USS Albany (CL-23)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Albany.
The third USS Albany (later PG-36 and CL-23) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class. She saw service in the Philippine–American War and World War I.
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Name | Albany |
Namesake | Albany, New York |
Ordered | Almirante Abreu for the Brazilian Navy in 1898 |
Builder | Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England[1] |
Yard number | 676 |
Laid down | 8 December 1897 |
Launched | 14 January 1899 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. John C. Colwell |
Acquired | 16 March 1898 |
Commissioned | 29 May 1900 |
Decommissioned | ca. June 1904 |
Recommissioned | 10 June 1907 |
Decommissioned | 23 December 1913 |
Recommissioned | 17 April 1914 |
Decommissioned | 4 December 1914 |
Recommissioned | 21 May 1916 |
Decommissioned | 10 October 1922 |
Reclassified | CL 23 on 8 August 1921 |
Stricken | 3 November 1929 |
Identification | Hull symbol:CL-23 |
Fate | sold for scrapping 11 February 1930 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | New Orleans class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 3,428 long tons (3,483 t) |
Length | 354 ft 9+1⁄2 in (108.141 m) |
Beam | 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
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Speed | 20.52 knots (24 mph; 38 km/h) |
Complement | 363 officers and enlisted |
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