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Description
English: Launch of the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia (USA), on 20 March 1942.
Depicted place
Newport News Shipbuilding
Date
20 March 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-03-20T00:00:00Z/11
Collection
Naval History & Heritage Command
Parent institution
United States Department of the Navy
Location
Washington Navy Yard
Established
1944
Website
www.history.navy.mil
Authority file
: Q3250126
VIAF: 1112145424606586830810
ISNI: 0000000121926193
LCCN: no2009080665
GND: 1104864061
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
Accession number
NH 75592
Source
U.S. Navy photo NH 75592
Licensing
This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID NH 75592. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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2005-08-04 17:29 A Train 740×590×8 (113288 bytes) USS Birmingham is launched from Newport News shipyards on March 20, 1942.{{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}
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