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|Ship image= [[File:USS Albany (SSN-753).jpg|300px|''USS Albany (SSN-753)'']] |
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|Ship country=United States |
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|Ship namesake= The City of [[Albany, New York]] |
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|Ship awarded= 29 November 1983 |
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|Ship builder= [[Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding|Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]] |
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|Ship laid down= 22 April 1985 |
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|Ship launched= 13 June 1987 |
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|Ship sponsor= Mrs. Nancy M. Kissinger |
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|Ship commissioned= 7 April 1990 |
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|Ship homeport= [[Norfolk, Virginia]] |
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|Ship motto= ''Still Making History'' |
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}} |
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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|5746|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} light |
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'''USS ''Albany'' (SSN-753)''', a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}, was the fifth ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for [[Albany, New York]]. The contract to build her was awarded to [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]] on 29 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 22 April 1985. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 13 June 1987 sponsored by Nancy M. Kissinger, wife of [[Henry Kissinger]], and was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 7 April 1990 with Commander Darl R. Anderson in command. |
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''Albany'' was the last US submarine built via the traditional "keel up" ship construction method.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Thus, it was the last submarine to "launch" down the shipway. |
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The ''Albany'' and {{USS|Topeka|SSN-754|6}}, differ from other members of the ''Los Angeles'' class as their pressure hulls were partially manufactured using stronger [[HY-100]] steel rather than the [[HY-80]] steel used in the manufacturing of all other ''Los Angeles'' class submarines. This was done to test construction methods using this steel, which would later be employed in the assembly of the new {{Sclass|Seawolf|submarine}}s.<ref name="cf98 p1009">Baker 1998, p. 1009.</ref> |
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On 30 July 2004 ''Albany'' returned to [[Norfolk, Virginia]], after a six-month deployment that began in the [[Persian Gulf]] and [[Gulf of Oman]], then proceeded to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] for a [[NATO]] exercise, Operation "MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle." |
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== References == |
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* {{cite book|last=Baker|first=A.D.|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999|year=1998|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-111-4}} |
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* {{cite book |author=Miller, David |title=The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World |year=2002 |publisher=Motor Books International |ISBN=0-7603-1345-8}} |
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[[File:USS Albany SSN753.jpg|thumb|left|''Albany'' in the Gulf of Oman, 2004]] |
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{{Los Angeles class submarine}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albany (SSN-753)}} |
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[[Category:Los Angeles-class submarines]] |
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[[Category:Cold War submarines of the United States]] |
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[[Category:Nuclear ships of the United States Navy]] |
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[[Category:United States Navy New York-related ships]] |
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[[Category:1987 ships]] |
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[[Category:Active submarines of the United States]] |
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[[Category:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia]] |
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