on board the Battleship North Carolina. During the course of filming, an EVP was captured in the area of the brig. Also loud banging, footsteps, hatchways opening and closing and other anomalous noises were experienced in various parts of the ship and could not be attributed to any person in the area.Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of TAPS saw a moving shadow. As they followed the shadow, they noticed a bracket which was hanging loose from the bulkhead was moving as if someone had bumped into it. They followed the shadow into a room which had only one entrance/exit and no possible hiding place. SciFi Channel website: http://www.scifi.com/ghosthunters/episodes/season2/205/
Greystone Communications, documentary
episode, Tales of the Gun, 16-inch Guns,for the History Channel
Granville Productions, episode, Dawson’s Creek, for the WB 2001
Lion Television Productions, London,documentary episode, Days That Shook the
World, Pearl Harbor, for the BBC and the History Channel 2004
Partners In Motion, Canada, documentary episode, Legend Hunters, for Canadian cable television 2006
Ghost Hunter Productions, Inc., episode, Sept 2009 Ghost Hunters Academy, SyFy Network
My Ghost Story, for the Bio Network
The USS North Carolina is 729 feet -- that's the size of 2 1/2 football fields. It typically had a crew of about 2,300.
It made its own electrical power, producing 8.4 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power a small town of 6500 people.
She steamed over 300,000 miles during wartime.
When the keel of NORTH CAROLINA was laid in October of 1937, she was the first battleship to be constructed in sixteen years
The ship could carry 120 days of food supplies, including: 7800 eggs, 16,800 lbs of butter, 94,200 lbs of sugar, 214,000 lbs of fresh meat, 466,000 lbs of fresh vegetables and 135,000 lbs of fresh fruit.
The battleship has about 15,000 tons of steel armor plate, which is about 42% of her weight.
She sustained a hit when a Japanese torpedo slammed into the battleship's hull, creating an 18x32 foot hole.
The North Carolina carried out nine shore bombardments, sank an enemy troopship, destroyed at least 24 enemy aircraft and assisted in shooting down many more. Her anti-aircraft guns helped halt scores of attacks on aircraft carriers.
At war's end, she had lost only 10 men in action and had 67 wounded.
In 1960 when the US Navy reported the battleship would be scrapped, the State's citizens mounted a campaign to bring it to North Carolina to preserve her as the State's war memorial to the 10,000 North Carolinian's who lost their lives during World War II.
THE TV SHOWS
As with any historic site, various ghost stories and sightings have been reported through the years.
Various TV shows have filmed here including TAPS GHosthunters, SyFYs Fact or Faked Paranormal Files, One Tree Hill, Discovery Channel and these shows, to name just a few;
SciFi Channels Ghost Hunters crew on board the Battleship North Carolina. During the course of filming, an EVP was captured in the area of the brig. Also loud banging, footsteps, hatchways opening and closing and other anomalous noises were experienced in various parts of the ship and could not be attributed to any person in the area.Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of TAPS saw a moving shadow. As they followed the shadow, they noticed a bracket which was hanging loose from the bulkhead was moving as if someone had bumped into it. They followed the shadow into a room which had only one entrance/exit and no possible hiding place. SciFi Channel website: http://www.scifi.com/ghosthunters/episodes/season2/205/
Greystone Communications, documentary
episode, Tales of the Gun, 16-inch Guns,for the History Channel
Granville Productions, episode, Dawson’s Creek, for the WB 2001
Lion Television Productions, London,documentary episode, Days That Shook the
World, Pearl Harbor, for the BBC and the History Channel 2004
Partners In Motion, Canada, documentary episode, Legend Hunters, for Canadian cable television 2006
Ghost Hunter Productions, Inc., episode, Sept 2009 Ghost Hunters Academy, SyFy Network
My Ghost Story, for the Bio Network
