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ALABAMA (BB 60)

BATTLESHIP

UIC:03060
Class:BB 57 Fleet:
Status:Donated as a Museum and Memorial Homeport:
Date status changed:06/11/1964 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NAV SY/NORFOLK
Delivery Date:11/10/1942
Award Date:04/01/1939 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):21.6 years
Keel Date:02/01/1940 Commission Date:08/16/1942
Launch Date:02/16/1942 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)22.3 years Decommission Date:01/09/1947
Years from Commission to Decommission: 4.4
Stricken Date: 06/01/1962

Overall Length: 680 ft Waterline Length:666 ft
Extreme Beam:108 ft Waterline Beam:0 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft:36 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:35000 tons Full Displacement:44374 tons
Dead Weight:9374 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 4
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 127 Enlisted: 2205

Remarks: ALABAMA IS LOCATED AT THE USS ALABAMA BATTLESHIP COMMISSION, BATTLESHIP MEMORIAL
PARK, 2703 BATTLESHIP PARKWAY, MOBILE, AL. SHE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGIST
ER OF HISTORIC PLACES, REF. NO. 86000083 AND DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LAND
MARK ON 1/14/1986.





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