USS Alabama

Today we went to Battleship Park. This is where the USS Alabama is located and they also have a submarine, the USS Drum. There are also a lot of other planes and small boats. But the USS Alabama is what we went to see and boy did we see it. It was a three part self guided tour. Everything is well marked and you follow along with a map. We spent about 3 hours on this ship alone!!

Ed was a radio man in the Navy, so he always looks for the radio room. This is where he would have sat with headphones on, listening to the morse code and typing the message.

Taken from the bow those are some big guns!!

This battleship fired over 1,250 16 in (410 mm) shells on the enemy during supporting bombardments, shot down 22 enemy aircraft and never incurred any damage due to enemy action. She earned the nickname the "Lucky A" because they never lost a single man due to enemy action.

We then spent some time walking around the different aircraft they had there before going on board the sub. I had an uncle who served in the Navy on submarines. He was over 6 foot tall and it always amazes me to see the tight spaces on these old subs and wonder how he ever made it.

It was a good day.