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	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.
		With Captain Murphy as skipper, ALABAMA participated in the series of attacks and raids in connection with the capture and occupation of the Southern Carolines and the Palaus.
		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.
	www.ussalabama.com /html/history (1992 words)

	USS Alabama (BB-60): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Alabama (BB-60) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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[?].
		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 to 14 September.
		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.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Alabama-(BB-60).html (2896 words)

	U.S.S. Alabama
		ALABAMA steamed with TG58.7 during the battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944, and her group downed nine enemy planes.
		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.
		Three new "big ones" were turned loose on an industrial area on Hokkaido and, although ALABAMA was not one of them, she spurred her fleetmates on with much enthusiasm--at last, the dreadnoughts were getting a crack at the Japanese in a more direct way than protecting the carriers.
	www.ussalabama.com /html/history/index.php (1992 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Alabama (BB 60)
		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.
		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 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.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/alabama/bb60-al.html (2917 words)

	Battleship Photo Index BB-60 USS ALABAMA
		Alabama (BB-60) is seen on 15 February 1942, the day before launching.
		The ways are cleared, the launching platform is in position and the poppet is in position under the bow.
		Launching of the Alabama (BB-60) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 16 February 1942.
	www.navsource.org /archives/01/60a.htm (631 words)

	Battleships/USS Alabama BB-60
		The third Alabama (BB 60) was laid down on 1 February 1940 by the Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard; launched on 16 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
		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.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/battle/Alabama2.html (2903 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)

	USS Alabama (Bb-60) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alabama fue separada de la flota casera británica el 1 de agosto de 1943, y, en compañía con los destructores de Dakota del Sur y de la investigación, navegó para Norfolk, llegando allí el 9 de agosto.
		Alabama salió el Carolines a la vela a las Filipinas y con tal que tapa para los portadores que pulsaban las islas de Cebú, de Leyte, de Bohol y de Negros del 12 al 14 de septiembre.
		Alabama entonces fue remolcada a su litera permanente en el móvil, Alabama, llegando en bahía móvil el 14 de septiembre de 1964.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Alabama%20%28Bb60%29.htm (3158 words)

	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.
		Early in June, ALABAMA and her sister ship, along with British Home Fleet units, covered the reinforcement of the garrison on the island of Spitzbergen, which lay on the northern flank of the convoy route to Russia, in an operation that took the ship across the Arctic Circle.
	navysite.de /bb/bb60.htm (3117 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		USS Alabama (BB 60) is the fourth of four South Dakota class battleships laid down in the 1930s and 1940s.
		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 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)

	Alabama History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The second USS ALABAMA, pictured here in an illustration by Erik Heyl, was a built in New York in 1850 and served as a merchant vessel of the same name before and after the Civil War.
		During the Civil War, she was commissioned USS ALABAMA and acted as a troop and cargo transport throughout the war.
		USS ALABAMA (BB-60) was decommissioned after World War II and was converted in 1964 to a permanent memorial in Mobile, Alabama, honoring those who defend freedom.
	www.alabama.navy.mil /html/history.htm (1004 words)

	BB-8 Alabama
		Alabama's Navy career began in earnest with her arrival in the gulf early in February.
		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.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/bb-8.htm (1192 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 (BB-60) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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)

	USS Alabama (BB 60) page 1 of 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.
		Decommissioned in 1947, Alabama was "mothballed" in Bremerton, Washington until 1964, when she was transferred to the State of Alabama and towed 5,600 miles to become a memorial in Mobile.
	www.photolin.com /john/alabama (336 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Alabama (BB-60) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Alabama's first overseas assignment was with the British Home Fleet in the summer of 1943, when she and her sister ship South Dakota sailed on Arctic convoys and in diversionary maneuvers aimed at diverting German attention from the Allied landings in Sicily.
		Alabama rejoined TF 58 in May, providing gunfire support against stubborn Japanese positions on Okinawa (five weeks after the American landings on April 1) and supported carrier operations in the Ryukyus and Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese main islands.
		Two years later she was towed to Mobile, Alabama, where she was opened to the public as a floating memorial and museum ship.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_002700_ussalabama.htm (416 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)

	alabama battleship uss
		United States Battleship USS Alabama in fog in Mobile.
		Alabama USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park (Community Roots: Selections from the Local Legacies Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) The
		The SOUTH DAKOTA class battleship USS ALABAMA (BB60) was built at the Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia and commissioned on 16 August 1942.
	www.alabama-bookmarks.com /alabama_battleship_uss.html (364 words)

	BB-60 Alabama
		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.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/bb-60.htm (2875 words)

	Navy Yard Associates: Books by Robert F. Sumrall USS Alabama
		It is devoted to the USS Alabama (BB-60) and covers her technical and operational history.
		The operational history follows the Alabama from the time she was built until she became a museum ship at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama.
		Line drawings show the Alabama in her late World War II configurations and a midship cross-section shows the arrangement of armor, torpedoes and triple-bottom systems of defense.
	www.navyyardassociates.net /bp3.html (296 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 decommissioned in 1947 and "moth balled" in Bremerton, Washington until 1964 when she was transferred to the State of Alabama.
		She was towed 5,600 miles to USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile.
	www.kilroywashere.org /004-Pages/Mobile/04-D-Mobile.html (826 words)

	DANFS: USS Alabama (BB-60)
		On 2 April 1943, Alabama -- as part of Task Force (TF) 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 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 Bunker Hill.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/BB/bb60.html (2861 words)

	USS Yosemite Photos from Montgomery
		USS Yosemite drill team Mardi Gras Parade in Prichard Alabama, 1981.
		These next three are of a parade in Prichard, Alabama February 1982.
		USS Yosemite at anchor in Montego Bay Jamaica, 1981.
	www.ussyosemite.com /P0montgomery.htm (156 words)

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