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Encyclopedia > USS Alabama

There have been at least six United States Navy or United States Revenue Cutter Service ships named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. ... State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Official languages English Area 84,360 mi²/135,765 km² (30th)  - Land 81,664 mi²/131,426 km²  - Water 2,696 mi²/4,338 km² (3. ...

  • The first Alabama was a 74-gun ship of the line, started in 1818, though never completed as such. She was eventually launched in 1864 as the storeship New Hampshire.
  • The first ship completed as Alabama was a 56 ton Revenue Cutter built at New York in 1819. She captured more than a dozen slavers and pirates, and sold off in 1833.
  • The second Alabama was the first US Navy ship christened Alabama. She was a sidewheel steamer transferred to the Navy in 1849 that served as a troop transport during the Mexican-American War.
  • The third Alabama was a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the American Civil War. She served as a troop and cargo transport.
  • 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. The ship is now docked in Mobile, Al.
  • The sixth Alabama (SSBN-731) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.

There was also a Confederate States Navy ship named Alabama, the CSS Alabama, a sloop-of-war. Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The first USS New Hampshire of the United States Navy was originally to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a stores and depot ship during the... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... USS John Land (AP-167) in San Francisco Bay sometime in 1945-46; soldiers crowd the decks in anticipation of homecoming. ... The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... The second Alabama (BB-8) was an Illinois-class battleship. ... HMS Victory in 1884 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The third USS Alabama (BB-60) was a South Dakota-class battleship of the United States Navy. ... This article is about a battleship as a type of warship. ... HMS Victory in 1884 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ... This article is about the year. ... A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is an old ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is the sixth Ohio-class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, and the fifth United States ship to be named after the state of Alabama. ... The United States has 18 Ohio class submarines: 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs; they are also known as Trident submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-powered SSGNs, each armed with 154... SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a fleet ballistic missile submarine. ... CSN Jack CSS Alabama, a ship of the Confederate States Navy The Confederate States Navy was the branch of the Confederate States armed forces responsible for naval operations during the American Civil War. ... CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company, Liverpool, England. ... USS Constellation, a United States Navy sloop-of-war. ...


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USS Alabama (BB 60) (3117 words)
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.
Battleships/USS Alabama BB-60 (2903 words)
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.
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