USS Alabama

At least six United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.

• The USS Alabama (1819), was a 74-gun ship of the line, laid down in 1819, though never completed as such. She was eventually launched in 1864 as the storeship USS New Hampshire.

• The USS Alabama (1849), was a sidewheel steamer transferred to the Navy in 1849 that served as a troop transport during the Mexican-American War.

• The USS Alabama (1861), was a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the American Civil War.

• The USS Alabama (BB-8), was a pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned in 1900 and scrapped in 1924. This is the ship referred to in the song "Oceana Roll".

• The USS Alabama (SP-1052), was a 69-foot motor boat inspected by the Navy in the summer of 1917 and assigned the designation SP-1052.

• The USS Alabama (BB-60), was a South Dakota class battleship commissioned in 1942, converted to a museum ship in 1964 and is now docked in Mobile, Alabama.

• The USS Alabama (SSBN-731), is an Ohio-class submarine currently in service.

See also

• CSS Alabama
• SS Alabama
• MV Maersk Alabama, the merchant ship involved in a 2009 piracy incident

Source

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.