Welcome Aboard the USS Alabama!
The US Navy battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) was launched from the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia on February 16, 1942 and was commissioned on August 16 of that same year. In nearly five years of commissioned service, the USS Alabama earned nine battle stars for participation in the Atlantic and Pacific Campaigns of World War II. Today she is permanently berthed in the waters of Mobile Bay just outside the city of Mobile, Alabama where she serves proudly as a floating museum honoring the service of all veterans, past and present, of all branches of the US military.
USS Alabama (BB-60): Career at a Glance
- Ordered: 1 April 1939
- Builder: Norfolk Navy Yard
- Laid down: 1 February 1940
- Launched: 16 February 1942
- Commissioned: 16 August 1942
- Decommissioned: 9 January 1947
- Struck: 1 June 1962
- Current Status: Preserved as a Museum ship, 11 June 1964 through present
USS Alabama (BB-60): Vital Statistics
- Class: South Dakota class battleship
- Displacement: 35,000 tons standard
- Length: 680 ft (207 m)
- Beam: 108.2 ft (33 m)
- Draught: 36.2 ft (11 m)
- Propulsion: oil-fired steam turbines
- Speed: 27.5 knots (51 km/h)
- Range: 15,000 miles at 15 knots
- Complement: 1,793 officers and men
- Sensors and processing systems: radar
- Armament:
9 × 16-inch (406 mm) guns
20 × 5-inch (127 mm) guns
24 × 40 mm machine guns
22 × 20 mm machine guns - Aircraft carried: "Kingfisher" reconnaissance planes
- Honors and awards: Nine Battle Stars
Learn More About the USS Alabama (BB-60)
- Wikipedia: USS Alabama (BB-60)
- Wikipedia entry about the USS Alabama.
- U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
- Courage comes alive at Battleship Memorial Park, one of America's finest military parks. Here, along the shores of Mobile Bay, you'll experience heroism spanning more than seven decades from World War II to Desert Storm.
- Battleship Photo Index BB-60 USS ALABAMA
- Battleship Photo Archive BB-60 USS ALABAMA
- Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Alabama
- A brief history and fact list with photos.
- Entry from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- A history of the USS Alabama from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
USS Alabama (BB-60) Honors, Awards, & Battlestars
USS ALABAMA (BB-60) earned nine battle stars on the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, for the following operations:1943
1 Star - Gilbert Islands Operation, Nov 19 - Dec 8
1944
1 Star - Marshall Islands Operation
Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, Jan 29 - Feb 8
1 Star - Asiatic-Pacific Raids
Truk Attack, Feb 16 - 17
Marianas Attack, Feb 21 - 22
Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai Raid, Mar 30 - Apr 1
1 Star - Hollandia Operation
Aitape, Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay, Apr 21 - 24
1 Star - Marianas Operation
Capture and Occupation of Saipan, Jun 11 - 24
Battle of Philippine Sea, Jun 19 - 20
Capture and Occupation of Guam, Jul 12 - Aug 15
Palau, Yap, Ulithi Raid, Jul 25 - 27
1 Star - Western Caroline Islands Operation
Raids on Volcano-Bonin Islands and Yap Island, Aug 31 - Sep 8
Capture and Occupation of Southern Palau Island, Sep 6 - Oct 14
Assaults on the Philippine Islands, Sep 9 - 24
1 Star - Leyte Operation
THIRD Fleet Supporting Operations Okinawa Attack, Oct 10
Northern Luzon and Formosa Attacks, Oct 11 - 14
Luzon Attacks, Oct 15, Oct 19, Nov 5-6, Nov 13-14, Nov 20-22, Dec 14-16
Visayas Attacks, Oct 21
Battle of Surigao Strait, Oct 25 - 26
1945
1 Star - Okinawa Gunto Operation
THIRD and FIFTH Fleet Raids in support of Okinawa Gunto Operation, May 9 - Jun 11
1 Star - THIRD Fleet Operations against Japan, Jul 10 - Aug 15
USS ALABAMA (BB-60) also earned the Navy Occupation Service Medal Pacific for the period of 2 - 23 September 1945:
Visit the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park & Museum
Location, Hours of Operation, & Directions
2703 Battleship Parkway (Highway 90/98)Just off Interstate 10, Exits 27 or 30
Mailing address: P.O. Box 65, Mobile, AL 36601-0065
Telephone: (251)433-2703
Fax: (251)433-2777
Email: btunnell@ussalabama.com
Opens: 8:00am (Daily except Christmas)
Closes: 4:00pm October-March
6:00pm April-September
Admission fees: Age 12 & up: $12.00
Ages 6-11: $6.00
under age 6: Free
CALL 1-800-GANGWAY, 251-433-2703 or FAX 1-251-433-2777 FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Report to the port of Mobile right away, sailor!
Visit the beautiful port city of Mobile, Alabama and enjoy some good old fashioned southern hospitality. While you're there be sure to visit the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park and Museum.
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- Kristine Yawn Kristine Yawn Oct 15, 2009 @ 8:09 am
- Mt Grandfather was the ships Photographer in ww2. Wish I could find some of his photos.
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- Karendelac Karendelac Jan 9, 2009 @ 3:13 am
- 5 Stars for the good information here !
I Made a good mental bookmark to visit this ship if I am in Mobile Alabama.
The Queen Mary is docked here in a surburb of Los Angeles (Long Beach) as floating hotel/museum., It is a haunted ship and even have Ghost Tours ($70 !!!) so you can meet the ghosts in the bowels of the ship.
Welcome to my Oceanic/Nautical grounp !
It is the very first hit on Google if you type in "Titanic Squidoo"
Best wishes,.
Karen
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- Karendelac Karendelac Jan 9, 2009 @ 3:13 am
- 5 Stars for the good information here !
I Made a good mental bookmark to visit this ship if I am in Mobile Alabama.
The Queen Mary is docked here in a surburb of Los Angeles (Long Beach) as floating hotel/museum., It is a haunted ship and even have Ghost Tours ($70 !!!) so you can meet the ghosts in the bowels of the ship.
Welcome to my Oceanic/Nautical grounp !
It is the very first hit on Google if you type in "Titanic Squidoo"
Best wishes,.
Karen
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- Linda from Florida Linda from Florida Dec 30, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
- Anyone for a living history group? We can do Navy ww2, USO, Red Cross, Homefront, We have the best area between Pensacola and Mobile for ww2 reenacting! I'm ready, is anyone else?
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- justinsas justinsas Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:27 am
- I love these lens that spotlight Mobile this is wounderful for our city by the way great job five stars and this is one amazing ship to
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