USS Albatross (1882)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Albatross.

Albatross in the 1890s
History
United States
NameUSS Albatross
Ordered1881
BuilderPusey and Jones, Wilmington, DE
CostUS$190,000
Laid downMarch 1882
Launched9 August 1882
Commissioned11 November 1882
Decommissioned29 October 1921
Fate
General characteristics
Typeresearch ship
Tonnage691 GRT, 470 NRT
Displacement638 long tons (648 t)
Length
  • 234 ft (71 m) overall
  • 200.0 ft (61.0 m) registered
Beam27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Draft16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
Depth16.6 ft (5.1 m)
Installed power109 NHP
Propulsion
Sail plan
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement110
Armament
  • Spanish–American War:
  • 2 × 20-pounder guns
  • 2 × 37 mm guns
  • 1 × 53 mm (2 in) gun
  • 2 × Gatling guns
  • World War I:
  • unknown × 6-pounder guns
  • 1 × Colt automatic gun

The second USS Albatross, often seen as USFC Albatross in scientific literature citations,[1] was an iron-hulled, twin-screw steamship in the United States Navy and reputedly the first research ship ever built especially for marine research.

  1. ^ Department of Paleobiology (3 December 2010). "Catalog Number - USNM SD 59154.0000". Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.