Heritage: USS Alabama, Alabama Magazine, Nov/Dec 2012

Along Mobile Bay, just as the eastbound I-10 begins to cross the water toward Spanish Fort, more than 42 thousand tons of steel stands docked along the coastline. The USS Alabama runs 680 feet long and stands 108 feet high, and holds some of the most powerful American naval weaponry produced during World War II. 

Since 1965, the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park has offered 14 million visitors a chance to experience this piece of American military history firsthand. With more than 20 million vehicles passing the battleship every year on the interstate, it is the most visible symbol of the state of Alabama, says park executive director Bill Tunnell. 

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