&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Albany_CL-23.jpg) USS Albany at sea
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Albany |
| Namesake | Albany, New York |
| Ordered | Almirante Abreu for the Brazilian Navy in 1898 |
| Builder | Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England[1] |
| Yard number | 676 |
| Laid down | 8 December 1897 |
| Launched | 14 January 1899 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John C. Colwell |
| Acquired | 16 March 1898 |
| Commissioned | 29 May 1900 |
| Decommissioned | ca. June 1904 |
| Recommissioned | 10 June 1907 |
| Decommissioned | 23 December 1913 |
| Recommissioned | 17 April 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 4 December 1914 |
| Recommissioned | 21 May 1916 |
| Decommissioned | 10 October 1922 |
| Reclassified | CL 23 on 8 August 1921 |
| Stricken | 3 November 1929 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:CL-23 |
| Fate | sold for scrapping 11 February 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | New Orleans class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,428 long tons (3,483 t) |
| Length | 354 ft 9+1⁄2 in (108.141 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
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| Speed | 20.52 knots (24 mph; 38 km/h) |
| Complement | 363 officers and enlisted |
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The third USS Albany (later PG-36 and CL-23) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class. She saw service in the Philippine–American War and World War I.
- ^ "USS Albany (1900)". tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2017.