Key Points – The USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class fast battleship commissioned in 1942, played a significant role in World War II. -Initially tasked with escorting Allied convoys to the ...

From 1943 to 1945, the USS Alabama fought in the Pacific theater during World War II. Now, the 680-foot ship rests in Mobile, Alabama, as the star attraction of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial ...

The Alabama’s World War II adventures began in the North Atlantic in 1943 -- then later that year -- went to the South Pacific seas. USS Alabama earned 9 Battlestars.

Their speed (27 knots, versus 32-35 knots for the Iowa-class and virtually all new fleet carriers of the World War II era) worked against their retention.<BR><BR>Massachusetts and Alabama became ...

MOBILE, Ala. – The USS Alabama in Mobile draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. But one recent guest went aboard hoping to remember his service during World War II. Ron Vogel ...