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Thursday, 10 December 2015

American light cruiser USS Birmingham 1907-at least 1923

Chester-design. Launched in 1907, completed in 1908, displacement 3.750 tons, horsepower 16.000 hp, coal-fired reciprocating machinery and an armament of 4-5” guns, 5 smaller guns, 2-21” submerged torpedo tubes.

Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at the Hague, Netherlands)  inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923.