USS Albany (SSN-753)
 USS Albany underway
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | The City of Albany, New York |
| Awarded | 29 November 1983 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 22 April 1985 |
| Launched | 13 June 1987 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Nancy M. Kissinger |
| Commissioned | 7 April 1990 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto | Still Making History |
| Status | Ship in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Complement | 15 officers, 98 men |
| Armament | 4 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk60 captor mines |
USS Albany (SSN-753) is a
launched on 13 June 1987 sponsored by Nancy M. Kissinger, wife of Henry Kissinger, and was commissioned
on 7 April 1990 with Commander Darl R. Anderson in command.
Albany was the last US submarine built via the traditional "keel up" ship construction method.[citation needed] Thus, it was the last submarine to "launch" down the shipway.
Albany and
HY-100 steel rather than the HY-80 steel used in the manufacturing of all other Los Angeles-class submarines. This was done to test construction methods using this steel, which would later be employed in the assembly of the new Seawolf-class submarines.[3]
On 30 July 2004 Albany returned to Norfolk, Virginia, after a six-month deployment that began in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, then proceeded to the Mediterranean Sea for a NATO exercise, Operation "MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle."
On 14 May 2022 Albany returned to Norfolk after a six-month deployment.[4]
Citations
- ^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Baker 1998, p. 1009.
- ^ "USS Albany Returns to Norfolk".
References
- Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
- Miller, David (2002). The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World. Motor Books International. ISBN 0-7603-1345-8.
This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.