Mounted in a 22K Gilt Frame
An imposing scene, showing her underway with the fleet behind and aircraft following .
The “Mighty A”: Commissioned in August 1942, the 45,000-ton warship carried a crew of about 2,500 and measured 680 feet long.
- Initially deployed to the North Atlantic in 1943 to guard against German heavy surface ships like the Tirpitz and escort convoys.
- Pacific Campaigns: Transferred to the Pacific in August 1943, where she spent the remainder of the war protecting fast aircraft carrier task forces and bombarding Japanese-held islands.
- Battle Stars: Earned nine battle stars and famously did not suffer a single crew death from enemy fire, earning her the secondary nickname “The Lucky A”.
- End of Active Duty: Led the American fleet into Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1945, following the formal surrender
Decommissioned in 1947, the ship was scheduled to be scrapped in 1962, but local Alabama citizens and schoolchildren raised over $100,000 in pennies and donations to save her. Now moored permanently as a public museum ship at the USS Alabama Battlesship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama, alongside the World War II submarine USS Drum.
Catalog, SKU: 0001114