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...
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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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(CVL-24) USS Bennett (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...
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List of cruisers of the United States Navy (redirect from CL-115)
Belknap (DLG/CG-26) Biddle (DLG/CG-34) Biloxi (CL-80) Birmingham (CS/CL-2) Birmingham (CL-62) Boise (CL-47) Boston (1884) Boston (CA-69/CAG-1) Bremerton...
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Cleveland-class cruiser (redirect from USS Youngstown (CL-94))
November 1959 Tallahassee CL-61 2 June 1941 — — — Reordered as the light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) Birmingham CL-62 Newport News Shipbuilding...
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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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aircraft passed over Shelby and crashed into the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) anchored nearby. The same day, Shelby began receiving casualties...
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battle stars for her service in WWII, and finally scrapped in 1960. USS Birmingham (CL-62) was operating off Bougainville Island on 8 November 1943 when her...
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cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62), Wantuck went to the aid of the stricken cruiser. On 5 May 1945, she departed Okinawa in company with damaged Birmingham and...
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Jones' Locker. USS Barry sank as the result of damage received the previous day (see Barry 24 May 1945 and Barry 21 June 1945) USS Birmingham was damaged...
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to get clear and Birmingham (CL-62) took her place. Ten minutes later the after third of Princeton blew off. Not only did Birmingham suffer topside damage...
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(T-ATS-11) USS Biloxi (CL-80) USS Bingham (APA-225/LPA-225) USS Birch (YN-3) USS Birgit (AKA-24) USS Birmingham (CL-2, CL-62, SSN-695) USS Bisbee (PG-154/PF-46)...
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post-shakedown overhaul. Upon completion, the destroyer escorted Birmingham (CL-62) to Norfolk. On 4 April, she escorted two tankers to Casco Bay and...
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Militarytimes Websites. Retrieved June 19, 2018. "Cruiser Photo Index CL-62 USS BIRMINGHAM - Navsource - Photographic History of the U.S. Navy". navsource.org...
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and attack the damaged U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62). She failed to find Birmingham, and on 13 November 1943 received orders to rescue...
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during World War II USS Huse (DE-145) was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II USS Roanoke (CL-145) was a United States...
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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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USS Omaha (SSN-692), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Omaha, Nebraska. The contract to build...
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Selfridge (DD-357) and Albert W. Grant (DD-649) in the screen of cruiser Birmingham (CL-62) off the western coast of Tinian, delivering harassing fire throughout...
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States Navy battleships present, all were damaged and four were sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to...
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experiment with rigid airships, constructing one of their own, the ZR-1 USS Shenandoah, and buying the R38 (based on the Zeppelin L 70) when the British...
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error, killing all 82 aboard. December 24 – A Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 crashed into the village of Binh Thai, South Vietnam due to pilot error...
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Barton (DD-599) helped to protect Tennessee (BB-43), Nevada (BB-36), Birmingham (CL-62), St. Louis (CL-49), and Wichita (CA-45) while they shelled southern Okinawa...
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October 2008). Christmas: A Candid History. University of California Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-520-25802-0. Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories. Bottletree...
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Jerauld Wright (section USS Santa Fe (CL-60))
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Intruders and 12 support aircraft took off from the aircraft carriers USS Constellation and USS Ranger to carry out the first American bombing of North Vietnam's...
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waves penetrated 70–100 m in different parts of the country". Publimetro.cl. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011. "Tsunami...
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the "people", 1973–1980]. Revista Historia (in Spanish). Revistahistoria.uc.cl. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017...
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advance. Four U.S. Navy ships, the cruisers USS Newport News and USS Providence and destroyers USS Robison and USS Rowan made a night raid into Haiphong Harbor...
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