Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay, AL We got to see some pretty interesting things when we took the ferry across Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island. Pelicans skimmed the surface of the water or were just downright lazy like the one below. Freighters moved in or out to the gulf. The oil rig platforms were fascinating and huge! We couldn’t go…

USS Alabama

USS Alabama, Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile Bay, AL In case you can’t tell by all of the posts about Battleship Memorial Park, this was Patrick’s favorite day of vacation. A Navy Veteran of Desert Storm, he was like a kid in a candy store. He almost ran from exhibit to exhibit and we have an…

USS Drum

USS Drum, Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile Bay, AL USS Drum (SS-228) is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy. Laid down on 11 September 1940 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Drum was the twelfth of the Gato class submarines, but was the first completed and the first to enter combat in World War II. Drum…