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	USS Alabama (BB 60)
		On June 16, 1964, the ALABAMA was donated to the "USS ALABAMA Battleship Commission" and was subsequently towed to her permanent berth at Mobile, Ala., arriving in Mobile Bay on 14 September 1964.
		USS ALABAMA was laid down on 1 February 1940 by the Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard; launched on 16 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
		ALABAMA departed the New Hebrides for Pearl Harbor on 5 January 1944, arrived on the 12th, and underwent a brief drydocking at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
	navysite.de /bb/bb60.htm (3117 words)

	Battleships/USS Alabama BB-60
		Alabama, along with sister ship South Dakota and the fast battleship North Carolina (BB-55), bombarded Roi on 29January and Namur on 30January she hurled 330 rounds of 16-inch and 1,562 of 5-inch toward Japanese targets, destroying planes, airfield facilities, blockhouses, buildings, and gun emplacements.
		Alabama experienced rolls of 30 degrees, had both her Vought ''Kingfisher''floatplanes so badly damaged that they were of no further value, and received minor damage to her structure.
		Alabama departed Ulithi with TF 58 on 9 May 1945, bound for the Ryukyus, to support forces which had landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945, and to protect the fast carriers as they launched air strikes on installations in the Ryukyus and on Kyushu.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Alabama2.html (2903 words)

	Naval History/USS Alabama BB-8
		Alabama was placed in full commission on 25 July 1912 and operated with the Atlantic Fleet off the New England coast through the summer.
		On 15 September 1921, Alabama was transferred to the War Department to be used as a target, and her name was struck from the Navy list.
		Alabama a 69-foot motor boat built in 1906 at South Boston, Mass., by George Lawley and Sons—was inspected by the Navy in the summer of 1917.
	www.multied.com /Navy/battle/Alabama.html (1188 words)

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		Alabama departed the New Hebrides for Pearl Harbor on 5 January 1944, arrived on the 12th, and underwent a bri ef drydocking at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
		Alabama, along with sister ship South Dakota and the fast battleship North Carolina (BB-55), bombarded Roi on 29 January and Namur on 30 January; she hurled 330 rounds of 16-inch a nd 1,562 of 5-inch toward Japanese targets, destroying planes, airfield facilities, blockhouses, buildings, and gun emplacements.
		Alabama experienced rolls of 30 degrees, had both her Vought "Kingfisher" float planes so badly damaged that they were of no furt her value, and received minor damage to her structure.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb60.htm (2879 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		USS Alabama is painted grey on metal surfaces exposed to the elements with the exception of a fl stack cap and fl "boot topping" at the waterline.
		USS Alabama was built with two explosively-driven catapults on the stern port and starboard, for launching observation airplanes.
		USS Alabama was decommissioned by the navy in 1947 and remained unaltered until the time of her transfer to the State of Alabama as a war memorial in 1964.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/alabama.htm (1072 words)

	U.S.S. Alabama
		The keel of the USS ALABAMA (BB-60) was laid at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 1 February 1940, the sixth vessel to bear the name of Alabama.
		ALABAMA steamed in company with the carriers throughout October as the planes wrecked Japanese military installations in the Philippines, Formosa, the Pescadore and the Ryukyu Islands.
		ALABAMA was the member of Admiral Halsey's force which fought in battle off Cape Ehgano on 25 October as a part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
	www.ussalabama.com /html/history/index.php (1992 words)

	USS Alabama (BB-60) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the fifth completed ship named Alabama of the United States Navy, however it was only the third commissioned ship with that name.
		Alabama departed the Carolines to sail to the Philippines and provided cover for the carriers striking the islands of Cebu, Leyte, Bohol and Negros from 12 September to 14 September.
		Alabama was then towed to her permanent berth at Mobile, Alabama, arriving in Mobile Bay on 14 September 1964 and opening as a museum ship on 9 January 1965.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Alabama_(BB-60) (3135 words)

	USS Alabama
		The fourth Alabama (SSBN-731) was laid down on 14 October 1980 at Groton, Conn., by the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corp., launched on 19 May 1984 sponsored by Mrs.
		Alabama enjoyed a brief holiday standdown from 22 to 31 December and then got underway on New Year's Day 1986 for sound trials in the Bahamas.
		Alabama operated out of Bangor until mid-May when she embarked upon her first deterrent patrol.
	www.multied.com /navy/Submarine/Alabama.html (324 words)

	USS Alabama - Mobile, Alabama
		The Alabama is in very good condition overall, although in the future she may need a redecking such as the North Carolina received in 2001.
		She sits on Mobile Bay convoyed by USS Drum (SS-228) and a new pavilion that is home to a collection of 23 aircraft including a gigantic B-52 just off the parking lot.
		The Alabama also retained her stern crane and one catapult, giving a nice couterbalance to the helipads found on today's modernized Iowas.
	www.taskforce1.org /alabama.htm (221 words)

	USN Ships--USS Alabama (Battleship # 8)
		USS Alabama, a 11,565-ton Illinois class battleship, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Alabama's seagoing service ended in August 1919, though she was not placed out of commission until May 1920.
		She was of the same basic design as Alabama, but differed in detail, as explained in remarks provided on the Picture Data pages for Photo # NH 60570 and Photo # 19-N-1-11-3.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/bb8.htm (746 words)

	USN Ships--USS Alabama (BB-60)
		USS Alabama, a 35,000 ton South Dakota class battleship, was built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
		Alabama was transferred to the Pacific in August 1943.
		USS Alabama decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in January 1947 and remained in reserve until struck from the Naval Vessel Register in June 1962.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/bb60.htm (734 words)

	USS Alabama (SSBN 731)
		USS ALABAMA is the sixth TRIDENT class nuclear powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, and the fifth United States ship to bear the name of the state.
		USS ALABAMA was commissioned on 25 May 1985 and assigned to Commander Submarine Force Pacific in early 1986.
		In 1991, The USS ALABAMA was again awarded the Squadron Seventeen Communications "C" and the Damage Control "DC".
	navysite.de /ssbn/ssbn731.htm (668 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Alabama (BB 8)
		Alabama's Navy career began in earnest with her arrival in the gulf early in February.
		Instead, Alabama and USS Maine departed San Francisco on June to complete their own, more direct, circumnavigation of the globe.
		For the remainder of World War I, the warship conducted recruit training missions in the lower Chesapeake Bay and in the coastal waters of the Atlantic seaboard, though she made one visit to the Gulf of Mexico in late June and early July of 1918.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/alabama/bb8-ala.html (1296 words)

	USS Alabama (BB 60) page 1 of 4
		The battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) was laid down on 1 February 1940 by the Norfolk, Virginia, Navy Yard; launched on 16 February 1942; and commissioned on 16 August 1942.
		USS Alabama began her combat service on the "Murmansk Run" from England through the North Sea to Russia.
		She now is berthed at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, located adjacent to I-10 on Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/deercreek/733/alabama/index.html (344 words)

	USS Alabama (BB-60) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Alabama is one of four battleships of the South Dakota Class built during World War II.
		She then proceeded, in the company of her sister USS South Dakota (BB-57), to assist the British Fleet in the North Atlantic, providing convoy escort.
		The State of Alabama expressed interest in her as a memorial, and raised the funds necessary to bring her to Mobile.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/1056/alabama.htm (461 words)

	eHistory.com: Ships Called Alabama
		Many people know that Alabama was the name of a USS battleship that served in World War II and the name of a famous Confederate Raider that sailed during the American Civil War.
		Commissioned on September 30, 1861, the Alabama was 214 feet 4 inches long, had a 35-foot beam, a 14½-foot draft and traveled at a top speed of 9 knots.
		The keel for the USS Alabama (BB-60) was laid down on February 1, 1940, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=38 (905 words)

	USS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The third Alabama was a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the American Civil War.
		The fourth Alabama (BB-8) was a pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned in 1900 and scrapped in 1924.
		The fifth Alabama (BB-60) was a dreadnought battleship commissioned 1942 and converted to a museum ship in 1964.
	uss-alabama.iqnaut.net (221 words)

	Battleship Alabama
		The USS Alabama BB60 was launched in February 1942 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
		Alabama received nine battle stars for her service in the Pacific ocean areas during WW II.
		"It was the Alabama which first gave the warning to the rest of her task force that a huge air-fleet of Japanese planes was approaching.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/bb60/index.htm (573 words)

	eHistory.com - The Battleship USS ALABAMA
		The keel for the USS ALABAMA was laid down on February 1, 1940, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia - two years before the United States was to enter World War II.
		Three years later on August 16, 1942, the USS ALABAMA was commissioned and by the end of the war she had earned a total of nine battlestars.
		Saipan was the target and Alabama was assigned to shell the beaches for two hours in preparation for the Marine landing.
	ehistory.osu.edu /wwii/alabama.cfm (332 words)

	USS KING DLG-10 [DDG-41]
		After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1901, he served successively in the USS EAGLE, converted gunboat, engaged in the survey of Cienfuegos, Cuba; in the USS CINCINNATI, a protected cruiser employed in the Asiatic Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War; and in the USS ILLINOIS, flagship of the European Squadron.
		He next served as Aide on the staff of Commander, Second Division, Atlantic Fleet (USS MINNESOTA, flagship), and in March 1910 was transferred to the USS NEW HAMPSHIRE, with duty as first assistant to the Senior Engineer Officer, and from August 1910 served as Senior Engineer Officer.
		When the USS S-4 was sunk off Provincetown, Massachusetts, in December 1927, he was assigned temporary duty in command of the Salvage Force that raised that submarine.
	www.uss-king.com /ejking.shtml (1560 words)

	USS Yosemite Photos from Montgomery
		USS Yosemite drill team Mardi Gras Parade in Prichard Alabama, 1981.
		Drill team 1981, USS Alabama BB-60 in the background.
		USS Yosemite at anchor in Montego Bay Jamaica, 1981.
	www.ussyosemite.com /P0montgomery.htm (164 words)

	The Northwest Navigator > Navy Region Northwest > Command of USS Alabama changes
		Former USS Alabama (SSBN 731) commanding officer, Cmdr. Melvin Lee, receives the Meritorious Service Award from Capt. Derek Hesse, commander, Submarine Squadron 19 during a change of command ceremony held at Deterrent Park, July 13.
		Todd Massidda relieved Cmdr. Melvin Lee as commanding officer of USS Alabama (SSBN 731), July 13 in a change of command ceremony held in Deterrent Park at Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor.
		Massidda was happy for the opportunity to lead Alabama’s crew and is ready to get the submarine out of dry dock and back into the war on terrorism.
	www.northwestnavigator.com /index.php/navigator/news/command_of_uss_alabama_changes (507 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Alabama (BB 60)
		On 2 April 1943, Alabama — as part of Task Force 22 sailed for the Orkney Islands with her sister ship and a screen of five destroyers.
		Alabama, along with sister ship South Dakota and the fast battleship USS North Carolina (BB- 55), bombarded Roi on 29 January and Namur on 30 January; she hurled 330 rounds of 16-inch and 1,562 of 5-inch toward Japanese targets, destroying planes, airfield facilities, blockhouses, buildings, and gun emplacements.
		Alabama — as flagship for Rear Admiral E. Hanson, Commander, Battleship Division 9 — left Eniwetok on 14 July 1944, sailing with the task group formed around USS Bunker Hill.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/alabama/bb60-al.html (2917 words)

	2theadvocate.com \| Features \| USS Alabama Battleship Park reopens in Mobile; new lodge in Arkansas
		USS Alabama Battleship Park reopens in Mobile; new lodge in Arkansas
		The USS Alabama, the park’s main attraction, built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, was placed in full commission Aug. 16, 1942, at Portsmouth, Va. The huge ship is 680 feet long and 108 feet, 2 inches at the beam.
		Standing on the deck of the USS Alabama, a visitor can only begin to understand the workmanship and skill of those who built and manned the ship.
	www.2theadvocate.com /features/2164477.html (552 words)

	USS Alabama BB-60 This magnificent battleship is Mobile Bay
		The SOUTH DAKOTA class battleship USS ALABAMA (BB60) was built at the Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia and commissioned on 16 August 1942.
		She was towed 5,600 miles to USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile.
		She was opened for public display at USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park on 4 July 1969.
	www.kilroywashere.org /004-Pages/Mobile/04-D-Mobile.html (826 words)

	USS Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first ship completed as Alabama was a fifty six ton Revenue Cutter built at New York in 1819.
		She was a sidewheel steamer transferred to the Navy in 1849 that served as a troop transport during the Mexican-American War.
		The sixth Alabama (SSBN-731) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Alabama (282 words)

	USS Alabama SSBN 731
		The USS Alabama has a range of nearly 7,000 miles and can carry up to 14 MIRV warheads.
		USS Alabama model with all but one hatch closed.
		This USS Pennsylvania SSBN 735 is an example of our standard Red Oak base with only four missile hatches open.
	thatravenmagic.com /alabama.html (595 words)

	USS Drum - Mobile, Alabama
		USS Drum rests on USS Alabama's port quarter at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile.
		The Drum carried out 13 war patrols in the Pacific in World War II, and was on her way to station on the 14th at the end of the war.
		The Drum is in excellent condition and provides a clear look through the window of time back to the days of the Silent Service and their enormous contribution to the U.S. campaign against Japan.
	www.taskforce1.org /drum.htm (176 words)

	STARFLEET RECORDS - USS MIRANDA PERSONELL FILES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was also during this time that she met and quietly married Lt. Commander Collin T. Hicks, who was on temporary reassignment from the USS Alabama.
		Her assignment to the Alabama seemed as uncharacteristic as everything else, though given her marriage to Collin Hicks, a certain level of logical explanation is readily available, though Race would not offer it herself.
		The destruction of the USS Alabama followed shortly and Race was temporarily assigned to the Miranda, yet another bounce in a long line of bounces.
	www.ussmiranda.com /bios/dane.htm (1777 words)

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