History
USS Alabama
No narrative history is available yet.
Service History
Commissionings
| Commissioned | Decommissioned | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1900-10-16 | 1920-05-07 | First Commissioning |
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- Illinois-Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
- Keel Laid
- 1896-12-02
- Launch Date
- 1898-05-18
- Displacement
- 11,751 Tons
- Speed
- 16 Knots
- Power Plant
- 8 x Fire Tube Boilers, 2 x Triple-Expansion Engines, 2 x Screws
- Armor
- Belt Armor: 16.5in, Extended Armor: 4in, Conning Tower Armor: 10in, Turret Armor: 14in - 3in, Barbette Armor: 15in, Casemate Armor: 6in
- Final Disposition
- Sunk as an aerial bombing target by the Army Air Service, 27 September, 1921. Wreck sold for scrap 19 March, 1924.
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 4 x 13"/35 Caliber Guns (2x2)
- Secondary
- 14 x 6"/40 Caliber Guns (14x1)
- Tertiary
- 16 x 6-Pounder (57mm) Guns (16x1), 6 x 1-Pounder (37mm) Guns (6x1)
- Additional
- 4 x 18in Torpedo Tubes
Registry Tags
Tags
Battleship