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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Birmingham, after the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

  • USS Birmingham (CL-2), was a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923.
  • USS Birmingham (CL-62), was a light cruiser commissioned in 1943, involved in heavy fighting in the Pacific War, and decommissioned in 1946.
  • USS Birmingham (SSN-695), was a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service from 1978 to 1997.

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USS Birmingham

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named Birmingham, after the city of Birmingham, Alabama. USS Birmingham (CL-2), was a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923. USS Birmingham (CL-62)...

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Charles Frederick Hughes

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of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser No. 2) in 1911 and plied the troubled waters along the Mexican gulf coast in that ship and, later, in command of USS Des...

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List of United States Navy losses in World War II

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units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...

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HMS Birmingham

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HMS Birmingham (Type 26 frigate) will be a Type 26 frigate. Heligoland 1914 Dogger Bank 1915 Jutland 1916 Norway 1940 Korea 1952–53 USS Birmingham This...

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Aircraft carrier

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Pusher airplane from the deck of a United States Navy ship, the cruiser USS Birmingham anchored off Norfolk Navy Base in Virginia. Two months later, on 18...

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

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aircraft carrier USS Princeton led to the loss of 108 killed on Princeton and 241 killed and 412 wounded on the light cruiser USS Birmingham due to secondary...

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List of ships damaged by kamikaze attack

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(DD-473) USS Birmingham (CL-62) USS Bowers (DE-637) USS Borie (DD-704) USS Braine (DD-630) USS Bright (DE-747) USS Brooks (DD-232) USS Bryant (DD-665) USS Bullard...

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Battle of Okinawa

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the amphibious landings on Okinawa on 1 April, USS Franklin suffered over 800 killed and missing and USS Bunker Hill suffered 396 killed and missing. These...

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History of the aircraft carrier

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from a structure fixed over the forecastle of the US armored cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, Virginia and landed nearby on Willoughby Spit after...

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Naval aviation

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from the cruiser USS Birmingham anchored off the Virginia coast in November 1910. Two months later Ely landed aboard another cruiser, USS Pennsylvania, in...

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Curtiss Model D

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Ely off the deck of USS Birmingham on November 14, 1910, near Hampton Roads, Virginia) and made the first landing aboard a ship (USS Pennsylvania) on January...

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Eugene Burton Ely

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from a temporary platform erected over the bow of the light cruiser USS Birmingham. The airplane plunged downward as soon as it cleared the 83-foot platform...

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List of firsts in aviation

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Flight from USS Birmingham, 14 November 1910". Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved January 21, 2013. "Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania...

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Aviation in the pioneer era

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of the light cruiser USS Birmingham. Two months later, on 18 January 1911, Ely landed on a platform on the armoured cruiser USS Pennsylvania. The earliest...

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Newport News Shipbuilding

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for five Nimitz-class carriers (USS Nimitz, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Carl Vinson, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Abraham Lincoln). As of November...

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Glenn Curtiss

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from a temporary platform mounted on the forward deck of the cruiser USS Birmingham. His successful takeoff and ensuing flight to shore marked the beginning...

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Burns Tracy Walling

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Puerto Rico. He was the first commanding officer of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham from April 11, 1908, to May 9, 1909, and Captain of the Yard at Naval...

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William Alexander Ancrum

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Maneuver No. 2, aboard USS Brooklyn, and attended a course at the Naval War College. On April 6, 1917, he reported to USS Birmingham briefly, following which...

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