USS Birmingham explained

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Birmingham, after the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

• , was a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923.
• , was a light cruiser commissioned in 1943, involved in heavy fighting in the Pacific War, and decommissioned in 1946.
• , was a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service from 1978 to 1997.