USS Albany

Five United States Navy ships have borne the name Albany, after the town of Albany, New York.

The first Albany was a 22-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1846 and lost at sea in 1854.
The second Albany was a 14-gun screw sloop commissioned as Contoocook in 1868, renamed in 1869, and decommissioned the next year.
The third Albany (CL-23) was a protected cruiser purchased on the ways in 1898 and later reclassified as a light cruiser.
The fourth Albany (CA-123) was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1946 and later converted to a guided missile cruiser.
The fifth Albany (SSN-753) is a Los Angeles-class attack submarine commissioned 1990 and on active service in 2004.

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