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USS Albany (SSN-753)
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| Awarded: | 29 November 1983 |
| Laid down: | 22 April 1985 |
| Launched: | 13 June 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 7 April 1990 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Displacement: | 5746 tons light, 6148 tons full, 402 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
| Motto: | Still Making History |
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USS Albany (SSN-753), a Los Angeles-class 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 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 launched on 13 June 1987 sponsored by Nancy M. Kissinger, wife of Henry Kissinger, and was commissioned on 7 April 1990 with Commander Daryl R. Anderson in command.
Albany was the last US submarine built via the traditional "keel up" ship construction method. Thus, it was the last submarine to "launch" down the shipway.
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."
See USS Albany for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.
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