Albany-class cruiser

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USS Albany, lead ship of her class
Class overview
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Long Beach class
Succeeded by	Leahy class
Built	1959–1964 (conversions)
In commission	1962–1980
Planned	5
Completed	3
Retired	3
Preserved	0 (Anchor of USS Chicago preserved at Navy Pier)
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile cruiser
Displacement	13,700 tons std, 17,500 tons full load
Length	664 ft (202 m) waterline, 674 ft (205 m) overall
Beam	70 ft (21 m)
Draft	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion	four Babcock & Wilcox boilers, four General Electric geared turbines, 120,000 shaft horsepower, w. four shafts
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h)
Complement	1,222 (72 officers, 1,150 enlisted men)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar, AN/SPS-43, AN/SPS-30, AN/SPS-10 surface search radar, AN/SPG-49 fire control radar for Talos, AN/SPG-51 fire control radar for Tartar, AN/SQS-23 bow mounted sonar
Armament	2 × Mk 12 twin RIM-8 Talos SAM launchers (104 missiles) 2 × Mk 11 twin RIM-24 Tartar SAM launchers (84 missiles) 1 × Mk 112 ASROC octuple-tube missile launcher 2 × 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × triple Mk-32 torpedo tubes
Aviation facilities	Flight deck only

The Albany-class guided-missile cruisers were converted Baltimore and Oregon City-class heavy cruisers of the United States Navy. All original superstructure and weapons were removed and replaced under project SCB 172. The converted ships had new very high superstructures and relied heavily on aluminium to save weight.^[1]