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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.

Decommissioning and disposal[edit]

Albany was decommissioned on 29 August 1980 and laid up on the Elizabeth River across from the Norfolk Navy Yard. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 June 1985, but she remained at her berth and held for possible donation as a museum ship in her name sake city for a further five years. Though there was serious interest in saving the ship, a feasible museum and financial plan was never realized, and she was sold for scrapping on 12 August 1990.

Commemoration[edit]

A portion of Albany's bow resides at the Albany County Fairgrounds in Altamont, New York.[3]


The original 14-foot-long (1:48 scale) brass model of the ship built by the United States Navy to help determine where antenna arrays would go on the actual-size ships was restored in 2013 and is on display at the Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center.[4] USS Albany's bridge equipments like the ship wheel, clock, window, telephone, dining silver sets, items from crew members, shipbuilder plaque, bell, and more are all on display at USS Albany Heritage Exhibit.[1]

with 2 awards

Navy Unit Commendation

with 3 awards

Navy "E" Ribbon

World War II Victory Ribbon

with "Europe" clasp

World War II Occupation Medal

with 2 awards

National Defense Service Medal

Battenburg Cup

USS Albany lifecycle

Albany at Fore River Shipyard on 30 June 1945.

Albany at Fore River Shipyard on 30 June 1945.

HO3S landing on turret of Albany in c1951.

HO3S landing on turret of Albany in c1951.

Albany at Copenhagen in June 1951.

Albany at Copenhagen in June 1951.

Albany anchored off Cannes in 1954.

Albany anchored off Cannes in 1954.

Albany at Boston Naval Shipyard in 1959.

Albany at Boston Naval Shipyard in 1959.

Albany in Boston Harbor on 26 November 1968.

Albany in Boston Harbor on 26 November 1968.

HMS London, USS Albany and USS Lawrence anchored at Malta in 1971.

HMS London, USS Albany and USS Lawrence anchored at Malta in 1971.

USS Little Rock and USS Albany docked at the refueling pier at Gaeta, Italy in 1976.

USS Little Rock and USS Albany docked at the refueling pier at Gaeta, Italy in 1976.

Wright, Christopher C. (1977). "The Tall Ladies...Columbus, Albany & Chicago". Warship International. XIV (2): 104–134.  0043-0374.

ISSN

Albany (Ship : CA-123). USS Albany CA-123: Mediterranean Cruise of 1951. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1951.  30880411

OCLC

Albany (Ship : CA-123). The USS Albany: 1955 Mediterranean Cruise. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1955.  30881092

OCLC

USS Albany Association homepage

Photos of Albany

Naval Vessel Register entry for Albany

Entry for Ekelund Range

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.