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76k | Hull test model for the South Dakota class (BB-57 - 60) battleships. Hull model number 3536, photographed at the Experimental Model Basin, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., in 1938. Note the widely spaced skegs, supporting the outboard propeller shafts, that were a unique feature of this battleship class. Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946. | USNHC # NH 93908, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 141k | 1 February 1940 photo of the keel laying for Alabama (BB-60) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Her captains would be: Wilson, George Barry, CAPT 1: [16.08.1942 / 17.03.1943] Dietrich, Neil Kittrell, CDR (temporary) 2: [17.03.1943 / 20.03.1943 CAPT Wilson Kirtland] Fred Durell, CAPT 3 [20.03.1943 / 12.08.1944] Murphy, Vincent Raphael, CAPT 4 [12.08.1944 / 18.01.1945] Goggins, William Bernard, CAPT 5 [18.01.1945 / 26.11.1945] Pierce, Edward Harris, CAPT 6 [26.11.1945 / 12.08.1946] Bailey, Claude Fenn, CDR 7 [12.08.1946 / 20.08.1946] Phillips, Charles B., CAPT 8 [20.08.1946 / 09.01.1947] | Official U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green / Leeward Publications "SHIP'S DATA". Captains text courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves. |
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 | 248k | Part 2 of "16 Gun Turret General Arangement Plan View # 78541-143 for Massachusetts (BB-59), dated 6 Oct. 1941. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 184k | Alabama (BB-60) is seen on 15 February 1942, the day before launching. The ways are cleared, the launching platform is in position and the poppet is in position under the bow. Note the sign on the front of the poppet, for the benefit of newsreel cameras at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. | Official U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green / Leeward Publications "SHIP'S DATA". | |
 | 186k | Launching schedule board for the Alabama (BB-60). The 12-hour launching sequence involved 36 precisely timed operations, including removal of various shoring which were all color coded to insure their removal in correct order. | Official U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green / Leeward Publications "SHIP'S DATA". | |
 | 158k | Launching of the Alabama (BB-60) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 16 February 1942. | USNHC # NH 75608, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 133k | Launching, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 16 February 1942. | Official U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green / Leeward Publications "SHIP'S DATA". | |
 | 144 | Launching, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 16 February 1942. | Official U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green / Leeward Publications "SHIP'S DATA". | |
 | 148k | Circa Feb-Aug 1942 of the ship being fitted out at Norfolk Navy Yard. The ex-battleship Kearsarge (AB-1) is moored next to the Alabama (BB-60) for lifting the 16" gun barrels into place. Main and secondary gun turrets are being fabricated and the smoke indicates that some of the boilers have been lit off. | Courtesy of Mike Green from Leeward Publications/ SHIP'S DATA 2 and (2 & 3) Naval Supply News, Volume 5, No. 18, 6 September 1946 by the U.S. Naval Station at Seattle, Washington. | |
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