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Revision as of 10:19, 17 November 2014

U.S.S. Birmingham (1907)
Hull Number: CL-2
Builder: Fore River[1]
Ordered: Act of 27 Apr, 1904[2]
Laid down: 14 Aug, 1905[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1907[4]
Commissioned: 11 Apr, 1908[5]
Decommissioned: 1 Dec, 1923[6]
Sold: 13 May, 1930[7]
U.S.S. Birmingham was one of three Chester class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Birmingham launched on 29 May 1907; sponsored by Mrs L. Underwood; and commissioned on 11 April 1908, Commander Burns Tracy Walling in command.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 155.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  7. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.

Bibliography


Chester Class Light Cruiser
  Chester Birmingham Salem  
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