A sailor on the battleship USS Alabama cleans ice and snow off the battleship's 16-inch guns during the ship's North Atlantic shakedown cruise, December 1942 to January 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

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USS Alabama Shakedown Cruise

March 16, 2018

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A sailor on the battleship USS Alabama cleans ice and snow off the battleship’s 16-inch guns during the ship’s North Atlantic shakedown cruise, December 1942 to January 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

A sailor on the battleship USS Alabama cleans ice and snow off the battleship's 16-inch guns during the ship's North Atlantic shakedown cruise, December 1942 to January 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.) — (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron RAAF awais a mission loaded with six 250 lb bombs mounted under the wings and fuselage in North Africa. (Australian War Memorial Photograph.)

P-40 Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron RAAF

Original Caption: View of the deck of a ship upon arrival at Glasgow, Scotland after heavy seas washed one plane overboard and forced two others from their lashings causing considerable damage. The planes were being transported from the United States for use in the ETO. 23 January 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

Damaged Aircraft Arrive in Glasgow

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