Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Three vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Birmingham, after the city of Birmingham, Alabama. The first Birmingham (CL-2) was a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923. The second Birmingham (CL-62) was also a light cruiser, commissioned in 1943, involved in heavy fighting in the Pacific War, and decommissioned in 1946. The third Birmingham (SSN-695) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service from 1978 to 1997. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.