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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. | Official U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green / Leeward Publications "SHIP'S DATA". |
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64k | Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one one-thousandth of the manpower engaged in the construction of Uncle Sam's new $70,000,000 battleship, the Alabama (BB-60), which is scheduled to be launched in February, 1942. Approximately 3000 men are working to complete this mighty mistress of the seas. The men above are skilled ship fitters. | Library of Congress # LC-USE6-D-001672, courtesy of Mike Green. Photo added 09/22/11. | |
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83k | Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These men are putting in some of the hundreds of thousands of rivets on the huge 70 million dollar battleship Alabama (BB-60), under construction at the Norfolk Yard. The ship is scheduled for launching in February 1942 | Library of Congress # LC-USE6-D-0017, courtesy of Mike Green. Photo added 09/22/11. | |
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101k | Behind the scaffolding is one of the most powerful ships ever built, the Alabama (BB-60), which is scheduled to be launched in February, 1942. This 70 million dollar super dreadnought is one of several powerful additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly growing fleet under construction at the Norfolk Navy Yard | Library of Congress # LC-USE6-D-001701, courtesy of Mike Green. Photo added 09/22/11. | |
 | 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". | |
 | 95k | A steel southern belle for the Alabama (BB-60). | Photo from the War Diary USS Alabama 1942 - 1944 via Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 148k | A print by the artist John Taylor Arms: from the U.S. Navy Series No. 1: Battle Wagon- Alabama (BB-60) Outfitting at Norfolk Navy Yard, Crance Ship Kearsarge (AB-1) Alongside-1942. | Courtesy of Stephen F. Fixx, Cleveland Museum of Art. | |
 | 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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