Boy with a souvenir booklet at the dedication ceremony for the USS Alabama in Mobile Bay.
The booklet is titled "Welcome Aboard! Battleship USS Alabama." 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 contr...
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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/146882 |