Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile

Name: Battleship Memorial Park
Address: 2703 Battleship Pkwy, Mobile, 36602, United States
Telephone: (251) 433-2703

#3 among attractions in Mobile

Museum, Top attraction, Boat or ferry, Military museum

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Facts and practical information

Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. It has a collection of notable aircraft and museum ships including the South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama and Gato-class submarine USS Drum. USS Alabama and USS Drum are both National Historic Landmarks; the park as a whole was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage prior to that time, on October 28, 1977. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 30°41'2"N, 88°0'58"W

Address

2703 Battleship PkwyRiverfront Industrial AreaMobile 36602 United States

Contact

(251) 433-2703

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Day trips

Battleship Memorial Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: USS Alabama, USS Drum, George Wallace Tunnel, Bankhead Tunnel.

~940 ftSE
WWII battleship with self-guided tours
USS Alabama, Mobile
5 min walk • USS Alabama is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s.
~1040 ftS
Museum in a WWII-era submarine
USS Drum, Mobile
6 min walk • USS Drum is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park. Drum was laid down on 11 September 1940 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 12 May 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice M.
1.2 miW
Tunnel
George Wallace Tunnel, Mobile
32 min walk • The George Wallace Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels that carry Interstate 10 through Mobile, Alabama from the city's downtown, going beneath the Mobile River, and emerging on Blakeley Island where they join the Jubilee Parkway over Mobile Bay.
1.3 miNW
Tunnel
Bankhead Tunnel, Mobile
33 min walk • The Bankhead Tunnel, formally the John H. Bankhead Tunnel, is a road tunnel in Mobile, Alabama that carries Government Street under the Mobile River from Blakeley Island to the downtown Mobile business district. It is named for John H. Bankhead, an Alabama politician and U.S.