Operation Ship Shape News Today

State marine board officials recently announced a multiagency partnership known as Operation Ship Shape that will target lapsed boat registrations and equipment requirement enforcement.

Among the old battlewagons fighting the elements is the former USS North Carolina (BB-55), the lead ship of the first class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy. She has been preserved as the USS Battleship North Carolina since 1961 and is located across the Cape Fear River from downtown Wilmington. The warship has been one of the Tar Heel State's most-visited