USS Birmingham (SSN-695) Ship's Crest Mug

Named for Birmingham, Alabama — the iron and steel city whose industrial might helped fuel American strength — USS Birmingham (SSN-695) was a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine commissioned December 16, 1978. Running deep and silent through the world's oceans during the Cold War's most critical decades, Birmingham tracked Soviet submarines, gathered vital intelligence, and held the line in a contest waged in darkness far from any headline. Decommissioned December 22, 1995, she served her nation with the quiet professionalism the submarine force has always demanded.