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    USS Birmingham (CS-2/CL-2), named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a Chester-class scout cruiser, reclassified a light cruiser in 1920. Entering...
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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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  • in service from 1976 to 1999 USS Birmingham (CL-2), a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923 USS Birmingham (CL-62), a light cruiser, in service from...
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    USS Birmingham (CL-62) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a...
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    he was serving as a chief electrician on the USS Birmingham (CL-2). On that day, while the Birmingham was anchored at Hampton Roads in Virginia, Seaman...
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    USS Olympia (C-6) - replacing 10 5"/40 and 4 8"/35 guns in 1917 USS Chester (CL-1) - replacing 2 5"/50 and 4 3"/50 guns in 1917 USS Birmingham (CL-2)...
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    render assistance. USS Irwin approached and attempted to fight the fire in the forward section of the hangar deck. The cruiser USS Birmingham, being the largest...
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    gunboats USS Atlanta (1884) USS Baltimore (C-3) USS Birmingham (CL-2) USS Boston (1884) USS Charleston (C-2) USS Chester (CL-1) USS New York (ACR-2) USS Newark (C-1)...
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    Ely took off from a wooden platform installed on the scout cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-2). He landed safely on shore a few minutes later. Ely proved several...
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  • Curtiss Model D flown by Eugene Burton Ely took off from the USS Birmingham (CL-2) and again on USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4) in early 1911. These tests were enough...
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