An item referred to the German magazine Schiffbau reporting that on 29 May by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Massachusetts, USA the American scout Birmingham was launched. In contrary to the turbines of her sister ship Salem was she to be fitted out with vertical expansion steam engines.(1)
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1. Chester-class scout cruisers consisting of the Chester, Birmingham and Salem, succeeded by the Omaha-class building ordered on 27 April 1904, awarded on 17 May 1905, laid down by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy Point, Quincy, Massachusetts on 14 August 1905, launched on 29 May 1907, commissioned on 11 April 1908, decommissioned on 1 December 1923 and sold to be broken up on 13 May 1930.
Note
1. Chester-class scout cruisers consisting of the Chester, Birmingham and Salem, succeeded by the Omaha-class building ordered on 27 April 1904, awarded on 17 May 1905, laid down by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy Point, Quincy, Massachusetts on 14 August 1905, launched on 29 May 1907, commissioned on 11 April 1908, decommissioned on 1 December 1923 and sold to be broken up on 13 May 1930.
