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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Birmingham'' (1907)|fate2=
|hullno=CL-2
|comm=11 Apr, 1908{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 450}}
|fatedate=13 May, 1930{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 450}}
|order=Act of 27 Apr, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 155}}
|name=Birmingham
|launch=29 May, 1907{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 450}}
|builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]]{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 450}}
|laid=14 Aug, 1905{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 450}}
|decomm=1 Dec, 1923{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 450}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Birmingham''''' was one of three [[Chester Class Cruiser (1907)|''Chester'' class light cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

==Construction==
''Birmingham'' was launched on 29 May, 1907, sponsored by Mrs L. Underwood.

==Service==
''Birmingham'' was commissioned on 11 April, 1908 with Commander [[Burns Tracy Walling|Burns T. Walling]] in command.

In March 1910, ''Birmingham'' had the melancholy duty of conveying the yawl of the lost tug {{US-Nina}} to [[Norfolk Navy Yard]] after it was discovered on a beach in Metopkin Inlet.  The ''Nina'' had departed Norfolk for Boston on 6 February, and was last seen struggling in bad weather.{{USDANFS|n/nina}}<ref>"Nina Officially Lost".  ''The Army and Navy Register''.  Saturday, 19 March, 1910.  Volume '''XLVII''',  No. 1578, p. 21.</ref><ref>"Identify Yawl of Tug Nina".  ''The Army and Navy Register''.  Saturday, 19 March, 1910.  Volume '''XLVII''',  No. 1578, p. 22.</ref>

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Birmingham''" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Burns Tracy Walling|nick=Burns T. Walling|appt=11 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 10}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Bartlett Fletcher|nick=William B. Fletcher|appt=28 October, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 12}}|end=18 December, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Frederick Hughes|nick=Charles F. Hughes|appt=18 December, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Benjamin Franklin Hutchison|nick=Benjamin F. Hutchison|appt=27 June, 1912{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 14}}|end=7 January, 1914<ref>"The Navy Gazette".  ''Army and Navy Register''.  10 January, 1914.  Vol. '''LV''', No. '''1,747''', p. 55.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=David Foote Sellers|nick=David F. Sellers|appt=c. 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 271}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Percy Napier Olmsted|nick=Percy N. Olmsted|appt=c. 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Kenneth Galleher Castleman|nick=Kenneth G. Castleman|appt=22 November, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 18-19}}|end=March, 1923{{USOfficerReg1924|pp. 16-17}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Birmingham_(CL-2)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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