Found at the entrance to Mobile Bay, Dauphin Island is a coastal island belonging to this state
[DOC] [TLE] Shipwrecks of Mobile Bay and Alabama 1861-1865 - Admiral ... [PAR] Union naval losses due to torpedoes in the Blakely River and Mobile Bay were .... 
set it afire, at latitude 28 47' north, longitude 87 58' west, off the Alabama coast.