42°39′15″N 73°44′53″W / 42.6542579°N 73.7481442°W
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Albany_(CA-123)_underway_1955.jpg) Albany during her visit to Copenhagen in June 1951
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| History | |
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| Name | Albany |
| Namesake | Albany, New York |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 6 March 1944 |
| Launched | 30 June 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Elizabeth F. Pinckney |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1958 |
| Reclassified | CG-10, 1 November 1958 |
| Recommissioned | 3 November 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1 March 1967 |
| Recommissioned | 9 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 29 August 1980 |
| Stricken | 30 June 1985 |
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| Motto | Assiduity |
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 12 August 1990 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oregon City-class heavy cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,700 tons |
| Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Speed | 32.6 knots (60.4 km/h; 37.5 mph) |
| Complement | 1,969 officers and enlisted |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Albany-class guided-missile cruiser (1962–1980)< |
| Displacement | 17,500 tons full load |
| Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 11 in (8.20 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 120,000 shp (89,000 kW) |
| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
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| Aircraft carried | None |
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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.