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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 an
attack submarine
commissioned
1990
and on active service in
2003
.