Kyushuj7w
Airman 1st Class
Trying to post the by state museums we have been lucky enough to visit over the years. I try to plan the route to hit everything I can find of historical interest with a focus on WW2 but also our american history. So if you hit the Museum at NAS Pensacola , Mobile is not far away. You get a air museum, battleship and a submarine all in one spot. Though they are fewer and fewer you can still find a few vets hanging around. The Alabama veterans park is no exception. Memorials to the wars and the men and women lost for Alabama and Mobile all across the park. They took a beating in Katrina but brought things back. The sub is on dry land now. Hopefully The USS Batfish will utilize the same method as it broke free in the last series of floods in Oklahoma. Some aircraft are still awaiting restoration as they had 8 feet of water in the Aircraft museum. $15 to get in . Cheaper for military and anyone over 55. Kids $6. Parking $4 but we got there early to walk the memorials and armor line so no one charged us to park as the gate was open for a highschool event and unmanned. Not at all bad vs some ships with a lot less to see and do.
Great place about an hour away from Pensacola NAS Museum. I would recommend planning the entire day at the Naval Air museum and maybe time a blue angle practice if the timing is right . It is an a easy 1 hour drive to Mobile. We stopped along the gulf for TY to swim.
The Alabama was a class of 4 ships of the South Dakota class built ( Alabama, South Dakota, Indiana and Massachusetts) to address concerns with the earlier North Carolina class of 2 ships. ( North Carolina and Washington). The most noticeable difference between the NC vs AL is the NC has 2 Stacks vs 1. The look of the Alabama is closer to the later and larger Iowa class. Of the 6, Alabama, North Carolina and Massachusetts are museum ships you can visit today. Other BB's you can visit are the Texas in Laporte next to the San Jacinto monument, the New Jersey in Camden NJ across from Philly, The Wisconsin in Norfolk, The Iowa in Los Angeles harbor and the Missouri at Pearl Harbor and the USS Olympia from the Spanish American war in Philly. The NC is in Wilimgton NC and the Mass is in Fall River MA.
I've not been on the Iowa as my last trips to californa were before she was turned into a musem ship but its on my bucket list.
They took the Drum out of the water. This is probably the best solution for all these museum ships and subs. Put a coffer dam around the existing dock and if possible raise them a few feet to get supports under the keel and leave them high and dry. Like what Baton Rouge did with the USS Kidd to deal with the massive tidal shifts. The Drum had an exceptional record. I've been on a few WWII era subs and this subs machinery just gleams inside like she just was launched yesterday. Hats off to her maintenance crew.
Great place about an hour away from Pensacola NAS Museum. I would recommend planning the entire day at the Naval Air museum and maybe time a blue angle practice if the timing is right . It is an a easy 1 hour drive to Mobile. We stopped along the gulf for TY to swim.
The Alabama was a class of 4 ships of the South Dakota class built ( Alabama, South Dakota, Indiana and Massachusetts) to address concerns with the earlier North Carolina class of 2 ships. ( North Carolina and Washington). The most noticeable difference between the NC vs AL is the NC has 2 Stacks vs 1. The look of the Alabama is closer to the later and larger Iowa class. Of the 6, Alabama, North Carolina and Massachusetts are museum ships you can visit today. Other BB's you can visit are the Texas in Laporte next to the San Jacinto monument, the New Jersey in Camden NJ across from Philly, The Wisconsin in Norfolk, The Iowa in Los Angeles harbor and the Missouri at Pearl Harbor and the USS Olympia from the Spanish American war in Philly. The NC is in Wilimgton NC and the Mass is in Fall River MA.
I've not been on the Iowa as my last trips to californa were before she was turned into a musem ship but its on my bucket list.
They took the Drum out of the water. This is probably the best solution for all these museum ships and subs. Put a coffer dam around the existing dock and if possible raise them a few feet to get supports under the keel and leave them high and dry. Like what Baton Rouge did with the USS Kidd to deal with the massive tidal shifts. The Drum had an exceptional record. I've been on a few WWII era subs and this subs machinery just gleams inside like she just was launched yesterday. Hats off to her maintenance crew.
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