USS Albany (CA-123)
42°39′15″N 73°44′53″W / 42.6542579°N 73.7481442°W
Albany during her visit to Copenhagen in June 1951
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Albany |
Namesake | Albany, New York |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 6 March 1944 |
Launched | 30 June 1945 |
Sponsored by | Elizabeth F. Pinckney |
Commissioned | 15 June 1946 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1958 |
Reclassified | CG-10, 1 November 1958 |
Recommissioned | 3 November 1962 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1967 |
Recommissioned | 9 November 1968 |
Decommissioned | 29 August 1980 |
Stricken | 30 June 1985 |
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Motto | Assiduity |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 12 August 1990 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oregon City-class heavy cruiser |
Displacement | 13,700 tons |
Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) |
Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
Speed | 32.6 knots (60.4 km/h; 37.5 mph) |
Complement | 1,969 officers and enlisted |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | guided-missile cruiser (1962–1980)< |
Displacement | 17,500 tons full load |
Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) |
Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 11 in (8.20 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 120,000 shp (89,000 kW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
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Aircraft carried | None |
USS Albany (CA-123) was a
The ship was laid down on 6 March 1944 at
Service history
Following outfitting and a
For two years, stretching at least until the autumn of 1955, Albany served as flagship for Commander, Battleship-Cruiser Force, Atlantic.[2]
Conversion to guided missile cruiser
On 30 June 1958, Albany was placed out of commission at the
Between 1976 and 1980, Albany was the flagship of the 6th Fleet, and homeported in Gaeta, Italy.
Decommissioning and disposal
Albany was
Commemoration
A portion of Albany's bow resides at the Albany County Fairgrounds in Altamont, New York.[3]
The original 14-foot-long (1:48 scale) brass model of the ship built by the United States Navy to help determine where antenna arrays would go on the actual-size ships was restored in 2013 and is on display at the Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center.[4] USS Albany's bridge equipments like the ship wheel, clock, window, telephone, dining silver sets, items from crew members, shipbuilder plaque, bell, and more are all on display at USS Albany Heritage Exhibit.[1]
Awards
- Navy Unit Commendation with 2 awards
- Navy "E" Ribbon with 3 awards
- World War II Victory Ribbon
- World War II Occupation Medal with "Europe" clasp
- National Defense Service Medal with 2 awards
Battenburg Cup
Gallery
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Albany at Fore River Shipyard on 30 June 1945.
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HO3S landing on turret of Albany in c1951.
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Albany at Copenhagen in June 1951.
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Albany anchored off Cannes in 1954.
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Albany at Boston Naval Shipyard in 1959.
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Albany in Boston Harbor on 26 November 1968.
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USS Albany and USS Columbus at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico in 1972.
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USS Little Rock and USS Albany docked at the refueling pier at Gaeta, Italy in 1976.
References
- ISBN 3-7822-0348-8
- ^ John B. Hattendorf, Adm Richard G. Colbert: Pioneer in Building Global Maritime Partnerships, Naval War College Review, Summer 2008, Vol. 61, No. 3, 115.
- ISBN 3-7822-0348-8
- ^ Matthew Hamilton (3 September 2013). "Restored to former glory". Times Union.
Bibliography
- Wright, Christopher C. (1977). "The Tall Ladies...Columbus, Albany & Chicago". Warship International. XIV (2): 104–134. ISSN 0043-0374.
Further reading
- Albany (Ship : CA-123). USS Albany CA-123: Mediterranean Cruise of 1951. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1951. OCLC 30880411
- Albany (Ship : CA-123). The USS Albany: 1955 Mediterranean Cruise. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1955. OCLC 30881092
External links
- USS Albany Association homepage
- Photos of Albany
- Naval Vessel Register entry for Albany
- Entry for Ekelund Range
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.