People on the shore at Mobile Bay, watching the arrival of the USS Alabama from Washington state.
The official ceremony took place on McDuffie Island, but these observers are watching from another place. 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...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The official ceremony took place on McDuffie Island, but these observers are watching from another place. 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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