While I'm spending time in Mobile, AL for a conference I snuck away and spent some time aboard the USS Alabama. The thing is huge and photos don't do it justice. There is one sense of scale when you're on the deck, then you go below deck and keep finding room after room and story after story. I've uploaded a photoset from the afternoon. The bottom photo here is from the engine room. Lots of tubes :-)
Visitor Comments
Joah,
Great meeting you tonight. Your pictures of the battleship are terrific. I've been there many times and you make it look great. I'm really looking forward to your presentations tomorrow. Thank you for joining us.
-s
Posted by: Sharee Broussard | September 17, 2007 11:59 PM
Thanks for the reminder. Haven't been there since Boys' State (22 years ago!)
Gotta take the kids one day soon...
Posted by: Ike | September 18, 2007 10:15 AM
Despite being from Pensacola, I have never visited the battleship. However, after many storms and many dry summers, I can recall seeing the USS Alabama tour area underwater. It's crazy to think how much that ship has gone through.
Posted by: Ryan Dumas | September 19, 2007 9:37 PM
I never pass up an opportunity to visit old ships... thanks for posting.
Posted by: Allan Jenkins | September 28, 2007 11:27 AM
In spite of being from Pensacola, I have been so many times visited the battleship. However, after many snowstorm and many dry summers, I can recall seeing the USS Alabama tour area underwater. I am dam crazy about that.
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Posted by: eric | July 28, 2008 6:52 AM
Is the engine on there a steam engine or a diesel engine? Do you know why they scrapped the USS South Dakota the sister ship of USS Alabama.
Thank you, Dakota Moore
Posted by: Dakota Moore | March 8, 2009 7:54 PM