"USS CL Birmingham " Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 May 2017 3:43 p.m. PST |
"Following her shakedown cruise, Birmingham was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. Departing Norfolk, Virginia on 2 June, she steamed to the Mediterranean and gave gunfire support during the invasion of Sicily (10–26 July 1943). Returning to the United States on 8 August, she was reassigned to the Pacific Fleet and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 6 September. Joining the fast carrier task force screen, she took part in the raids on Tarawa (18 September 1943) and Wake Island (5–6 October). At the Solomons, she took part in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (8–9 November), along with her sister ships Cleveland, Columbia, Montpelier, and Denver. This was the first major action by the new Cleveland-class light cruisers that were entering the fleet. Birmingham's gunners shot down at least four enemy Japanese aircraft. During the daytime, Japanese planes hit Birmingham with two bombs and a torpedo. The ship's casualties included two killed and 34 wounded.[2] The hits kept her out of the night surface battle with the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet that followed. Birmingham retired to Mare Island Navy Yard for repairs which lasted until 18 February 1944, when she rejoined the Pacific Fleet…"
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| LtJBSz | 06 May 2017 5:02 p.m. PST |
Sorry Tango you blew this one, you link to a WW1 British cruiser, but the USS Birmingham was a Cleveland class WW2 cruiser. |
| Tango01 | 07 May 2017 9:34 p.m. PST |
My mistake… sorry for that… What about the model?… do you like it?.
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