USS Alabama Battleship

2703 Battleship PKWY
Mobile, AL, 36601
334-433-2703

URL : http://ussalabama.com

overview : The recipient of nine WWII Battle Stars, the Battleship ALABAMA and her crew of 2,500 saw action in the Atlantic for a year before joining the Pacific Fleet in mid-1943. There she fought at such key locations as Leyte, the Gilbert Islands and Okinawa. After the signing of the war-ending surrender documents in September 1945, ALABAMA, or the “Mighty A,” as she was known, led the American Fleet into Tokyo Bay.

topics : maritime, American, military, history