Field Trip to the U.S.S. Alabama Battleship

[seger98]

When I was in Grade School we kids gave our lunch money one day to begin the fund to buy the Battleship ALABAMA and bring it to Mobile from Va. I think it was a state wide effort that day.

That is very interesting! You'd think that would have made mention of that someplace.

really good pics Chris, that thing's a beast, hard to believe how sophisticated todays modern warships are compared to this class. 4 props each weighing 18.5 tons, unreal! According to the plaque it only saw 5 years of action, that seems pretty shortlived to me. 22 confirmed downed enemy planes is what I'm talking about! get some.

Yeah, I was truly amazed! The submarine was really cool too. I think I liked that even more.

went there last july....fun trip but it was so hot you could not stay in the ship long

That's a bummer, hope ya didn't miss too much. We pretty much had it all to ourselves.

 

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[Burdie]

I believe my dad served on her for awhile. Spent most of his time patching holes if I remember correctly. Saw it on the way to the hunt.

Burdie

 

[CanadianTrout]

Being a big history buff that is one OUTSTANDING battleship!

Thanks, enjoyed the pics a lot!

 

[kiddrock33]

outstanding photography is that a sr-71 spyplane?

 

[seger98]

outstanding photography is that a sr-71 spyplane?

The black one? I don't know for sure, they didn't have any of the planes marked, I thought it was a stealth fighter?

 

[Monty]

I drove by the ship once on the way to Fla. to a military base in the late 1960s. I was impressed! Also impressed by the tunnel that ran under Mobile Bay! Yes, that is an SR-71. I was stationed at an AWACS squadron in Orlando and the SR71 flew out of there once a week. It's mission was classified TOP SECRET, NEED TO KNOW ONLY. I don't know where it went but we tracked it on radar until it was out of range and then picked it up on the way back and vectored it into the base. When it flew it came out of the hanger on it's takeoff roll and had priority over everything else. When it came back it went directly into its hanger and never came out unless it was going on a mission. I was in the command post and had to notify the Air Force Command Post in the Pentagon when it left and when it came back. We used a code word and never gave our name or rank. One day a flight line driver took a picture of it and he was spread eagled and the film ripped out of his camera. Later I found out it could fly nearly 4,000 mph and was the fastest airplane ever built. It could outrun antiaircraft rockets. Monty

 

[seger98]

I drove by the ship once on the way to Fla. to a military base in the late 1960s. I was impressed! Also impressed by the tunnel that ran under Mobile Bay! Yes, that is an SR-71. I was stationed at an AWACS squadron in Orlando and the SR71 flew out of there once a week. It's mission was classified TOP SECRET, NEED TO KNOW ONLY. I don't know where it went but we tracked it on radar until it was out of range and then picked it up on the way back and vectored it into the base. When it flew it came out of the hanger on it's takeoff roll and had priority over everything else. When it came back it went directly into its hanger and never came out unless it was going on a mission. I was in the command post and had to notify the Air Force Command Post in the Pentagon when it left and when it came back. We used a code word and never gave our name or rank. One day a flight line driver took a picture of it and he was spread eagled and the film ripped out of his camera. Later I found out it could fly nearly 4,000 mph and was the fastest airplane ever built. It could outrun antiaircraft rockets. Monty

Wow, that is very interesting, thank you Monty for sharing that.

Chris