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
HMS Howe (32)
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HMS Howe was the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Glasgow she was laid down on 1 June 1937 and launche
Howe in the Suez Canal on her way to the Pacific Ocean in July 1944
Howe's "B" turret in Sydney in 1944
Howe in Auckland in 1945
Howe (right), and Vanguard in reserve at Devonport in 1956