U.S.S. Alabama
BB-60
1943
(Neptun 1301T)
- Class: South Dakota - 4 battleships of 1938
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 666(wl) 680(oa) x 108.25 x 29.25 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 130,000 = 28 knots
- Armor: belt 18 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/45 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 48-40mm (12x4) A.A. guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA
- Keel Laid: 1 Feb 1940
- Launched: 16 Feb 1942
- Commissioned: 16 Aug 1942
- Decommissioned: 27 Mar 1947
- Stricken: 1 Jun 1962
- Actions: British Home Fleet 1943, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Marianas, Palau, Leyte Gulf, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944-45. Preserved as memorial in Mobile, Alabama. Shown in Measure 15 Disruptive System camouflage.
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