At least seven
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
ships have been named ''Alabama'', after the southern state of
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
.
* , 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''.
* , a sidewheel steamer transferred to the Navy in 1849 that served as a troop transport during the Mexican–American War.
* , a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
.
* , a
pre-dreadnought battleship
Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late- 1880s and 1905, before the launch of in 1906. The pre-dreadnought ships replaced the ironclad battleships of the 1870s and 1880s. Built from steel, prote ...
commissioned in 1900 and scrapped in 1924.
* , a 69-foot motor boat inspected by the Navy in the summer of 1917 and assigned the designation SP-1052.
* , a
battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1880s to describe a type of ...
commissioned in 1942, converted to a museum ship in 1964 and now docked in
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ...
.
* , an currently in service.
See also
* ''USS Alabama'' was the French title for the film ''
Crimson Tide'', which was set on the eponymous submarine.
See also
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*, the merchant ship involved in a 2009 piracy incident
Sources
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United States Navy ship names