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This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine
Keel Laid 26 April 1975 - Launched 29 October 1977
USS BIRMINGHAM SSN-695
Commissioned 16 December 1978 - Decommissioned 22 December 1997
Struck from Naval Register 22 December 1997
Entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program 1 October 2012
September 2015, Birmingham's sail was placed on static display at Defense Supply Center Columbus.
Naval Covers
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
Th ships sponsor was Mrs. Maryon Pittman Allen, wife of Senator James Allen.
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it.
See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on
editing this page.
