USS Albany (SSN-753)

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{{short description|Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Albany}}
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| Ship caption = USS ''Albany'' underway
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
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| Ship namesake = The City of [[Albany, New York]]
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| Ship awarded = 29 November 1983
| Ship builder = [[Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding|Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]]
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| Ship laid down = 22 April 1985
| Ship launched = 13 June 1987
| Ship sponsor = Mrs. Nancy M. Kissinger
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| Ship commissioned = 7 April 1990
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| Ship homeport = [[Groton, Connecticut]]
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| Ship motto = ''Still Making History''
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| Ship status = Ship in active service
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| Ship badge = [[File:USS Albany SSN-753 Crest.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|5746|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} light
*{{convert|6148|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
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| Ship propulsion = {{Los Angeles-class submarine Flight II/III propulsion}}
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| Ship complement = 15 officers, 98 men
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| Ship armament = 4 {{convert|21|in|0|abbr=on}} bow tubes, 10 [[Mark 48 torpedo|Mk48 ADCAP torpedo]] reloads, [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk land attack missile]] block 3 [[SLCM]] range {{convert|1700|nmi|0|abbr=on}}, [[Boeing Harpoon|Harpoon anti–surface ship missile]] range {{convert|70|nmi|0|abbr=on}}, [[Naval mine|mine]] laying Mk67 [[Naval mine#Unusual mines#Torpedo mine|mobile mine]] & [[CAPTOR mine|Mk60 captor mines]]
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'''USS ''Albany'' (SSN-753)''' is a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}, 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.

''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.

''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|2}}s.<ref name="cf98 p1009">Baker 1998, p. 1009.</ref>

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."

On 14 May 2022 ''Albany'' returned to [[Naval Station Norfolk|Norfolk]] after a six-month deployment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3032582/uss-albany-returns-to-norfolk/utm_source/twitter/utm_medium/social/utm_content/100003102322497/utm_campaign/Misc/linkId/uss-albany-returns-to-norfolk/ | title=USS Albany Returns to Norfolk }}</ref>

== Citations ==
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==References==
* {{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}}
* {{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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