Restoring History: The Kingfisher Seaplane on the USS North Carolina

One of Wilmington’s best known attractions is the USS North Carolina. It’s a battleship that saw action in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Less well known is the plane that sits on the battleship’s deck. The full name of the original version of the aircraft is the Vought-Sikorsky XOS2U-1 monoplane. It was given the much […]