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The USS Alabama is docked in Mobile Bay.
USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park opened to the public on January 9, 1965, but the Battleship was towed into her current position in October 1964.
USS Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
The USS ALABAMA was not sailed to Alabama, but it was towed by two ocean-going tugboats from Bremerton, Washington to Mobile, Alabama from July 7, 1964 arriving in Mobile on September 14, 1964.
Other USS Alabama's have been a part of the US Fleet but the best known is a Battleship the BB-60 which is in display at Mobile Bay.
USS Alabama in Mobile Bay;Moundville, Indian Mounds;Little River Canyon.
No, the USS Alabama (BB-60), a fast battleship, was under construction at Norfolk, Virginia at the time that Pearl Harbor was attacked. The USS Alabama survived the war, was decommisioned and is now docked at Mobile, Alabama as a naval museum.
USS Alabama on Mobile Bay is the number one tourist attraction in the state. Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores beach area. Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines. NASA Space Center in Huntsville.
The Union fleet at the Battle of Mobile Bay was Admiral David Farragut. The battle began on August 5, 1864. The USS Tecumseh was a monitor type warship and hit a torpedo and sunk during this battle.
Naval operations in the US Civil War were primarily riverine operations; with the exceptions of the USS Kearsarge/CSS Alabama fight and naval blockades. The Battle of Mobile Bay was still part of riverine operations, as riverine boats and rivers flowed into the bay.
The ships were the heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and the light cruisers USS Birmingham (CL-62) and USS Mobile (CL-63).