USS Albany (CL-23)
USS Albany at sea
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| Name: | Albany |
| Namesake: | Albany, New York |
| Ordered: | Almirante Abreu for the Brazilian Navy in 1898 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Laid down: | 8 December 1897 |
| Launched: | 14 January 1899 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. John C. Colwell |
| Acquired: | 16 March 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1900 |
| Decommissioned: | ca. June 1904 |
| Recommissioned: | 10 June 1907 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 December 1913 |
| Recommissioned: | 17 April 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 December 1914 |
| Recommissioned: | 21 May 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 October 1922 |
| Reclassified: | CL 22 on 8 August 1921 |
| Struck: | 3 November 1929 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:CL-23 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping 11 February 1930 |
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| Class and type: | New Orleans class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,428 long tons (3,483 t) |
| Length: | 354 ft 9 1⁄2 in (108.141 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
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| Speed: | 20.52 knots (24 mph; 38 km/h) |
| Complement: | 363 officers and enlisted |
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The third USS Albany (later PG-36 and CL-23) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class. She saw service in the Philippine–American War and World War I.
Albany was originally laid down at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, by Armstrong Whitworth on 8 December 1897 for the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Abreu, but was purchased while still on the ways by the United States Navy on 16 March 1898 to prevent her from being acquired by the Spanish Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was renamed Albany and launched in February 1899, sponsored by Mrs. John C. Colwell, the wife of the American naval attaché in London. She was commissioned in the River Tyne, England, on 29 May 1900. Cost $1,207,644.13 (hull and machinery).
On 26 June 1900, Albany put to sea bound for service in the Philippines with the Philippine–American War. Steaming via Gibraltar, the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Indian Ocean, the cruiser arrived at Cavite in the Philippines on 22 November. She served with the Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines for the next seven months. During that tour of duty, the protected cruiser visited Hong Kong, from 28 December 1900 to 17 February 1901, for repairs in drydock. On 3 July 1901, she departed Cavite to return to the European Station. Retracing the path of her maiden voyage, Albany transited the Suez Canal early in September and reentered the Mediterranean on 15 September.
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