Key Points - The USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class fast battleship commissioned in 1942, played a significant role in World War II. -Initially tasked with escorting Allied convoys to the ...
October 14, 1944. The skies surrounding Formosa erupt in chaos as Japanese aircraft swarm the American fleet. USS San Diego's five-inch guns roar to life, sending a wall of flak toward the heavens.