USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park is dedicated to honoring all Alabama Veterans who have participated in all conflicts of the United States Armed Forces. It has been self-sufficient since opening on January 9, 1965 and depends solely on admissions and park revenue for daily operations.

The Alabama was commissioned August 16, 1942. She earned 9 battle stars, and shot down 22 enemy airplanes during WW II. The ship is 680 feet in length, with a beam of 108 ft 2". She is registered at 35,000 tons, but under battle conditions, she weighed in at well over 45,000 tons. Her assigned crew was 127 officers and 2,205 enlisted, but she normally had a crew of about 2,500 men aboard.