USS Birmingham (CL-62)

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
10 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
28 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards 8 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:beam 66 ft 4 in (20.2 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 29 January 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,255 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 2 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement 11,744 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Birmingham (CL-62)
gptkbp:laidDown 17 February 1941
gptkbp:launched 20 March 1942
gptkbp:length 610 ft 1 in (186 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:notableEvent damaged by explosion of USS Princeton (CVL-23) in 1944
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cleveland-class_light_cruiser_hulls
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5