USS Alabama (BB-8)
USS Alabama (BB-8) was a battleship of the United States Navy that entered service in 1900. Its parameters rank in the class of battleships Illinois.
Alabama joined the North Atlantic Fleet early in its seven years in the Army as part of peacekeeping exercises. In 1909, she underwent extensive modernization, after which she found her place in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where she was used as a training ship.
technical parameters USS Alabama (BB-8)
| Name | Alabama |
| Yard number | 290 |
| Laid down | 1 December 1896 |
| Launched | 18 May 1898 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 7 May 1920 |
| Stricken | Transferred to War Department, 15 September 1921 |
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| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
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| Class and type | Illinois-class battleship |
| Beam | 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m) |
| Length | 374 ft (114 m) loa |
| Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Installed power | 8 × fire-tube boilers 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
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| Crew | 536 |
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USS Alabama (BB-8)
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