April 17, 2024
Photo Negative A, US Navy Battleship USS ALABAMA BB-60
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Vintage B & W Photo Negative (A), US Battleship USS ALABAMA BB-60, FORWARD DECK Professional Vintage photo negative taken by Dan Hardesty, Sports Editor of the Baton Rouge Louisiana State Times , on a summer trip, 1966. Dimensions approx. 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". In excellent condition (see scan). USS Alabama is one of four battleships of the South Dakota Class built during World War II. Her keel was laid by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on February 1, 1940. She was launched on February 16, 1942 and commissioned on August 16, 1942. Her first commanding officer was Captain George B. Wilson. After commissioning, Alabama spent several weeks in the Chesapeake Bay, w she did her shakedown cruise. She then proceeded, in the company of her sister USS South Dakota (BB-57), to assist the British Fleet in the North Atlantic, providing convoy escort. In August of 1943 Alabama and South Dakota returned to Norfolk for overhaul, and then proceeded to the Pacific Theater of Operations. In the Pacific, Alabama served in many roles. She sailed with the carriers as an anti-aircraft escort, shooting down 22 kamikaze attackers. Her 16-inch guns provided shore bombardment in places such as the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and the Japanese homeland, near Tokyo. When the war ended, Alabama participated in the occupation of Japan. On September 20, 1945 she departed
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