USS Alabama - The Mighty A
Jan 8, 2020 17:08:11 #
Arcadia1969 wrote:
Thanks for posting. I’ve passed her a number of times on interstate 10, now I must stop and take the tour!
Thank you Arcadia1969! That was kind of how / why I stopped, driving by. Leave yourself at least half day as there is also a submarine and a small aircraft museum in the tour.
Jan 8, 2020 17:08:15 #
Thank you Susan, Earnest, Annie! I mentioned in another comment being able to get inside the gun turrets. If you take all the stairs down, they also have the area open down below the guns where these huge shells were stored and sent up an small elevator into the guns. The whole think is fascinating, include the ice cream shop near the ship's mess.
Jan 8, 2020 17:36:26 #
I have driven by this ship many times on IH10. I've always wanted to stop and enter. Passing that way again in April and a visit this time for sure. Wonderful images as well as the history of the ship. Thanks for posting.
Jan 8, 2020 17:36:47 #
Thanks Paul for sharing the photos and the narrative. Interesting history in pictures and words!
Jan 8, 2020 17:39:17 #
Paul,
Thanks for great photos. I am former Navy and also an amateur radio operator. While touring the Battleship New Jersey BB62, berthed across the Delaware River from my home, I was invited to operate the ship’s ham station in the radio room. With amazing luck, I made contact with the USS Alabama and had a nice chat. Your photos actually show the antenna used for my radio contact. Thanks again for showing an old friend
Bob, W3BIG
Thanks for great photos. I am former Navy and also an amateur radio operator. While touring the Battleship New Jersey BB62, berthed across the Delaware River from my home, I was invited to operate the ship’s ham station in the radio room. With amazing luck, I made contact with the USS Alabama and had a nice chat. Your photos actually show the antenna used for my radio contact. Thanks again for showing an old friend
Bob, W3BIG
Jan 8, 2020 17:43:43 #
I toured the Iowa-class USS New Jersey and the Spanish American War Protected Cruiser USS Olympia (they sit across the river from one another) in the same day.
The most interesting (and missing the most parts) ship I ever toured was the Russo-Japanese War battleship Mikasa just South of Tokyo. She is the only surviving pre-Dreadnaught battleship, built by Vickers in England at the end of the 19th century and a rough contemporary of the USS Olympia.
The most interesting (and missing the most parts) ship I ever toured was the Russo-Japanese War battleship Mikasa just South of Tokyo. She is the only surviving pre-Dreadnaught battleship, built by Vickers in England at the end of the 19th century and a rough contemporary of the USS Olympia.
Jan 8, 2020 18:11:22 #
Jan 8, 2020 18:18:39 #
Thanks for posting these wonderful B&W photos. My father served in the Navy in the Pacific theater in WWII. I remember that he had a packet of photos of the different classes of ships used in WWII. Your photos remind me of those photos, especially 1 and 2.
Jan 8, 2020 19:52:28 #
Imo, there is nothing afloat on the brinny as a US Battlewagon.
Jan 8, 2020 20:12:57 #
Very nice series and history lesson. Really appreciate it.
Jan 8, 2020 21:43:10 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Thank you Arcadia1969! That was kind of how / why I stopped, driving by. Leave yourself at least half day as there is also a submarine and a small aircraft museum in the tour.
Thanks. Next time we drive out to see my sister-in-law on Florida I will have something to look forward to. 😉
Jan 8, 2020 23:19:48 #
Great photos and dissertation. You've provided a great history of this great warrior battleship. Mahalo Paul for sharing.
Jan 8, 2020 23:52:11 #
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Jan 9, 2020 01:14:36 #
wapiti wrote:
I have driven by this ship many times on IH10. I've always wanted to stop and enter. Passing that way again in April and a visit this time for sure. Wonderful images as well as the history of the ship. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Bill! Hopefully, the weather will be good and you'll have a half day, at least, for a visit to all they have to offer along with the Alabama.
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