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 | 61k | A white phosphorus bomb explodes on a mast top, while the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in use as a target in Chesapeake Bay, 23 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. | Photo # 57483, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 112k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) is hit by a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, September 1921. An Army DH-4 type single-engine bomber is flying nearby. | Photo # 924, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 83k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1). This photograph has been hand-tinted in colors. | Photograph # NH 263-KN, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 43k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) sunken wreck in Chesapeake Bay, photographed from off her starboard side, circa 1921. She had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September of that year. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 57491. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. | |
 | 88k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) serving as a bombing target in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. A U.S. Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying in the right foreground. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1), both of which had previously been used as targets. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # 80-G-424471. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. | |
 | 104k | View on board the sunken wreck of the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in Chesapeake Bay, after she had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September 1921. This photograph looks forward from amidships, showing a boat crane, collapsed smokestacks and other wreckage. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52586. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. | |
 | 86k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) officers pose on the ship's after deck in September 1921, immediately before the commencement of the bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama was the target. Third from left, wearing an old-style uniform and large binoculars, is Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN, who was then assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance. | USNHC # NH 104540. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 114k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) officers pose on the ship's after deck in September 1921, immediately before the commencement of the bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama was the target. Third from left, wearing an old-style uniform and large binoculars, is Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN, who was then assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance. | USNHC # NH 104541. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 82k | Montage of six photographs taken during the early phases of September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show the ship before the bombing began, a U.S. Army Martin bomber laying a smoke screen near the ship, and smoke screens near the ship and enveloping her. | USNHC # NH 104538. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 99k | Montage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show the ship under attack with phosphorus bombs. In two of the photos (middle-right and lower-left) the sunken hulk of ex-Indiana (BB-01) is visible in the left distance. | USNHC # NH 104539. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 86k | Montage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show the ship being enveloped by a smoke screen during the second day of the tests, a simulated torpedo attack by four U.S. Army Martin bombers, the explosion of two 300-pound bombs on the ship's forecastle, and damage caused by the explosion of those bombs. | USNHC # NH 104542. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 114k | Montage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show demolition bomb attacks on the ship, which was sunk in shallow water as a result of damage received from these and other bombs. | USNHC # NH 104543. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 57k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) serving as a bombing target in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. A U.S. Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying in the right foreground. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1), both of which had previously been used as targets. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 57492. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. | |
 | 57k | View on board the sunken wreck of the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in Chesapeake Bay, after she had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September 1921. This photograph looks forward from to starboard of the forward 13"/35 gun turret, showing the deck blown upward as a result of a bomb explosion inside the bow. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52583. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. | |
 | 52k | View on board the sunken wreck of the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in Chesapeake Bay, after she had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September 1921. This photograph looks forward from the stern, showing the after 13"/35 gun turret and "cage" mainmast. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52584. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. | |
 | 50k | Officers examine damage on the ship's deck, during bombing tests in which she was the target, September 1921. The smoke may come from remnants of a phosphorus bomb. At left, with his back to the camera, is Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN, who was then serving with the Bureau of Ordnance. | USNHC # NH 104544. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
 | 118k | Ship's hulk being scrapped at the Union Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 June 1928. Alabama (BB-8) had been sunk in bombing tests in September 1921 and had to be raised for scrapping. Note the cofferdam used to seal her hull amidships, and the dished-in side plating caused by near-miss bomb explosions. | Photograph # 19-N-11926, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
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