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Building & Fitting Out / 1940 - October 1942
Shakedown Cruise / November 1942 - March 1943
War in the Atlantic /April 1943 - July 1943
Post War - 1963
1964 - Present
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 | 87k | August, 1943 post refit trials off Norfolk. Flag bridge is plated in, she carries ten quadruple 40mm mounts, and circle indicates enlarged radar platform for the soon to be fitted, SK-2 dish air search unit. | USN photo. | |
 | 160k | The stern shot was taken at her 1943 refit at Norfolk, 20 August 1943. She is carrying ten 40mm quadruple A.A. mounts, her ultimate battery, at that time. She ended the war with twelve mounts and was never fitted with the new ultimate, eighteen mounts, like the Massachusetts (BB-59) carried. | USNHC # NH 57498, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 83k | Underway, view from port, August 1943. | USN photo. | |
 | 77k | Gilberts Operation, November 1943. Ships of Task Force 50 en route to the Gilberts and Marshalls to support the invasions of Makin and Tarawa, 12 November 1943. Ships are (l-r): Alabama (BB-60); Indiana (BB-58), in distance, camouflaged; and Monterey (CVL-26). Photographed from Lexington (CV-16). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-204917, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
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175k | Gilberts Operation, November 1943. Ships of Task Force 50 en route to the Gilberts and Marshalls to support the invasions of Makin and Tarawa, 12 November 1943. Alabama (BB-60) photo taken by Monterey (CVL26). Indiana (BB-58) is in the distance, camouflaged. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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118k | Crew at work at one of the control stands in 1943. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 112k | Underway in the Pacific with Task Force 58.2, circa 1943-44. Taken by a Essex (CV-9) photographer. | USNHC # 80-G-300907, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
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209k | The battleships South Dakota (BB-57), Alabama (BB-60) and North Carolina (BB-55) as seen from the Essex class carrier Intrepid CV-11 on 25 January, 1944. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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55k | South Dakota (BB-57) followed by Alabama (BB-60) on their way to the Marshalls to shell Roi and Namur islands on 1 February 1944. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/28/08. | |
 | 47k | Underway in the Pacific near Majuro, December 1944. | USN photo. | |
 | 63k | Alabama (BB-60) sometime in 1945. | USN photo courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 136k | As inclined in February 1945, the Alabama (BB-60) shows a pair of Mark 577 antiaircraft directors abaft her after main battery fire control center, as well as the vent trunking, range finder and sights of her No.3 turret. Note also the large vent just below the 40mm mount. The forward main battery fire control tower carries another of the unidentified flat antennas, just below the searchlights. The photo of her rig, dated 13 March, shows the small radome of an SU, which replaced her forward SG surface-search set. Below it is the fat radome of a TDY-1A jammer, sharing a platform with an SK-2 air search antenna. The mainmast air-search antenna is an SC-2. The spike just visible on the forward edge of the fire control tower was presumably associated with the flat-faced antenna there. | Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 113k | As inclined in February 1945, the Alabama (BB-60) shows a pair of Mark 577 antiaircraft directors abaft her after main battery fire control center, as well as the vent trunking, range finder and sights of her No.3 turret. Note also the large vent just below the 40mm mount. The forward main battery fire control tower carries another of the unidentified flat antennas, just below the searchlights. The photo of her rig, dated 13 March, shows the small radome of an SU, which replaced her forward SG surface-search set. Below it is the fat radome of a TDY-1A jammer, sharing a platform with an SK-2 air search antenna. The mainmast air-search antenna is an SC-2. The spike just visible on the forward edge of the fire control tower was presumably associated with the flat-faced antenna there. | Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 117k | Bridge detail shot was taken at Puget Sound in February, 1945, at her final refit. The bridge walkway has been enclosed and she is being inclined, as evidenced by the weights (cases numbered 10 and 9 on her deck). She is receiving her final 40mm A.A. addition and is being prepared to receive guns in the incomplete gun tub atop #2 turret. Her side hull recess has bolted manhole covers which provide access to her outer hull. | USN photo. | |
 | 45k | Anchored in Puget Sound following refit. Note the angles of 16 inch barrels showing their independent elevation capabilities, 15 March 1945. | USN photo # 1328-45, courtesy of Mike Green. | |
 | 48k | Same view as above, starboard view. | USN photo. | |
 | 167k | The last ship built of the South Dakota class. She is shown here after her final WW2 refit at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Photo taken 22 March 1945 on post refit trials. | USN photo. | |
 | 295k | Bow on view of the Alabama (BB-60) in March 1945 after her last wartime overhaul at Puget Sound. | USN photo # 80188, courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 402k | Stern view of the Alabama (BB-60) in March 1945 after her last wartime overhaul at Puget Sound. | USN photo # 80189 courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 67k | The Alabama (BB-60) inboard profile, 1945. | Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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589k | Taken in 1945. Note the SC-1 Seahawks atop her catapults, the spare EDO float and her new radar outfit. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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269k | The United States battleships Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB-59) and Alabama (BB-60) form a line ahead during target practice as seen from the South Dakota (BB-57), 1945. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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