USS Albany (CA-123)
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USS Albany (CA-123), during her visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, between 18 and 23 June 1951.
_underway_1970s.jpg) USS Albany (CG-10) in the 1970s. Note the radical difference in her appearance after her conversion to a guided-missile cruiser from a gun cruiser. |
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| 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: | Guided-missile cruiser, CG-10, 1 November 1958 |
| Recommissioned: | 3 November 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 March 1967 |
| Recommissioned: | 9 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 August 1980 |
| Struck: | 30 June 1985 |
| Motto: | Assiduity (as CG-10) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 12 August 1990 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oregon City-class heavy cruiser (1946-1958) |
| 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 |
| Complement: | 1,969 officers and enlisted |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Albany-class 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 (89.5 MW) |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots |
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| Aircraft carried: | None |
USS Albany (CA-123) was a United States Navy Oregon City-class heavy cruiser, later converted to the guided missile cruiser CG-10. The converted cruiser was the lead ship of the new Albany guided missile cruiser class. She was the fourth ship to carry the name Albany.
The ship was laid down on 6 March 1944 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Steel Company, launched on 30 June 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Pinckney, and commissioned on 15 June 1946 at the Boston Navy Yard, Captain Harold A. Carlisle in command.
Following outfitting and a shakedown cruise in the vicinity of Casco Bay, Maine, Albany began operations along the east coast of the United States punctuated with cruises to the West Indies. During the ensuing months, the cruiser made a number of voyages for the purpose of training naval reservists and NROTC midshipmen. Albany continued to perform such duty until 11 September 1948, when she stood out of Chesapeake Bay for her first tour of duty with the American naval forces operating in the Mediterranean Sea, recently made a permanent establishment as the 6th Fleet. That deployment set the tone for the next decade. The cruiser alternated five assignments to the 6th Fleet with operations along the east coast of the United States and in the West Indies and made three cruises to South American ports. During one of the South American voyages, Albany carried the official United States representative to the inauguration of the President of Brazil in January 1951.
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