The highlight of Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama is the Battleship USS Alabama. The ship was commissioned August 16, 1942, and is 680 feet in length with a beam (width) of 108 ft. 2 inches. She is registered as 35,000 tons, but under battle conditions she weighed in at well over 45,000 tons. Her assigned crew was 127 officers and 2,205 enlisted. She earned 9 Battle Stars and shot down 22 enemy aircraft during World War II.

Also at Battleship Park are various other aircraft, and the submarine USS Drum. The USS Drum was commissioned on November 1, 1941. The ship is 311 ft. 8 inches long with a beam of 27 ft. 4 inches and she displaced 1,526 tons. Her crew was 7 officers and 65 enlisted men. She earned 12 Battle Stars during World War II.