Men on McDuffie Island in Mobile Bay, watching the arrival of the USS Alabama from Washington state.
Henri M. Aldridge, chairman of the USS Alabama Commission, and James D. Thwing, retired naval captain, are on the left. In 1962, after learning that the World War II battleship was to be scrapped, the state legislature established a commission to study the possibility of acquiring the vessel. Throug...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/141940 |