USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

This huge South Dakota-class battleship, BB-60, is moored in Mobile Bay. It was launched in 1942, served in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres, and decommissioned in 1947. It was opened as a museum in Mobile in 1965, and the surrounding park has a good aircraft collection.

The aircraft were all damaged in Hurricane Katrina in 2005; some have been moved elsewhere, but most have been restored to their former good condition.

I visited again in 2018 - click here for those photos.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Bell HH-1N Iroquois 158551 H-7 US Navy
Bell UH-1H Iroquois 66-16161 13 US Army
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 55-0071 Calamity Jane
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 147787 NE-06 US Navy
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider 126956 M-3 N121CH US Marines
Douglas VC-47D DC-3A Skytrain 44-76326 '0-76276 CN-N' USAF
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 79-0334 USAF
Grumman F9F-5P Panther 126275 PP-41 US Navy
Grumman F-14A Tomcat 161611 AE-206 US Navy
Grumman HU-16E Albatross 2129 US Coast Guard
Grumman KA-6D Intruder 151826 AG-500 US Navy
Kaman SH-2F K-20 Seasprite 150181 N 8064F US Navy
Lockheed A-12 60-6938 USAF
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle 79078 EG-50, 75045 USAF
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II 63-7487 USAF - gate guard
MiG-17A Fresco 2087 Vietnam Air Force markings
North American F-86L Sabre 51-2993 FU-993 USAF
North American P-51D Mustang 44-74218 USAF - Derailer
North American TB-25J Mitchell 44-31004 N9463Z USAF - Mary Alice III
Northrop YF-17A Cobra 72-1570 One of two prototypes. It lost the USAF contest against the F-16, but was developed into the F-18 for the Navy.
Piasecki CH-21B Workhorse 51-15859 USAF
Republic YF-105B Thunderchief 54-1102 RU USAF - Dragon Wagon
Sikorsky CH-19E Chickasaw 130151 Marked as US Coast Guard HO4S-3G (HH-19G) 1258. Previously at the Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola.
Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard 1378 US Coast Guard
Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk 161562 US Navy
Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher '1368 3' Originally a Mexican landplane version, being converted to floatplane, fitted with a temporary main float.
Vought RF-8A Crusader 145645 GA-913 US Navy

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