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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| Summary: | 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. Through the efforts of that commission and the contributions of private citizens (who raised more than $750,000 for the effort), the ship was taken to Mobile. There it was refurbished and converted into a memorial to Alabama's war veterans, which opened in January 1965. |
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