Photo #: NH 98125
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 after area shows a number of recent alterations,
enclosed in white lines drawn on the image.
Notable features include a Mark 34 Gun Director with antenna
for Mark 8 radar; Mark 37 Gun Director with antennas for Mark
12 and Mark 22 radars; the after smokestack with searchlight
platforms mounted on it; and the height-finding radar and other
electronic equipment on the mainmast.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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