Set alongside Mobile Bay, the 175-acre Battleship Memorial Park lets you discover history that spans more than seven decades from World War II to Desert Storm. The Park is completely self-supported and serves as a memorial to all men and women, past and present, who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.

The highlight of the Park is the famed World War II Battleship USS ALABAMA (BB-60) which was commissioned in 1942 and served 37 months in action. The USS ALABAMA has a length of 680 feet and when fully loaded weighed in excess of 40,000 tons. The battleship's armament includes nine (9) 16"/45 caliber guns (contained in 3 separate turrets), twenty (20) 5"/38 caliber guns (10 mounts), forty-eight (48) 40mm guns (12 mounts) and fifty-two (52) 20mm guns. During service, each of the 16" guns could deliver a 2,700-pound shell up to 21 miles, and still hit a dime, and could unload 58,000 pounds of ammunition a minute.

The average USS ALABAMA crew was comprised of over 120 Officers and more than 2,200 Enlisted Men, of which 140 men manned each of the big gun turrets. During its 4-½ years of active duty, a total of 6,200 men served aboard the warship and only five of the highly trained crewmen lost their lives in combat situations, none to enemy fire.

Another key feature of the Park is the submarine USS DRUM (SS-228) which was launched in 1941. The USS DRUM is 311 feet in length and could dive to 400 feet when necessary. The average crew consisted of 7 Officers and 65 Enlisted Men. It's armament, which varied during World War II, includes one (1) 5"/25 caliber gun, one (1) 40mm single mount gun, one (1) 20mm twin mount gun and ten (10) 21" torpedo tubes (6 forward, 4 aft), fourteen (14) reloads, and a total of 24 torpedoes. The USS DRUM sank 15 enemy ships, ranking it eighth among all American submarines.

In 1964, the USS ALABAMA was brought home to rest in Mobile Bay and was subsequently moored in a specially constructed facility. The first 75 acres of the Park were created from the channel that was dug in order to get the ship into the Bay. The submarine was later added to the Park and opened to the public on July 4, 1969.

Subsequent additions to the Park include a collection of various aircraft from World War II (some Pre-WWII), the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Among these are a B-52D Stratofortress and an A-12 Blackbird. Other military equipment included are an M4 Sherman Tank, an M26 Pershing Tank and a variety of other military vehicles and weaponry.