Alabama's school children raised about $100,000 in nickels and dimes from lunch money and allowances to help the cause.

[4] The ship was awarded to the state on June 16, 1964, and was formally turned over on July 7, 1964 in ceremonies at Seattle, Washington.

[5] In 2003, a replica of a Confederate submarine that was built in Mobile, CSS H. L. Hunley, was moved to the park.

[6] Hurricane Katrina caused more than $7 million in damage to Battleship Memorial Park on August 29, 2005.

WWII reenactors dress in period uniforms and demonstrate life aboard the ship during wartime.