- USS Alabama
At least six
United States Navy ships have been named "Alabama", after the southern state ofAlabama .* The USS|Alabama|1819, was a 74-gun ship of the line, laid down in 1819, though never completed as such. She was eventually launched in 1864 as the storeship "USS New Hampshire".
* The USS|Alabama|1849, was a sidewheel steamer transferred to the Navy in 1849 that served as a troop transport during the
Mexican-American War .* The USS|Alabama|1861, was a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the
American Civil War .* The USS|Alabama|BB-8, was a pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned in 1900 and scrapped in 1924. This is the ship referred to in the song "Oceana Roll".
*The USS|Alabama|SP-1052, was a 69-foot motor boat inspected by the Navy in the summer of 1917 and assigned the designation SP-1052.
* The USS|Alabama|BB-60, was a South Dakota class battleship commissioned in 1942 and converted to a museum ship in 1964. The ship is now docked in Mobile, Alabama.
* The USS|Alabama|SSBN-731, is an "Ohio"-class ballistic missile submarine currently in service.
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*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a4-list.htm
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