Photo #: NH 104542
Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)
Montage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial
bombing tests in which the former USS Alabama was the
target.
These views show the ship being enveloped by a smoke screen during
the second day of the tests, a simulated torpedo attack by four
U.S. Army Martin bombers, the explosion of two 300-pound bombs
on the ship's forecastle, and damage caused by the explosion
of those bombs.
Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt,
USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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