• Thumbnail for USS Alabama (BB-8)
    USS Alabama (BB-8) was an Illinois-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy. She was the second ship of her class, and the second...
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  • Mexican–American War. USS Alabama (1850), a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the American Civil War. USS Alabama (BB-8), a pre-dreadnought...
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    prototype from Nvidia as presented on CES 2017 Black Brant 8, a Canadian sounding rocket USS Alabama (BB-8), a United States Navy pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Alabama (BB-60)
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Nebraska (BB-14)
    USS Nebraska (BB-14) was a Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second of five members of the class, and the first...
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    HI USS Utah (ex-BB-31) - Pearl Harbor National Memorial, HI Museum ships USS Alabama (BB-60) - Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL USS Iowa (BB-61)...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
    USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first...
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    USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Maine (BB-10)
    USS Maine (BB-10), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
    USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Massachusetts (BB-2)
    Battleship Number 2 in anticipation that her name could be reused for USS Massachusetts (BB-54) (laid down April 1921). In 1921, she was scuttled in shallow...
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  • Thumbnail for Illinois-class battleship
    commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The three ships, Illinois, Alabama, and Wisconsin, were built between 1896 and 1901. They were transitional...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Kearsarge (BB-5)
    USS Kearsarge (BB-5), was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy and lead ship of her class of battleships. She was named after the sloop-of-war...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Texas (BB-35)
    USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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  • Thumbnail for Olaf M. Hustvedt
    cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) as his flagship, also commanded a U.S. Navy task force centered around the battleships USS Alabama (BB-60) and USS South...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Kearsarge (1861)
    USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France during the...
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  • Thumbnail for USS New Jersey (BB-16)
    USS New Jersey (BB-16) was the fourth of five Virginia-class battleships of the United States Navy, and the first ship to carry her name. She was laid...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Indiana (BB-58)
    USS Indiana (BB-58) was the second of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships...
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  • Thumbnail for 13-inch/35-caliber gun
    United States Navy, Indiana-class, Kearsarge-class and Illinois-class; USS Iowa (BB-4) used the 12-inch (305 mm)/35 caliber gun. The Navy's Policy Board...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
    USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American...
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  • Thumbnail for Robert P. Briscoe
    World War I he served on the battleship USS Alabama (BB-8) of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and on the destroyer USS Roe (DD-24), operating from Brest, France...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Missouri (BB-63)
    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Illinois (BB-7)
    USS Illinois (BB-7) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Illinois class, and was the second...
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  • illustrate the importance of air power). Kearns would bomb both the USS Alabama (BB-8) and the USS San Marcos during these demonstrations. Along with Colorado...
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  • Thumbnail for USS New Hampshire (1864)
    USS New Hampshire was a 2,633-ton ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but after being laid down in June 1819, she remained...
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    AlabamaUSS Alabama (BB-60) Battleship USS Iowa Museum; San Pedro, California - USS Iowa (BB-61) Battleship Cove; Fall River, Massachusetts – USS...
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    Mississippi, then towed to Germany for outfitting) USS Iowa (BB-61) USS Wisconsin (BB-64) In Decatur, Alabama, Ingalls Shipbuilding built barges and type B...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Washington (BB-56)
    USS Washington (BB-56) was the second and final member of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Wisconsin (BB-9)
    USS Wisconsin (BB-9), an Illinois-class pre-dreadnought battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 30th state. She was...
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  • Thumbnail for Eli Thompson Fryer
    commanding Marine detachments aboard the USS Louisiana (BB-19), USS New Hampshire (BB-25) and USS Alabama (BB-8). Fryer was assigned to Pensacola, Florida...
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