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Building & Fitting Out / 1940 - October 1942
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![]() | 868k | Aerial view of Alabama (BB-60), 10 September 1945 as she left Pearl Harbor for the States. | USN photo #355416, courtesy of David Buell. | |
![]() | 212k | Alabama (BB-60) arriving at San Francisco after wars end in 1945. | USN photo courtesy of David Buell. Photo added 03/19/10. | |
![]() | 158k | 17 March 1946. The Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB-59)& Alabama (BB-60) tied up at the Embarcadero, San Francisco. | USN photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Text courtesy of ussindianabb58.com. | |
![]() | 102k | The Alabama (BB-60) is seen tied up to pier 90 at Puget Sound Navy Yard in September, 1946. Directly behind her is the Bunker Hill(CV-17). The foremast and bridge of either the Colorado (BB-45) or Maryland (BB-46) is moored several piers away. | Courtesy of Mike Green from Leeward Publications/ SHIP'S DATA (2 & 3) Naval Supply News, Volume 5, No. 18, 6 September 1946 by the U.S. Naval Station at Seattle, Washington. | |
![]() | 94k | The Alabama (BB-60) is seen at Puget Sound Navy Yard in September, 1946 being maneuvered by tugs into position in the slipway between pier 90 and pier 91. She was placed in commission in reserve on 21 August 1946 and will be joined by her sister Indiana (BB-58) in a few days. The carrier next to her is the Bunker Hill(CV-17) and the Colorado (BB-45) or Maryland (BB-46) can be seen in the background, several piers away. | Courtesy of Mike Green from Leeward Publications/ SHIP'S DATA (2 & 3) Naval Supply News, Volume 5, No. 18 - 6 September 1946 by the U.S. Naval Station at Seattle, Washington. | |
![]() | 1.1m | Puget Sound NSY around 1948. There are five mothballed Essex class (CV-9) carriers at the left. To the right of the carriers are five battleships. I believe they are Alabama (BB-60), West Virginia (BB-48), Maryland (BB-46), Indiana (BB-58), Colorado (BB-45). | USN Photo courtesy of Joe MacDonald. | |
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