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"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
.
* , 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 ...
.
* , 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, protec ...
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 commissioned in 1942, converted to a museum ship in 1964 and now docked in
Mobile, Alabama.
* , an currently in service.
Fictional
* ''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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