ALABAMA BB 60

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

South Dakota Class Battleship Keel Laid 1 February 1940 - Launched 16 February 1942 USS ALABAMA BB-60 Commissioned 16 August 1942 - Decommissioned 9 January 1947 Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1962 Preserved as a Memorial, Mobile Alabama, 11 June 1964 The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986

Naval Covers

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1. USS Alabama BB-60 Covers Page 1     (1944-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 16 August 1942 - Disestablished 31 July 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-65

1945-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-65

1945-12-25

Merry Christmas, cachet by Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-65a

1946-03-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15826)

1945-10-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BBB) "U.S. / NAVY"

1943-04-11

Censored sailor's mail.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB) "U.S. / NAVY"

1943-10-18

Censored sailor's mail. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15826)

1945-07-31

Marking from back of cover

 

Other Information

USS ALABAMA earned 9 Battle Stars for her WWII service

NAMESAKE - Named for the state of Alabama. The 22d state, admitted to the Union on December 14 1819, whose name is derived from two Choctaw Indian words: "alba amo", meaning "thicket gatherers" or "vegetation gatherers".

Six ships of the US Navy have been named ALABAMA - USS Alabama (Ship-of-the-Line 1819), USS Alabama (Side Wheel Steamer 1851), USS Alabama Battleship No. 8, USS Alabama SP-1052, USS Alabama BB-60 and USS Alabama SSBN-731.

Another ALABAMA named ship - (Alabama—a wooden-hull side-wheel steamer built in 1838 at Baltimore, Md.—apparently operated under the aegis of the War Department during the War with Mexico (1846-1848), carrying troops that participated in the capture of Veracruz. After the close of hostilities, the War Department transferred Alabama to the Navy Department pursuant to the Act of Congress of 3 March 1849. The latter, however, found the ship "unsuitable for naval purposes" and sold her at public auction, at New Orleans, La., in October 1849. Records of her naval service (if any) have not been found. It does not appear that she did in fact serve in the United States Navy, since her name does not appear in any contemporary listings of naval vessels, nor do any deck logs exist. She was ultimately lost, stranding on Gun Key, in the Bahamas, on 12 July 1852. Fortunately, no lives were lost. {DANFS})

 

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