Class trip to USS Alabama combines adventure, history [with gallery]
Published 2:46 am Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Nathan Cook, Rayshon Coleman, Brandon Turner-Harrell, and Brody Cox
Layton Stone and Joseph Qualls enjoyed the Dixie Division Military Vehicle Show on the grounds that day.
Elizabeth Sanders, Christina Sanders, Arian Cobb, and Taylor Butler on board the USS Alabama
Caleb Brooks
Landon Prescott tries out one of the anti-aircraft guns on deck.
Sixth graders in the USS Alabama’s mess hall
Jayla Davis, Gracie McNeill, Ava Blocker, Jasiah Barnes, Kayleigh Thomas, and Alyssa Thames found the only damage on the ship from its WWII battle. a single shot
Bradley Norman and Caleb Brooks
Joseph Qualls, Jeremiah Michael, and Layton Stone
Sam White
Joseph Qualls, Jeremiah Michael, and Layton Stone
Sixth graders at W.S Harlan Elementary chose to carry on the school’s Alabama Bicentennial celebration by taking their class trip to Battleship Memorial Park on Friday, April 12. Students toured the USS Alabama battleship, the USS Drum submarine, the site’s aircraft pavilion, and the special exhibit that day, the Dixie Division Military Vehicle Show. It was a day full of history and fun.
According to the park’s website, the USS Drum is the oldest American submarine on public display.
With nine battle stars, the USS Alabama, known as the “Mighty A” and the “Heroine of the Pacific,” culminated its WWII service by leading the American Fleet into Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1945.
With the help of the citizens and school children of Alabama, the battleship made its way to Mobile Bay and became the state’s military memorial.
–Photos courtesy of Brandi Evans
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