Macintyre, CBE, DSO, RN) and the destroyers HMS Milne (Capt. Maxwell-Hyslop, AM, RN), AA cruiser HMS Scylla (Capt. Grantham, CB, DSO, RN), heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland (Capt. Kirtland, USN), aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable (Capt. McCormick, USN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral O.M. Fraser, KCB, KBE, RN, C-in-C Home Fleet), USS South Dakota (Capt. Creasy, DSO, RN, flying the flag of A/Admiral B.A. They all returned to Scapa Flow later the same day except for HMS Malaya, HMS Quail, HMS Musketeer and HMS Echo which had parted company to proceed to the Clyde. Hinton, DSO and Bar, MVO, RN), HMS Musketeer (Cdr. Farnfield, DSO, RN), HMS Queenborough (Cdr. They were escorted by 11 destroyers HMS Quilliam (Capt. Kirtland, USN) conducted exercises to the west of Scapa Flow. Fraser, KCB, KBE, RN, C-in-C Home Fleet), HMS Malaya (Capt. Notable events involving Alabama include: Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. You can help improve our commands sectionĬlick here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. Please note that we're still working on this sectionĪnd that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. Alabama was "mothballed" in Bremerton, Washington until 11 June 1964, when she was transferred to the State of Alabama and towed 5,600 miles to become a memorial in Mobile. fighters and anti-aircraft gunners to destroy over 400 Japanese planes.ĭecommissioned on 9 January 1947 and stricken on 1 June 1962. Her radar was the first to detect enemy bombers in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, at the unprecedented range of 190 miles. Alabama was credited with shooting down 22 Japanese planes.
The ship transferred to the Pacific Fleet in August 1943, and earned 9 battle stars providing gunfire support for amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands and protecting carrier task forces from air and surface attack. USS Alabama began her combat service augmenting the British Fleet protecting convoys on the "Murmansk Run" from England through the North Sea to Russia against German warships and aircraft. Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)
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