Dickinson Alabama

USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is the sixth Ohio-class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, and the fifth United States ship to be named after the state of Alabama. The ship's motto mimics the state's motto, Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere (We dare defend our rights).

Alabama was laid down on 14 October 1980 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and was launched on 19 May 1984; sponsored by Mrs. Barbara E. Dickinson, wife of William L. Includes current & long term weather forecast, short term weather. Dickinson, Representative from Alabama; and commissioned at New London, on 25 May 1985.

Alabama departed Connecticut to conduct her shakedown cruise off the coast of Florida. After several domestic maneuvers and crew changes, Alabama visited Mobile, Alabama before heading for the Panama Canal, after which it returned to Bangor, Washington. Alabama operated out of Bangor until mid-May when the submarine embarked upon its first deterrent patrol. Operating from the Pacific Northwest, Alabama carried out four deterrent patrols during the last seven months of 1986. Church Furniture International provides your church with quality pews, chancel furniture and fiberglass steeples and baptistries.

In May 1988, Alabama conducted a successful test missile firing, launching two TRIDENT I (C-4) missiles. On 1 September 1988, Alabama moored at Bangor, Washington, to complete the ship's 9th patrol and the 100th Strategic Deterrent Patrol by a TRIDENT submarine. An official ceremony commemorating the event was held pierside with then-Under Secretary of the Navy, H. Lawrence Garrett III, heading the official greeting party.