Photo #: NH 98124
USS Birmingham (CL-62)
At the Mare Island Navy Yard, 22 January 1945, following battle
damage repair and overhaul.
Photographed from a Navy Yard crane, this "plan view"
of the ship's midships area shows a number of recent alterations,
enclosed in white lines drawn on the image.
Notable features include the forward smokestack, with a new electronics
platform mounted on it; 40mm quad gun mounts; life rafts; Mark
34 Gun Director; and a variety of equipment on the ship's forward
superstructure platforms.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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