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Photo #: NH 98127
USS Birmingham (CL-62)
Is near-missed by a Japanese coastal gun, while bombarding in
support of the invasion of Saipan, June 1944. Birmingham's camouflage scheme is Measure 33, Design 6d.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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