Class: South Dakota Type: Battleship Launched: February 16, 1942 At: Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia Commissioned: August 16, 1942 Length: 680 feet Beam: 108 feet Draft: 36 feet Displacement: 35,000 tons Armament: Nine 16-inch/45 caliber, twenty 5-inch/38 caliber, forty-eight 40mm... read more
Class: Gato Type: Submarine Launched: May 12, 1941 At: Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Commissioned: November 1, 1941 Length: 312 feet Beam: 27 feet Draft: 17 feet (surface trim) Displacement: 1,525 tons (surfaced), 2,415 tons (submerged) Armament: Ten 21-inch torpedo tube... read more
Length: 31 feet Beam: 11 feet, 9 inches Draft: 1 foot, 1 inch Displacement: 9 tons Speed: 35 knots Armament: Three .50-cal machine guns (two twinned, one single), one M60A machine gun and one MK-79 grenade launcher Address: USS Alabama Battleship Commission Battleship Memorial Park 2703 Ba... read more