Mobile Bay (/moʊˈbiːl/ moh-BEEL) is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed...
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The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral...
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locally for a natural phenomenon that occurs sporadically on the shores of Mobile Bay, a large body of water on Alabama's Gulf Coast. During a jubilee many...
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USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) was a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser that served in the United States Navy from 1987 to 2023. She is named for the naval...
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The Mobile BayBears were a Minor League Baseball team based in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The team, which played in the Southern League, served as...
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saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played...
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List of former American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams (redirect from Mobile Bay Hurricanes)
Blues Mississippi Miracles Missouri Rhythm → Kansas City Soul Mobile Bay Hurricanes Mobile Bay Tornados Modesto Bearcats Modesto Hawks Monroe Magicians Montreal...
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USCGC Mobile Bay (WTGB-103) is an active icebreaking tug under the direction of the United States Coast Guard. Her homeport is located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin...
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"Mobile Bay" (/ˈmoʊbiːl/) is a song written by Curly Putman and David Kirby and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his Billy Sherrill–produced 1981...
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into the area of Mobile Bay as early as 1500, with the bay being marked on early Spanish maps as the Bahía del Espíritu Santo (Bay of the Holy Spirit)...
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The Mobile River flows through the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta and reaches Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico just east of downtown Mobile. The Mobile River...
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gun captain aboard the USS Richmond, Jackson served in the Battle of Mobile Bay. He also disarmed multiple naval mines and once picked up a live grenade...
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Middle Bay Light, also known as Middle Bay Lighthouse and Mobile Bay Lighthouse, is an active hexagonal-shaped cottage style screw-pile lighthouse. The...
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the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S...
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Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The population was 22,477 at the 2020 census. Fairhope is a principal...
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United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 170 miles southwest of the state capital...
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Gaillard Island (category Mobile Bay)
located in Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama. It was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, using sand and mud dredged from the Mobile Bay ship channel...
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Alabama in the American Civil War (section Mobile Bay)
blockade runners, until the Battle of Mobile Bay (Aug 1864) and the Battle of Fort Blakeley (April 1865) forced Mobile to surrender the last major Confederate...
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order of battle for the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. Commander : Rear Admiral David Farragut 14 wooden ships:...
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Mobile Bay is a natural bay off the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is on the eastern shore of the Avalon...
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USS Galena (1862) (section Battle of Mobile Bay)
Gulf Blockading Squadron in 1864. The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay and the subsequent Siege of Fort Morgan in August. She was briefly transferred...
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USS Brooklyn (1858) (section Battle of Mobile Bay)
Battle of Mobile Bay: "A Deadly Rain of Shot and Shell"". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved September 25, 2015. "The Battle of Mobile Bay: "Damn the...
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War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. She survived until 1956, when she sank awaiting restoration at...
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Armando Gonzales, USN (26 February 2013). "Mobile Bay, Chevalier Paul Train at Sea". NNS130226-06. USS Mobile Bay Public Affairs. Retrieved 10 March 2013...
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Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel...
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north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is Montgomery, and...
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List of rivers of Alabama (section Mobile Bay)
Portage Creek By far, the Mobile drainage basin is the largest in Alabama Bon Secour River Magnolia River Fish River Blakeley River Bay Minette Creek Apalachee...
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located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 10,049. It is a suburb of Mobile and is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley...
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Jason Caffey (category Sportspeople from Mobile, Alabama)
head coach of the American Basketball Association's Mobile Bay Hurricanes. Caffey was born in Mobile, Alabama and played basketball at Davidson High School...
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The Mobile Bay Sailing Disaster was a maritime disaster during the 57th Annual Dauphin Island Yacht Race, in Mobile Bay, Alabama on April 25, 2015. The...
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