USS Alabama Squadron at Sea

by David Doyle

Book Overview

The keel of the 35,000-ton battleship Alabama was laid in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1940. Laborers swarmed to build the immense vessel as war raged elsewhere around the world. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, their work took on new urgency, and the mighty battleship was placed in commission on 16 August 1942. Her first duties included bolstering the British Home Fleet, to protect convoys from such famed German surface raiders as Tirpitz,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897477308
• ISBN13: 9780897477307
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.9" x 8.2"