George the Cat was rescued by Ed Cope, BB55 crew member, who was aboard the USS North Carolina in 1944. "I pulled George out of the bay at Noumea," Cope said, according to the Battleship North ...

No one wanted rescue cat George — now he's a local hero in Helensburgh. "He was a completely normal cat for the first two or three years" says Jackie, the daughter of George's owners ...