{"id":12349,"date":"2019-07-29T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12349"},"modified":"2019-07-29T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:55:59","slug":"visting-the-uss-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12349","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the USS Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are on vacation this week down on the Alabama Gulf Coast. We decided to stop on the way and check out the USS Alabama. A World War II era battleship now permanently docked at Mobile Bay as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussalabama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Museum (opens in a new tab)\">Museum<\/a> honoring the ship, its crew and other ships and aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2gKprmF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48405226267_b82415fc7f_c.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0058\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My brother served on the a sister to the Alabama, the USS Missouri which was brought back to life and refitted during the Reagan years. The Missouri is now part of a museum and is anchored right next to the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.  I got on the deck of the Missouri during its christening ceremony in San Francisco but of course they were not letting civilians below decks. So I was interested in what the ship was like. Brother Bob said that space was extremely tight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2gKoDg8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48405071201_5ee3c9c8aa.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0059\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And he wasn&#8217;t kidding. The passageways are narrow, and the steps are steep. It was hot and muggy and although the ship is well ventilated and has some air conditioned places, most are not and so we cut the tour a little short. I would love to go back when the weather is milder and explore more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2gKoBH8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48405065981_82e484d3b7.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0062\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They have an Air museum in the same complex that was interesting. All sorts of displays of old airplanes. They also had a display on the lives of the Vietnam POWs. Those men are true heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2gKoyQp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48405056311_28758a4723.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0070\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They had some outside displays as well, an SR 71 Blackbird spy plane, a Boeing B52D Stratofortress Bomber along with tanks, and personnel carriers.  And if you are into geocaching, there is a virtual geocache on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is right off Interstate 10 just east of downtown Mobile, on the other side of the tunnel under the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I am linking with <a href=\"http:\/\/ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Our World Tuesday (opens in a new tab)\">Our World Tuesday<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are on vacation this week down on the Alabama Gulf Coast. We decided to stop on the way and check out the USS Alabama. A World War II era battleship now permanently docked at Mobile Bay as part of Museum honoring the ship, its crew and other ships and aircraft. 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