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BB-60 USS ALABAMA
Commanding Officers

Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - Mike - Whiskey
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Building & Fitting Out / 1940 - October 1942
Shakedown Cruise / November 1942 - March 1943
War in the Atlantic /April 1943 - July 1943
War in the Pacific / August 1943 - Sept. 1945
Post War - 1963
1964 - Present

South Dakota Class Battleship: Displacement 35,000 Tons, Dimensions, 679' 5" (oa) x 108' 2" x 36' 2" (Max). Armament 9 x 16"/45 20 x 5"/38AA, 12 x 1.1" 12 x 0.5", 3 AC. Armor, 12 1/4" Belt, 18" Turrets, 1 1/2" +6" +1/3" Decks, 15" Conning Tower. Machinery, 130,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 27 Knots, Crew 1793.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, February 1, 1940. Launched February 16, 1942. Commissioned August 16, 1942. Decommissioned January 9, 1947. Stricken June 1, 1962.
Fate: Perserved as Memorial, Mobile Alabama, June 11, 1964.
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BB-60 Alabama70kCapt. George Barry Wilson, 16 Aug. 1942 – 17 March 1943.Photo from the War Diary USS Alabama 1942 - 1944 via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/28/09.
BB-60 Alabama80kCapt. Fred Durell Kirtland, 17 March 1943 – 12 Aug. 1944.Photo from the War Diary USS Alabama 1942 - 1944 via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/28/09.
BB-60 Alabama80kCapt. Vincent Raphael Murphy 12 Aug. 1944 – 14 Nov. 1944.Photo from the War Diary USS Alabama 1942 - 1944 via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/28/09.
BB-60 Alabama116kCapt. William Barnard Goggins 18 Jan. 1945 – 26 Nov. 1945.
Additional CO's would be:
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] 		Photo from the War Diary USS Alabama 1942 - 1944 via Bill Gonyo.
Captains text courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves. Photo added 08/28/09.
USS ALABAMA BB-60 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Mr. John R Brown
Address: PO Box 501 Keller, TX, 76248-0501
Phone: 817-431-2424
E-mail: None

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
U.S.S. Alabama BB-60 Web Site
ussalabama.com
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