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USS ALBANY (CA 123 / CG 10)

Image courtesy of Al Grazevich

       

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Romeo - Foxtrot

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - SEA WOLF


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

CLASS - OREGON CITY
Displacement 13,700 Tons, Dimensions, 674' 11" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 6" (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 06 MAR 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA
Launched 30 JUN 1945
Commissioned 15 JUN 1946
Decommissioned 30 JUN 1958

CLASS -ALBANY
Displacement 17,500 Tons, Dimensions, 674' 11" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x Mk 12 Talos twin launchers (104 Missiles), 2 x MK 11 Tartar twin launchers (84 missiles),
1 x MK 112 ASROC launcher, 2 x 5"/38 gun mounts, 2 triple MK 32 torpedo tube mounts
Armor, 6" Belt, 2 1/2" Deck.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32 Knots, Crew 1222.
Operational and Building Data
Redesignated CG 10 01 NOV 1958
Commissioned 03 NOV 1962
Decommissioned 01 MAR 1967
Commissioned 09 NOV 1968
Decommissioned 29 AUG 1980
Stricken 30 JUN 1985
Fate: Sold for scrap 12 AUG 1990


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy E Ribbon (3)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - World War II Occupation Medal w/Europe Clasp - National Defense Service Medal (2)
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For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Contributed
By And/Or Copyright
ALBANY as Heavy Gun Cruiser CA 123
(1946 - 1958)
Albany
0412357		 165k
 Preparing Albany for launching. Dale Hargrave
Albany
0412356		 165k
 Albany just before her launching. Dale Hargrave
Albany
0412351		 165k

Launch of the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser Albany (CA 123) at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 30 June 1945.

U.S. Navy photo from the USS Albany (CG 10) 1971 cruise book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 80-G-345486.		 Robert Hurst
Albany
0412348		 80k Moored somewhere in the Med, probably mid to late 1950's. Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
Albany
0412309		 253k Stern view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June 1946, the day before commissioning. David Buell
Albany
0412310		 216k Starboard bow view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June 1946, the day before commissioning. David Buell
Albany
0412311		 188k Starboard side view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June 1946, the day before commissioning. David Buell
Albany
0412350		 168k

USS Albany (CA 123) moored at Boston Navy Yard in 1946 after her 15 June 1946 commissioning.

Boston Public Library, Brearley Collection

 Mike Green
CVB-42 F.D.Roosevelt 102k

Ships of the U.S. Sixth Task Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, silhouetted by the evening sun while anchored in Phaleron Bay off Piraeus, Greece, 17 October 1948. The ships are (from left to right): USS Little Rock (CL 92); USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42); USS Providence (CL 82); and USS Albany (CA 123).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-706506.

 USNHC
Albany
0412312		 240k Starboard bow view of USS Albany (CA 123) Med-Moored in Genoa, Italy, December 1950. Jack C. Sofield
Albany
0412354		 176k

A U.S. Navy Sikorsky HO3S of Helicopter Utility Squadron HU-2 "Fleet Angels" landing on a turret of the heavy cruiser USS Albany (CA 123).

U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1951, p. 2.

 Robert Hurst
Albany
0412349		 159k

USS Albany (CA 123) at Copenhagen, Denmark, during her visit to that port, 18-23 June 1951. USS Shannon (DM 25) is among the ships moored astern.

Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 96634

 Mike Green
Albany
0412353		 200k

USS Albany (CA 123) moored at Boston Navy Yard on 15 November 1952. During this time period, the cruiser alternated five assignments to the 6th Fleet with operations along the east coast of the United States and in the West Indies and made three cruises to South American ports.

Boston Public Library, Brearley Collection.

 Mike Green
Albany
0412308		 1495k

Port bow view while underway, on 14 January 1955.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph

 Robert M. Cieri
Albany
0412355		 182k

The U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet visit Barcelona, Spain, 7-16 April 1956 (l-r): USS Cassin Young (DD 793) USS Albany (CA 123), USS Newport News (CA 148), USS Mercury (AKS 20), and USS Mauna Loa (AE 8).

U.S. Navy All Hands magazine August 1956, p. 37.

 Robert Hurst
Albany 290k Outbound off Virginia Capes, 31 August 1956. © Atlantic Fleet Sales/Nobe Smith.
Albany
0412345		 511k

Albany CO WB Sieglaff putting the finishing touches on a snowman aboard the Albany, probably at the South Boston annex in the winter of 1956/1957. He is being advised by his XO, CDR RG Merritt, who later became the last CO of CA-123.

Official Photograph U. S. Navy

 R. G. Merritt
Albany 120k Starboard quarter view of USS Albany (CA 123) in the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal, June 1957. CAPT Don Bodron USCG (Ret.)
Albany
0412346		 341k Decommissioning Program, 30 June 1958. R. G. Merritt
Albany
0412347		 249k Decommissioning Program, 30 June 1958. R. G. Merritt
Albany
0412313		 194k

USS Albany (CA 123) being stripped for conversion at Pier 11, Boston Naval Shipyard, February 1959.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412314		 434k

Conversion progress photo, 4 April 1960, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412302		 384k

USS Albany (CA 123) at Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard, 1 April 1958. USS Hunt (DD 674) can be seen at left at Pier 6.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412327		 207k

Small boat being removed from USS Albany (CA 123), 22 July 1958, Pier 11, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10234

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412320		 379k

Conversion progress photo, 13 October 1959, Dry Dock 4, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412322		 188k

Conversion progress photo, 1 December 1959, Dry Dock 4, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412323		 203k

Conversion progress photo, 1 December 1959, Dry Dock 4, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Macon
100204912		 246k Aerial view of Boston Navy Yard, looking Southwest, 1 April 1960. Photo taken by a helicopter from Naval Air Station South Weymouth. Ships and Craft present:

Location Ship (Hull No.) Ship Type
Pier 11 USS Wasp (CVS-18) Aircraft Carrier
Dry Dock 5 ARD-16 Floating Dry Dock
In ARD-16 YFND-23 Dry Dock Companion Craft
Pier 10 Empty  
Pier 9E USS Macon (CA-132)
YD-196		 Heavy Cruiser
Floating Crane
Pier 9W USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709) Destroyer
Pier 8E USS Thor (ARC-4)
YPD-24		 Cable Layer
Floating Pile Driver
Pier 7E USS Springfield (CLG-7) Guided Missile Light Cruiser
Pier 7W Empty  
Pier 6E USS Perry (DD-844) Destroyer
Pier 6W USS Mitscher (DL-2) Destroyer Leader
Pier 5E USS Albany (CG-10) Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser
Pier 5W USS Yosemite (AD-19) Destroyer Tender
Pier 4E Empty  
Pier 4W USS Skywatcher (AGR-3) Radar Picket Ship

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10111)

 Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129
Albany 141k Undergoing conversion, to CG 10, Boston Naval Shipyard, May 1960. Included here even though she is no longer a gun cruiser in this image but it shows good detail of the hull on which she is built. © Richard Leonhardt.
Albany
0412303		 473k

Conversion progress photo, 14 June 1960, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412318		 409k

Conversion progress photo, 1 September 1960, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412319		 449k

Conversion progress photo, 10 November 1960, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412316

388k

Conversion progress photo, 30 March 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412328		 546k

Fire drill, USS Albany (CG 10), May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10235

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412338		 384k

Progress photograph, 5 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard. Note the 2 AN/SPG-51 Fire Control radars for the portside MK11 missile launcher

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412339		 431k

Progress photograph, 5 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412340		 479k

Progress photograph, 5 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412341		 376k

Progress photograph, 5 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412343		 678k

Progress photograph, 5 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412344		 273k

Progress photograph, 5 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412317		 347k

Conversion progress photo, 15 May 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412321		 305k

Conversion progress photo, 10 August 1961, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard. YFN-302 is alongside.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412329		 182k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412330		 158k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412331		 167k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412332		 169k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412333		 224k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412334		 161k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412335		 217k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412336		 223k

USS Albany (CG 10) entering Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412337		 58k

USS Albany (CG 10) in Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard, August-September 1961.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412324		 293k

Conversion progress photo, 8 September 1961, Dry Dock 2, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412326		 347k

Inclining experiment, USS Albany (CG 10), Dry Dock 2, 16 September 1961, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10190

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412342		 393k

Progress photograph, January 1962, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15926

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412315		 424k

Conversion progress photo, 2 March 1962, Pier 5, Boston Naval Shipyard. Floating crane YD-77 is alongside.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412304		 325k

Conversion progress photo, 8 May 1962, Pier 7, Boston Naval Shipyard. Note the wingless Talos training missile on the launcher.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412325		 325k

Conversion progress photo, September 1962, Pier 7, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10186

 Stephen P. Carlson
ALBANY as converted into Guided Missile Cruiser CG 10
(1962 - 1985)
Albany 20k As Rebuilt, (Poor Quality Image) USN
Albany 113k As Rebuilt, Underway. USN
Albany 95k As Rebuilt, Broadside view. USN
Albany 43k Very nice image of the starboard bow.
This image was contributed by 2 people on the same day, I have credited them both.		 Jack Castle
Clark Stone
FTM2 040110
7/76 - 7/79
Albany
04011012		 766k Nice Port side shot while underway (Prior to 1974). Craig Chaddock
Albany
04011016		 335k

Undated starboard side view at anchor.

U.S. Navy photo.

 Robert M. Cieri
Albany
04011017		 338k

Undated starboard side view while underway.

U.S. Navy photo.

 Robert M. Cieri
Albany
04011018		 689k Welcome Aboard booklet, side one, date unknown Robert M. Cieri
Albany
04011019		 790k Welcome Aboard booklet, side two, date unknown Robert M. Cieri
Albany
04011020		 51k Starboard side MK 11 launcher firing a Standard missile, date and location unknown. Thomas Ollom
Albany
04011052		 235k Aerial port bow view, date and location unknown. BMCS Richard Miller, USNR (Ret.)
Albany
04011031		 88k

USS Albany (CG 10) during sea trials, 18 October 1962.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10172

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011049		 474k

Underway in 1962, location unknown.

Official USN photo.

 Ron Reeves
Albany
04011010		 385k

Missile firing exercise, USS Albany (CG 10) firing 3 missiles simultaneously, off the Virginia Capes, 20 January 1963.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. 15927

Clark Stone FTM2
7/76 - 7/79
& Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011028		 190k Starboard bow taken between 29 May 63 and 21 June 63 while in the Boston Naval Shipyard. Ed Zajkowski
Albany
04011029		 177k Starboard midships taken between 29 May 63 and 21 June 63 while in the Boston Naval Shipyard. Ed Zajkowski
Albany
04011047		 3.9m Albany approaching an unknown oiler to refuel in the Med, 1965.  
Albany
04011027		 26k Port side view, underway in 1966, location unknown. Robert Hurst
Albany 85k Fueling from USS Chukawan (AO 100), Atlantic Ocean, December, 1966. © Richard Leonhardt
Albany 622k Beautiful sunset photo while underway in the Caribbean, 7 December 1966. © Richard Leonhardt
Albany
04011053		 253k

Warships at Valetta harbour, Malta, in 1971: (l-r) HMS London (D16), USS Albany (CG 10), and USS Lawrence (DDG 4). Jim Readon YN2, USN. CV-42 verteran's website photo;

U.S. Navy photo from the USS Columbus (CG 12) 1966-1967 cruise book.

 Robert Hurst
Albany
04011032		 176k

USS Albany (CG 10) at Pier 7, Boston Naval Shipyard, ca. 1967. USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) can be seen at left at Pier 6.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10178

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011033		 231k

USS Albany (CG 10) at Pier 7, Boston Naval Shipyard, ca. 1967.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10178

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011039		 291k

Inclining experiment, USS Albany (CG 10), 13 February 1967, West Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard. U.S.

Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10203

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011040		 227k

Inclining experiment, USS Albany (CG 10), 13 February 1967, West Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard. USS Boston (CAG 1) is in the background.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10203

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011042		 213k

Inclining experiment, USS Albany (CG 10), 13 February 1967, West Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10203

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011041		 308k

Inclining experiment, USS Albany (CG 10), 13 February 1967, West Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10203

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011037		 325k

Progress photo, SCB-002 conversion, USS Albany (CG 10), 16 February 1967, West Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10196

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011038		 1m

SCB-002 conversion, USS Albany (CG 10), Pier 7, 1967, Boston Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10201

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany 80k USS Sabine (AO 25) and Albany (CG 10) coming alongside for replenishment. Photo taken from Meredith (DD 890) in the Caribbean Sea in March 1967. Photo by Sheridan Carey ETN-3 USN
Albany
04011043		 215k

Ship's crew assembled on Pier 7, Boston Naval Shipyard, during recommissioning ceremony, USS Albany (CG 10), 9 November 1968.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10232

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011034		 181k

USS Albany (CG 10), 27 November 1968.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10179

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011035		 283k

USS Albany (CG-10) at the North Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, 30 June 1969.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10182

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011036		 311k

USS Albany (CG 10) at the North Jetty, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, 30 June 1969.

U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10182

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
04011044		 330k Departing Genoa, Italy, 01 November 1972 Carlo Martinelli
Albany
04011030		 95k USS Albany taken by me from the deck of the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) at Souda Bay sometime during our 1972 deployment in the Med. Phil Dyer
Albany 75k Naval Operating Base, Norfolk. 1975. © Richard Leonhardt
Albany 74k Norfolk, Virginia, 1975. © Richard Leonhardt
Albany 120k Moored in Toulon, France, late 1970's Brian Kroenung
Albany 80k View of the bow with ceremonial lighting while tied alongside USS Pensacola (LSD 38) for Sixth Fleet Change of Command ceremonies in Gaeta, Italy in 1976. OS1 (SW) Goss, USN (Ret.)
Albany
04011045		 514k Arriving in Genoa, Italy, 06 March 1979. Carlo Martinelli
Albany 112k

Albany (CG 10) and USS Shenandoah (AD 26) at Gaeta, Italy, 1979.

US Navy photo

Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
Albany 497k Albany's final configuration, 14 months before decommissioning, Med-Moored in Barcelona, Spain, 22 June 1979. At the time, she was flagship for Commander, Sixth Fleet. Fabio Pe?a
Albany
04011050		 427k Albany's final configuration, 14 months before decommissioning, Med-Moored in Barcelona, Spain, 22 June 1979. At the time, she was flagship for Commander, Sixth Fleet. Fabio Pe?a
Albany
04011046		 531k Anchored in Genoa, Italy, 28 April 1980. Carlo Martinelli
Albany
04011021		 42k Port bow view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. Carl Musselman
Albany
04011022		 50k Port bow view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. Carl Musselman
Albany
04011023		 64k Forward port view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. Carl Musselman
Albany
04011024		 54k Port midships - aft view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. Carl Musselman
Albany
04011025		 31k Starboard bow view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. Carl Musselman
Albany
04011026		 94k Port midships - aft of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. Carl Musselman
Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Carlisle, Harold A., CAPT 1921B   06/15/1946 - 05/02/1947
Ocker, John M., CAPT     05/02/1947 - 02/18/1948
Atkeson, Clarence Lee Conner, CAPT 1922 RADM 02/18/1948 - 04/02/1949
Bachman, Leo Adolph, CAPT   RADM 04/02/1949 - 10/26/1949
Wood, Chester Clark, CAPT   RADM 10/26/1949 - 06/28/1950
Sides, John Harold, CAPT 1925 ADM 06/28/1950 - 05/12/1951
Eller, Ernest McNeill, CAPT 1925 RADM 05/12/1951 - 03/08/1952
Hutchinson, Edward Shilington, CAPT 1926   03/08/1952 - 02/28/1953
Rice, Robert Henry, CAPT 1927 VADM 02/28/1953 - 05/28/1954
Davidson, John Frederick, CAPT 1929 RADM 05/28/1954 - 09/07/1955
Simons Jr., Manley H., CAPT 1930 RADM 09/07/1955 - 09/18/1956
Merritt, Robert Gwathmey, CAPT 1939   09/18/1956 - 10/09/1956
Sieglaff, William Bernard (Barney), CAPT 1931 RADM 10/09/1956 - 10/08/1957
McCain Jr., John Sidney, CAPT 1931 ADM 10/08/1957 - 04/08/1958
Merritt, Robert Gwathmey, CAPT 1939   04/08/1958 - 06/30/1958
Decommissioned     06/30/1958 - 11/03/1962
Pickett, Ben Brown, CAPT   RADM 11/03/1962 - 06/1964
Schreiter, Ernest Frederick, CAPT     06/1964 - 09/1965
Wohler, Jack Lyons, CAPT 1944   09/1965 - 03/01/1967
Slaff, Allan Paul, CAPT 1945   11/09/1968 - 02/20/1970
Peniston, Robert Charles, CAPT     02/20/1970 - 08/20/1971
Elliott, James Donald, CAPT     08/20/1971 - 08/1973
Ekelund, John Joseph, CAPT 1949 RADM 08/1973 - 06/14/1975
Heenan, Richard Dennis, CAPT     06/14/75 - 08/1976
Storms III, James Graham, CAPT   RADM 08/1976 - 11/17/1978
Flannery Jr., Gerard Joseph, CAPT 1956 RADM 11/17/1978 - 08/29/1980

(List courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS ALBANY (CA 123 / CG 10) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
CA 123 - CG 10 - SSN-753
Contact Name: Mike Barnes
Address: 3801 Devon Drive Knoxville, TN 37918
Phone: 1 (228)-826-0869
E-mail: membership@ussalbany.org
Reunion Date: 2-7 August 2020
Location: Warwick, RI

Note About Contacts

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS Albany Association.
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