World of Warships- This Ship Has One Of The Rarest And Coolest Features (Alabama)

Hey guys! Today we take a look back at the Tier VIII Premium American Battleship Alabama, enjoy!
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[@gluesniffingdude]

That screenshake of rage when you missed high and low over that DD at point blank range felt so relatable lol

[@seeskabel4561]

He did aim it a bit too low

[@xsouldriverx]

Now DDs bip and bop so much in the water. The incredibly broken Gearing model has its back go fully out of the water and i bet you can probably shoot shells under it.

[@biv000]

I have visited HMAS Vampire in Sydney, The Fletcher Class DD in Boston, USS Missouri in Pearl Harbour and USS Midway in San Diego. The Midway blew me away. The family spent the whole day on her. The volunteers on board were amazing. Very passionate people and most were CV veterans. Thoroughly recommended. Oh, and all of them are in my port.

[@affe89]

Having visited the museum ship HSwMS Småland, it is just hilarious how big the "small" destroyers are in real life! It´s a shame they removed a museum-ship instead of re-balance properly.

[@wombat4191]

And now consider that all the ship models in the game are about twice as big as they are in real life, while engagement ranges are often shorter than in reality. Really tells about the scale of naval warfare in general.

[@sealordmountbatten]

Same with Kidd. She’s so tiny by the games scale but massive irl.

[@xdtechniker2554]

Oh yes. I visited the Deutsche Marine Meseum in Wilhelmshaven and they had a "Lenkwaffenzerstörer" (Guided weapons destroyer) there and holy that thing was big. We were on there going the tour through it and it took us almost 2 hours. Was worth the visit.

[@Macaroni139]

@@wombat4191 Also the Kilometer to ship scale is way off. 2km in game is probably like sub .5 irl.

[@wombat4191]

@@Macaroni139 Well that's just anther way of saying the same thing. Ships are roughly two times bigger, which in terms of scale is the same as distances being two times shorter. The game is of course also sped up in many regards, like ship speed and shell travel.

[@hyperbeast9204]

I have the USS New Jersey right next to me, she’s an Iowa class battleships and the most decorated BB in the US navy. Plus she has the coolest name in my opinion, Black Dragon.

[@jackthebagger7589]

Retired Navy Gunner , from Bama , she's three hours away . When we were in school , we school kids raised nickles and dimes to help the restoration .. She's one of my favorite ships to play

[@Huron-ds4lj]

Had the same feeling once I got the Iowa. While I didn't see her IRL hull, I did tour her sister, USS New Jersey. The shear scale of her was astounding!

[@captainworstpirateiveheard9842]

I had my most memorable game in her, land of fire. I was still a noob but my team supported and gave me a lot of direction as I kited away from a remaining cruiser and a Kansas. I manged to hold off until our remaining ship, a DD, capped. I learned from this, the importance of points, and most notably, how incredibly powerful teamwork can be in this game. The later is something you don't see often. I just got Massa B and took out Bama for kicks. NC is still my favorite of the three but they're memorable.

[@Sigil_Firebrand]

I got to visit the Alabama and the Texas when I moved from California to West Virginia, was absolutely amazing to visit both within a few days of each other. Was truly amazing.

[@cjmpaja]

The shitshow that was the alabama release... Brings back memories... Also Alabama was supposed to be a reward ship for supertesters only, but the drama happened...

[@shinkicker404]

what was the drama?

[@PantherActualOfficial]

I’ve been on the Alabama many times. Being a Mississippi Gulf Coast native, school trips to her were frequent. Beautiful ship

[@warnerww83]

I visited the Massachusetts with my kids over the summer and it was a fantastic experience. The sheer size and power of these ships is hard to wrap your head around.

[@PhantomSnipera]

I had the opportunity to actually spend the night on the Alabama way back when I was little, back when one of the quad 40mm AA mounts still would turn. It was a fantastic experience and I go back and visit her every so often. The fondness I have for the ship is why I ended up buying her in game and she is one of my favorite ships besides the Montpelier.

[@Mr_Slime_Guy]

When I was 8 years old, we went on a tour inside and on the Alabama. It was one of my best memories of my childhood. The scale of the ship still amazes me.

[@gregwilliams4437]

These videos teach so much.... thank you - this even applies pretty directly to WoW - Legends

[@parzival5625]

Hey Lord I recommend visiting the USS North Carolina Museum ship in Wilmington, NC Awesome ship, she is still in her WW2 configuration too!

[@rreno496]

USS North Carolina has access to a huge amount of the ship as well and is in pretty good shape as of the last time I was on her. She's in Wilmington NC.

[@haramsaddam238]

I’ve seen her in Mobile and I loved the experience. The park also has an accessible Gato sub named Drum and she’s also well preserved - especially on the inside.

[@jackcrawford6078]

It's been 20 years since I visited Battleship Park in Mobile. What struck me the most about the Alabama is both how huge she is on the outside and how small some of the spaces are on the inside. Would've Loved to go on the USS Drum (the submarine there) but it was closed at the time.

[@willandrews4762]

I live about 10 minutes away from the Alabama. I’m blown away with her size every time I drive by the park. We Mobilians are quite proud of her!

[@joelfunk8730]

You can visit Massachusetts too. Massachusetts has a cooler thing that’s even rarer. She actually floats and isn’t stuck in the mud like Alabama

[@diabetichamm3776]

I was lucky enough to go to battleship cove and be aboard the Massachusetts and a gearing that's gone through a few refits. Very neat. Love the artwork they put on her main battery like in IRL

[@warnock0721]

My dad (WW 2 naval vet) and my brother (70s navy) visited the Alabama after my brother got out of the service and have pictures of my brother standing beside a 16 in shell (bigger than my brother) and they both loved the visit.

[@miguelorlandojara6147]

I was the Lenin in your second game! That was yesterday morning. You are my hero Sea Lord

[@mertmert4098]

And I was the Kijkduin in the first game !! Funny how I didnt realize during the game play but now I realized after watching the video. Ive been HE spamming my favourite WOWS tuber without knowing :P I learned so much from him the last 3 years.

[@thinktropics8015]

Although I was never on it, I used to always pass by the Alabama in Mobile and was really fascinated by it and is the only naval ship I’ve ever seen

[@mauser8515]

I’ve been inside and out of this ship a few times. I grew up there, and have been on the Missouri as well. Very cool ships.

[@FellowNorthCarolinian]

The North Carolina is also a museum ship, docked in Wilmington, NC. And no, I am not a promotor for visiting our state......

[@suryia6706]

I remember the fury storm that WeeGee created when they announced that the Alabama was only going to be a reward ship for system testers. Happily WG reversed themselves on that decision and released the "bama to everyone. I believe ST's got a special version called the Alabama ST but I have never seen one in game.

[@85isaboat53]

Was literally just there it was awesome

[@honey6eeman]

I was on BB55 USS North Carolina 2 days ago. Inside 2 of the 16” turrets and bridge down through to boiler. I was on the Midway while she was on active duty in Yokosuka, Japan.

[@stevenwu672]

I've visited the Midway in San Diego, Iowa in LA, and USS Massachusetts, USS Joseph Kennedy Jr (Gearing class), USS Salem all in Massachusetts. They are truly incredible.

[@commanderdestructa4654]

In the UK, HMS Belfast is a great ship to visit along with HMS Cavalier at Chatham Historic Dockyard.

[@bruhh2995]

This ship is what made me watch World of Warship gameplays and it was the start of making me read naval history.

[@mrstryfe]

The alabama and texas are awesome. Been to both.

[@drewkossen9324]

Your vertical dispersion is a constant value to the ship. So if you put more range on it the value is the same. It helps with those 12-16km shots.

[@issacfoster1113]

Seein Belfast in the UK made me awe. But seeing USS New Jersey made the awe when i saw Belfast Quadrupld

[@DEATHRAGE157]

OOOOF that last salvo on the dd on your first match, hurted my soul

[@robdog1245]

Iowa is right up the coast from me in Long Beach, she and Bama are probably the best kept museum ships around.

[@CMDRFandragon]

Ive been to the North Carolina. Those ships are both larger and smaller than I imagined. The turrets are huge yet kinda crampy. The overall length of the ship isnt as far as I thought itd feel to walk either. It was an epic experience either way.

[@michaelphillips8238]

Thanks for highlighting this ship :) I have a fondness for this ship since she's right in my backyard (I live in central Alabama - I need to get back down to Mobile again). Thanks for the tip about needing an extra lead time for her main guns, I'd been having trouble with connecting my shots. I'll have to practice some more (I know, it's a hardship I'll just have to bear)

[@thumper7047]

The Midway is rated as the best according to the People who make museums. They were considering making the Kitty Hawk a museum, but all the troubles of keeping these ships as museums is costly and they used the Midway as "Far and away the best example". It's in San Diego.

[@spencatrob1303]

I have been to the Iowa and the big ships in wows are gigantic in real life!

[@ZdenekJancik]

I already visited three ships from the game USS Midway, USS Iowa and ORP Błyskawica. I think best experience is Midway, but Iowa was my chilhood dream.

[@user-vc4uh7tv6t]

Spent the night in aft crew bunks with cub scout troop 18 yrs ago. Wonderful.

[@VuHien2011]

I bought the Alabama right after it was released because it was at a time I did not want to grind the US BB line with the awful NY. I kind of regret having the Alabama after I own the NC. I prefer accurate guns as I'm not the luckiest person and want to depend as little as possible on RNG. I was aware the Alabama has better torpedo belt but I was not aware it has lower citadel. But If I really wanted a tanky US tier 8 BB, I would have chosen the Massachusetts instead.

[@majestichotwings6974]

I got the lucky Al after visiting her in mobile bay, she’s absolutely beautiful irl. Such an amazing museum ship.

[@singularity7968]

The secondaries are pretty decent if you add the secondary mod and manual aiming. They shoot out to 10k and have saved my bacon frequently.

[@wstavis3135]

Fun fact, you can do that with the Kidd, the Texas, the Massachusetts, the North Carolina, the Salem, the Iowa, and the Lexington as well.

[@lightningwingdragon973]

I got to play HMS Belfast in WowS while ABOARD the real HMS Belfast, durning my trip to London. Been to new jersey and intrepid (growler has been closed due to pandemic). Have plans to visit all the east coast ships this year.

[@SkyRaider-31]

I was on the Alabama when I was 6 years old. It was absolutely amazing

[@Joshua-fi4ji]

They should add HMS Warrior. I mean, it could've "fought" in WW1 if Admiral Fisher didn't take it out of service. Add it at Tier 2 as an April Fools thing or something.

[@joecarlson6428]

The 7% reduction in dispersion is a good deal. If you increase diameter by one inch you increases 3x. Reducing the ellipse by 7% is around a 21% reduction in area. That is why dead eye was great for all BBs and turned some into OP monsters. I had a chance, when in the USCGR, to have a classified tour of the USS Iowa when she visited Portland OR during a late 1980s Rose Festival. I couldn't get time off work.

[@landochabod7]

Huh? No. The area of the ellipse is A = pi*a*b, where a and b are the semi-axes major and minor. If they both shrink by 7%, the area will shrink to 93% * 93% = 86.5% of what it was before. It's -13.5%, not -21% area.

[@joecarlson6428]

@@landochabod7 Thanks for the correction. My horse shoe math was off. It is still significant and if you added in deadeye for an additional 10% then you have an accurate ship.

[@tobiastime4066]

Such a pity that the Alabama in game has been made so irrelevant by powercreep. Along with the other old premium American BBs, it really suffered when the tech tree BBs got their improved repair party. Then came the American secondary battleships, and made the old premiums almost forgotten! Alabama is still a decent boat, but I rarely see one these days.😊

[@maxswenson6605]

One of the things I noticed when visiting the USS North Carolina a few years back was how cramped the 5” gun mounts were. I wondered how the sailors manning those mounts must have been jammed in there.

[@sealordmountbatten]

Most of the 5” mounts the public has access too also have had a good chunk of machinery removed too

[@fireorc8410]

I dont have the William commander, so what would be a good substitute commander in the armory today?

[@EvoraGT430]

HMS Belfast in moored as a museum in central London and is excellently presented and accessible.

[@coolpilot7819]

I’d love to have this ship as it’s the only museum ship I’ve been to

[@alexsiegfried3693]

Never been on the Alabama but I have been on the Salem, Massachusetts and all of the ships at battleship cove. Is there more open on the Alabama than the Massachusetts?

[@sealordmountbatten]

Yes, and the Alabama is in much better shape than the Massachusetts sadly

[@carstenhansen5757]

Really sealord. You go A with the lemmings?

[@markriley7723]

Get yourself over the pond SLM. HMS Belfast is a great day out. Also HMS Victory down in Portsmouth is just awe inspiring.

[@martinlaver007]

TLDR: The clickbait “feature” is that you can visit the IRL ship.

[@sirtogii5216]

Funny, got this last Xmas and have literally not played it cause always thought it was a worse North Cal and the Massa was much more fun. Will need to give her a proper go

[@RenanSAbreu]

I love my Alabama. Great guns, AA and ASW.

[@andreaspedersen3952]

Alabama was the ship I used when ranking out the first time. Because of its stealth I could get away with some crazy shit. Still love it, though it has been overshadowed by some Russian ships..

[@aesirgaming1014]

Also, you can sing "Sweet Home Alabama" as you citadel cruisers...

[@bushyfromoz8834]

That last salvo on that DD, i get that kinda BS all the time, entire salvos dropping short on broadside targets

[@TiberiusMaximus]

I live in Fall River Ma. home of the Massachusetts, can actually see it from my house

[@rcgrizzly94]

I've been on the Iowa...pretty cool

[@ThePhengophobe]

I dont think it's actually too uncommon for ships to be visitable IRL. Alabama may be the closest ingame representation, but we've got 4 Iowas, Midway, Kidd, Fletchers, Salem etc, and thats just US. Internationally there's Mikasa, Belfast, Haida, Blyskawica, someone else mentions having been to Smalland which I hadn't known was a museum.

[@sealordmountbatten]

Yeah but there’s getting close to what? 500 ships in game? Only a small amount of those still exist irl sadly

[@ThePhengophobe]

@@sealordmountbatten True, a fraction of them are there, but the title and they way you describe how Alabama can be visited gives the impressions its one of a handful, rather than a couple dozen.

[@GaryS5001]

I just want a USS Washington/Admiral Willis Lee packaged deal. Is that too much to ask for?

[@veyrnotvods5542]

I actually own Alabama, so I actually agree with you, it's sad that not a lot of ships have that feature, as for the armor, it's rather good. I can only highlight three problems: that terrible shell velocity, cruisers eat its lunch, and it doesn't do very well with torps. like...at all.

[@SteveFakerson]

But the torp protection is 49%, not sure what you mean

[@FISH_SAUCER]

The accuracy is rather bad aswell when WG says it has better accuracy, and also terrible shell pen (from my experience playing it).

[@veyrnotvods5542]

@@FISH_SAUCER true

[@jacobstallcup8648]

@@FISH_SAUCER accuracy is not the best they lowered it a lot and the shell pen that’s just your rng your shell pen at 32km is still 430mm so at 24km it’s over 680mm

[@pkxpanz3r241]

You need to come to Fall River. MA and check out the Massachusetts.

[@mprto68]

Thank you - I just bought Alabama and headed straight in, killed a cruiser at 13k, and want toe to toe with a bb and survived. FTW

[@Rici98devil]

I dont rember rn how much lepanto has in term of torpedo protection but her base number was pretty higher too.

[@papatango2362]

What about the Iowas, the Midway, the Essexes, the Fletchers etc??? You can see some representatives of the respective classes today.

[@votanameas6173]

How do I get the Mikasa battleship? I didn't see her in the tech tree.

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

She isnin the premium shop

[@jacobotha6158]

I got Alabama because my Massachusetts was lonely. Like the ship a lot... . .

[@mattw.6726]

Erm...NC has a waterline or slightly underwater citadel last I checked. However, her side armor is pretty weak, meaning she still eats a lot of cits.

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

Still don't know why the NC citadel extends out to to belt of the ship in the armor scheme there another armor box inside the citadel that can't be used.

[@Murdocke89]

We have the HMS Belfast here too

[@ison2.017]

The other really cool thing about the Alabama is it is just completely out of the meta right now

[@thatguybrandt9487]

I’m actually surprised you run Alabama with the primary gun range extension instead of secondary range, I know the secondaries aren’t the point of the Alabama but with the really sluggish primary shells I’m surprised you don’t add just a little destroyer deterrent.

[@arczer2519]

Kinda overstate NC citadel, it is waterline and its deck can't be overmached around the gun turrets (compared to SD/Iowa/Montana). it's no near what old US BB citadel's were.

[@arcadequartercounter2120]

You should come see the Mighty MO in Hawaii.

[@indra8188]

Yeah that’s a feature of the American tech tree in general lol

[@jtough7499]

For their tonnage I would say the SoDak class is among the best of all BB's

[@GaryS5001]

The SoDaks were THE best Treaty Battleships, hands down.

[@GamingDualities]

Rare future would be a ship that isn't a camping heaven

[@SteveFakerson]

Love your vids, but the North Carolina doesnt have a high citidel... It was actually the model all the others were changed to. The armor just makes it look high but it's at the waterline.

[@JSabra27]

I drive by the USS Massachusetts every day on my way to work.

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

Also HMS Belfast

[@JoseyWales8178]

I have walked the decks of the USS Alabama a few times. There's a submarine you can walk around inside of as well. Right in mobile bay.

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

Also USS north carolina, Texas, Missouri, Iowa.

[@dutch0770]

Not going to lie.... I'd pay money just to see them do an anchors away on a WW2 sub! Hahaha. Might be "cramped"...WG : spreadsheet says we are having fun

[@sealordmountbatten]

Technically Alabama was. They have the Drum on shore next to Alabama

[@joelfunk8730]

I have stayed overnight onboard Alabama twice

[@honeyspringshomestead1411]

I have that ship, and yes I love it.

[@Chaden_Allen]

Yay my ship. I live in Alabama

[@popefang]

Vampire 2 in Sydney!

[@ethanclark6791]

Man if Texas got some good treatment

[@Powerhaus88]

Turret rotation is waaay better a choice

[@runehalm6059]

Started a wows us account 3-4 years ago, then I got to buy ALABAMA for 1500 doubloons :-)

[@adambiczyk2453]

You can do the same with ORP Błyskawica

[@Yog-Sothoth620]

Can u do a video about the Jean Bart next ?