Photo #: NH 98123
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 Mark 34 Gun Directors with antennas
for Mark 8 radar on top; height-finding radar on the mainmast;
antenna for SK search radar on the foremast; and new electronic
antennas on the after end of the forward smokestack.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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