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USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is the sixth Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, and the seventh United States vessel to be named for the state of Alabama. The boat's motto duplicates the state's motto, Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere ("We dare defend our rights").
In May 1962, USS Alabama had been ordered scrapped along with her South Dakota-class sister ships, USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, and USS Massachusetts. [4] Citizens of the state of Alabama had formed the "USS Alabama Battleship Commission" to raise funds for the preservation of Alabama as a memorial to the men and women who served in World War II.
USS Alabama (SP-1052), a 69-foot motor boat inspected by the Navy in the summer of 1917 and assigned the designation SP-1052. USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship commissioned in 1942, converted to a museum ship in 1964 and now docked in Mobile, Alabama. USS Alabama (SSBN-731), an Ohio-class submarine currently in service.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Last U.S. Navy submarine to be named after a fish until USS Seawolf (SSN-21). SSN-685 Glenard P. Lipscomb: Unique attack submarine design using turbo-electric transmission. SSN-686 L. Mendel Rivers: SSN-687 Richard B. Russell: SSN-688 Los Angeles: Lead boat of her class of 62. Was active for 34 years, 3 months. SSN-689 Baton Rouge: SSN-690 ...
The Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) located in Mobile, Alabama, was one of the largest marine production facilities in the United States during the 20th century. It began operation in 1917, and expanded dramatically during World War II ; with 30,000 workers, including numerous African Americans and women, it became the largest ...
USS Alabama (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. The first American battleships designed after the Washington Treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns ...
USS Clamagore: South Carolina 29 June 1989: Patriot's Point: 24: USS Cobia: Wisconsin 14 January 1986: 25: USS Cod: Ohio 14 January 1986: The USS COD Submarine Memorial is a National Historic Landmark and is docked in Cleveland, Ohio. 26: Columbia (excursion steamer) Michigan 6 July 1992: 27: Constellation: Maryland 23 May 1963: 28