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
The South Dakota class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th state; the first were designed in the
USS Alabama (BB-60)
…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 War II. The first American battleships designed after the Washington…
South Dakota under construction in April 1940
South Dakota shows the range of independent elevation of her main guns
Massachusetts' 5-inch gun battery