Aerial America | USS Alabama Battleship Memorial park | Mobile, AL
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USS Alabama Battleship, Submarine USS Drum, Park memorials, Aircraft collection, Military equipment....ussalabama.com
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BATTLESHIP USS ALABAMA (BB-60):
The keel of the USS ALABAMA (BB-60) was laid at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 1 February 1940, the sixth vessel to bear the name of ALABAMA. At the outbreak of hostilities, her hull construction was nearing completion. Some two years later (16 February 1942), the new South Dakota Class battleship was launched in a colorful ceremony attended by many national figures. Sponsoring the vessel was Mrs. Lister Hill, wife of Alabama's Senator Hill. On 16 August 1942, in ceremonies at Portsmouth, Virginia, the new ship was placed in full commission and Captain George B. Wilson, USN, assumed command. The name ALABAMA was first assigned to the 74-gun ship-of-the-line, whose keel was laid in June 1819, at Portsmouth Navy Yard. Work proceeded slowly until the outbreak of the Civil War when Almost Alabama was renamed the NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The first ALABAMA, a 56-ton Revenue Cutter built at New York and acquired on 22 June 1819 at a cost of $ 4,500, was active in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in the 1820s. She was responsible for the capture of more than one dozen pirate vessels and slave traders, and sold in 1833...
USS DRUM (SS-228):
The DRUM refers to any of various fishes capable of making a drumming noise; best known and named for a large sea bass off the North Atlantic Coast. The USS DRUM (SS-228) Submarine was launched May 12, 1941, by Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire, and sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Holcomb. She was commissioned November 1, 1941, with CDR R. H. Rice in command.
DRUM arrived at Pearl Harbor from the east coast April 1, 1942, and after a voyage to Midway, she cleared Pearl Harbor on April 14, 1942, action bound on her first war patrol. Cruising off the coast of Japan, she sank the seaplane Tender MIZUHO and three cargo ships in the month of May, returning to Pearl Harbor on June 12th to refit. DRUM's second war patrol, which she made in the waters between Truk and Kavieng from July 10th to September 2nd, found her efforts frustrated by poor torpedo performance, but she damaged one freighter before returning to Midway to refit...
Park Memorials:
HONOR AMERICA'S HEROES, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, AT SEVERAL OF THE PARK MEMORIALS.
THE NAME USS ALABAMA BATTLESHIP MEMORIAL PARK IS EXACTLY THAT...A MEMORIAL PARK TO REMEMBER THOSE HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. VISIT THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL, KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL, AND MORE MEMORIALS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
Aircraft:
USS ALABAMA BATTLESHIP MEMORIAL PARK HAS MORE THAN 25 OF THE NATION'S FINEST MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY...FROM THE A-12 BLACKBIRD AND THE B-25D STRATOFORTRESS, TO ALABAMA'S OWN TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AIRCRAFT, THE P-51 MUSTANG, AND MANY MORE.
THE AIRCRAFT PAVILION IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT HOUSES THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE F SERIES OF FIGHTER JETS: THE F-14A TOMCAT, THE F-15A EAGLE, THE F-16A FIGHTING FALCON, THE YF-17 COBRA (ONE OF ONLY TWO PROTOTYPES IN THE WORLD), AND THE F/A-18 HORNET (THE CURRENT AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. NAVY'S BLUE ANGELS).
Quick stop by the USS Alabama memorial park in Mobile bay.
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