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USS Alabama

There have been at least four United States Navy ships named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.

The first Alabama was a 74-gun ship of the line, started in 1818, though never completed as such. She was eventually launched in 1864 as the storeship New Hampshire.

The second Alabama (BB-8) was a battleship commissioned in 1900 and scrapped in 1924.

The third Alabama (BB-60) was a battleship commissioned 1942 and converted to a museum ship in 1964.

The fourth Alabama (SSBN 731) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine[?].

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