USS Alabama (BB-60)
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USS Alabama, hull number BB-60, is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1940s during World Wa
USS Alabama in Casco Bay in 1942
USS Alabama at permanent berth.
Alabama's foremast, showing the Mk 8 radar atop the Mk 38 main battery director; note the Mk 4 radar (right) for the secondary battery
Alabama fires a salvo during exercises with the British Home Fleet in 1943
Escort carrier
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The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier, also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slower type of aircraf
Escort carrier HMS Audacity
USS Gambier Bay, burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese heavy cruiser (faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.
Model of the Casablanca-class Gambier Bay at USS Midway museum