USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

A second visit, on the 4th November, following my first in 2015. Few things have changed, but it's still a very pleasant museum with friendly staff and a nice cafe. The huge battleship and the USS Drum submarine are open for visits.

For my photos from 2015, click here. I made a third visit in 2024 when the F-17A and A-12 were outdoors. Click here for that.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Beechcraft KDB-1 (MQM-61) Cardinal   USN piston engine-powered target drone with RATO.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois 66-16161 13 US Army
Bell HH-1N Iroquois 158551 USN
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 55-0071 USAF Calamity Jane
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 147787 NE-06 USN
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider 126956 M-3 USN
Douglas VC-47D DC-3A Skytrain '0-76276 CN-N' USAF: actually 44-76326
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 79-0334 USAF
Globe KD2G-2 Firefly 1268 USN pulsejet-powered target drone.
Grumman F9F-5P Panther 126275 PP-41 USN
Grumman F-14A Tomcat 161611 AE-206 USN
Grumman KA-6D Intruder 151826 AG-500 USN
Kaman SH-2F K-20 Seasprite 150181 N 8064F USN
Lockheed A-12 60-6938 USAF
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle 79078 EG-50, 75045 USAF
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet 162417 AK-407 USMC
MiG-17A Fresco 2087 North Vietnamese AF
North American P-51D Mustang 44-74218 24-A USAF Derailer
North American F-86L Sabre 51-2993 FU-993 USAF
North American TB-25J Mitchell 44-31004 N9463Z USAF Mary Alice III
Northrop BQM-74C Chukar III   USN jet-powered target drone.
Northrop YF-17A Cobra 72-1570 A shame that this important part of history is so difficult to see. I first saw this at the Farnborough Airshow in 1976
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 61562 603 USN
Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher '1368 3' USN
Vought RF-8A Crusader 145645 GA-913 USN

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