USS Alabama

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Powerful: this single word aptly describes a naval vessel known as a battleship. The USS Alabama (BB 60) was the last of four South Dakota-class battleships built for World War II. She is well armored and designed to survive an attack while continuing to fight. Her main battery, known as "Big Guns, " consisted of nine 16-inch guns, each could launch a projectile weighing as much as a small car that could hit a target 21 miles away. Her crew numbered 2, 332 men, none of whom were lost to enemy fire, earning her the nickname "Lucky A." She served as more than just a battleship: she carried troops, supplies, and seaplanes and served in the Pacific and Atlantic, her doctors treated patients from other ships, she was the wartime home for a major-league ballplayer, the movie setting for Hollywood films, and she traveled home to the state of Alabama with the help of schoolchildren.