USS Birmingham (CL-2)

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament two 21-inch torpedo tubes
six 3-inch/50 caliber guns
two 5-inch/50 caliber guns
gptkbp:beam 47 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Fore_River_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:commissioned 11 April 1908
gptkbp:crewComplement 350
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 December 1923
gptkbp:displacement 3,750 tons
gptkbp:draught 16 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap 13 May 1930
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Birmingham (CL-2)
gptkbp:hullNumber CL-2
gptkbp:launched 29 May 1907
gptkbp:length 423 ft 6 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:notableEvent First ship to launch an airplane from a platform (14 November 1910)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Eugene_Ely
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:light_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5