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USS ALBANY (CA 123 / CG 10)

       
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
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
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By And/Or Copyright
ALBANY As Heavy Gun Cruiser CA 123
(1946 - 1958)
Albany
0412309		 253k Stern view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June 1946, the day before commissioning. David Buell
Albany
0412310		 216k Starbaord 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
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
0412308		 1495k

Port bow view while underway, on 14 JAN 1955.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph

 Robert M. Cieri
Albany 290k Outbound off Virginia Capes, 31 August 1956. © Atlantic Fleet Sales/Nobe Smith.
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
0412313		 194k

USS Albany (CA 123) being stripped for conversion at Pier 11, Boston Naval Shipyard, Feb. 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 Oct. 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 Dec. 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 Dec. 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 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 65k Undergoing conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard. May 1960. © 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 85k Undergoing conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard, July 1960. © Richard Leonhardt
Albany
0412318		 409k

Conversion progress photo, 1 Sept. 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 Nov. 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.

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

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412339		 431k

Progress photograph, May 5, 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
0412342		 393k

Progress photograph, Jan. 1962, 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 Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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, Aug.-Sept. 1961.

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

 Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412324		 293k

Conversion progress photo, 8 Sept. 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
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.

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

Stephen P. Carlson
Albany
0412325		 325k

Conversion progress photo, Sept. 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 66k Nice Port side shot while underway. 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
04011031		 88k

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

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

 Stephen P. Carlson

Albany
04011010		 385k

Missile firing exercise, USS Alabany (CG 10) firing 3 missiles simultaneously, off the Virginia Capes, 20 Jan. 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
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
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 Feb. 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 Feb. 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
04011042		 213k

Inclining experiment, USS Albany (CG 10), 13 Feb. 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 Feb. 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 Nov. 1968.

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

 Stephen P. Carlson

Albany
04011034		 181k

USS Albany (CG 10), 27 Nov 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
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 112k

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

US Navy photo

Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
Albany 66k Albany's final configuration, 14 months before decommissioning, Med-Moored in Barcelona, Spain, June 22, 1979. At the time, she was flagship for Commander, Sixth Fleet. Fabio Peña
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 Final Rank Dates
Carlisle, Harold A., CAPT   06/15/46 - 05/47
Ocker, John M., CAPT   05/47 - 02/48
Atkeson, Clarence Lee Conner, CAPT RADM 02/48 - 04/49
Bachman, Leo Adolph, CAPT RADM 04/49 - 10/49
Wood, Chester Clark, CAPT RADM 10/49 - 06/50
Sides, John Harold, CAPT ADM 06/50 - 05/51
Eller, Ernest McNeill, CAPT RADM 05/51 - 03/52
Hutchinson, Edward Shilingford, CAPT   03/52 - 02/53
Rice, Robert Henry, CAPT VADM 02/53 - 05/54
Davidson, John Frederick, CAPT RADM 05/54 - 09/55
Simons Jr., Manley H., CAPT RADM 09/55 - 09/56
Merritt, Robert Gwathmay, CAPT   09/56 - 10/56
Sieglaff, William Bernard (Barney), CAPT RADM 10/56 - 10/57
McCain Jr., John Sidney, CAPT ADM 10/57 - 06/30/58
Decommissioned   06/30/58 - 11/03/62
Pickett, Ben Brown, CAPT RADM 11/03/62 - 06/64
Schreiter, Ernest Frederick, CAPT   06/64 - 09/65
Wohler, Jack Lions, CAPT   09/65 - 03/01/67
Slaff, Allan Paul, CAPT   11/09/68 - 02/20/70
Peniston, Robert Charles, CAPT   02/20/70 - 08/20/71
Elliott, James Donald, CAPT   08/20/71 - 08/73
Ekelund, John Joseph, CAPT   08/73 - 06/14/75
Heenan, Richard Dennis, CAPT   06/14/75 - 08/76
Storms III, James Graham, CAPT   08/76 - 11/17/78
Flannery Jr., Gerard Joseph, CAPT RADM 11/17/78 - 08/29/80

(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 - 040110 - SSN-753
Contact Name: Roy Wagner
Address: 3801 Devon Drive Knoxville, TN 37918
Phone: 865-922-5285
E-mail: RoyWagner10@comcast.net
Reunion Date: October 9-14, 2011
Location: Gatlinburg, TN

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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