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'''Mobile''' (pronounced Mo-Beel) is a city in [[Alabama]] along Mobile Bay, an inlet of the [[Gulf of America]].  It is the only saltwater and deep-water port in Alabama. It is the home of the US subsidiary of Austal, an Australian shipbuilding firm, along with the US operations of Airbus, the European large aircraft manufacturer (the Airbus facility is the third-largest aircraft facility in the world).

'''Mobile''' (pronounced Mo-Beel) is a city in [[Alabama]] along Mobile Bay, an inlet of the [[Gulf of America]].  It is the state's second largest city and is the home to Alabama's only saltwater and deep-water port.

 

It is the home of the US subsidiary of [[Austal]], an Australian shipbuilding firm, along with the US operations of [[Airbus]], the European large aircraft manufacturer (the Airbus facility is the third-largest aircraft facility in the world).

Having been previously a French and later a Spanish colony, it is the one part of Alabama where [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] is strong in the otherwise Protestant-dominated state (the Archdiocese of Mobile, which oversees all Catholic churches in Alabama and neighboring [[Mississippi]], is located there).

Having been previously a French and later a Spanish colony, it is the one part of Alabama where [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] is strong in the otherwise Protestant-dominated state (the Archdiocese of Mobile, which oversees all Catholic churches in Alabama and neighboring [[Mississippi]], is located there).

Five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame came from Mobile: [[Hank Aaron]], [[Willie McCovey]], [[Satchel Paige]], [[Ozzie Smith]], and [[Billy Williams]].  Only the much larger cities of [[New York City]] and [[Chicago]] have more.

Five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame came from Mobile: [[Hank Aaron]], [[Willie McCovey]], [[Satchel Paige]], [[Ozzie Smith]], and [[Billy Williams]].  Only the much larger cities of [[New York City]] and [[Chicago]] have more.

The area is served by the [[University of South Alabama]] (a public university), [[Spring Hill College]] (the third-oldest [[Jesuit]]-affiliated university in the US), and the [[University of Mobile]] (a private university affiliated with the Alabama state convention of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], the university is located in nearby [[Prichard, Alabama|Prichard]], a suburb to its northwest). Mobile's Ladd-Peebles Stadium was the site of [[Donald Trump]]'s first stadium rally (moved from two smaller venues due to public interest) after his initial announcement of his first Presidential run.

The area is served by the [[University of South Alabama]] (a public university), [[Spring Hill College]] (the third-oldest [[Jesuit]]-affiliated university in the US), and the [[University of Mobile]] (a private university affiliated with the Alabama state convention of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], the university is located in nearby [[Prichard, Alabama|Prichard]], a suburb to its northwest).

 

Mobile's Ladd-Peebles Stadium was the site of [[Donald Trump]]'s first stadium rally (moved from two smaller venues due to public interest) after his initial announcement of his first Presidential run.

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