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ALBANY As Heavy Gun Cruiser CA 123
(1946 - 1958) |
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Stern view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June 1946, the
day before commissioning. |
David Buell |
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Starbaord bow view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June
1946, the day before commissioning. |
David Buell |
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Starboard side view, underway on the Fore River, 14 June
1946, the day before commissioning. |
David Buell |
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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.
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USNHC |
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Starboard bow view of USS Albany (CA 123) Med-Moored
in Genoa, Italy, December 1950. |
Jack C. Sofield |
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Port bow view while underway, on 14 JAN 1955.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Outbound off Virginia Capes, 31 August 1956. |
© Atlantic Fleet Sales/Nobe Smith. |
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Starboard quarter view of USS Albany (CA 123) in
the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal, June 1957. |
CAPT Don Bodron USCG (Ret.) |
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The USS Albany at Pier 5 at the Boston Navy Yard.
April, 1959 photo with the USS
Hunt (DD 674) moored next to the Albany. |
USN |
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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. |
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Undergoing conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard. May 1960.
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© Richard Leonhardt |
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June, 1960 photo of the Albany being converted to
CG 10. Construction of her new superstructure has begun. |
USN |
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Undergoing conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard, July 1960.
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© Richard Leonhardt |
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May, 1962 photo of the Albany moored at Pier 4 at
the Boston Navy Yard. Her conversion to a missile cruiser is almost complete.
She was recommissioned in November, 1962. |
USN |
ALBANY As Converted Into Guided Missile Cruiser
CG 10
(1962 - 1985) |
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As Rebuilt, (Poor Quality Image) |
USN |
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As Rebuilt, Underway. |
USN |
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As Rebuilt, Broadside view. |
USN |
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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 |
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Nice Port side shot while underway. |
Craig Chaddock |
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Undated starboard side view at anchor.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Undated starboard side view while underway.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, side one, date unknown |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, side two, date unknown |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Starboard side MK 11 launcher firing a Standard missile,
date and location unknown. |
Thomas Ollom |
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Albany, firing 3 missiles simultaneously, 30 January
1963, Off the Virginia Capes. |
Clark Stone
FTM2 040110
7/76 - 7/79 |
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Starboard bow taken between 29 May 63 and 21 June 63 while
in the Boston Naval Shipyard. |
Ed Zajkowski |
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Starboard midships taken between 29 May 63 and 21 June 63
while in the Boston Naval Shipyard. |
Ed Zajkowski |
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Port side view, underway in 1966, location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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Fueling from USS
Chukawan (AO 100), Atlantic Ocean, December, 1966. |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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Beautiful sunset photo while underway in the Caribbean,
7 December 1966. |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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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 |
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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 |
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Naval Operating Base, Norfolk. 1975. |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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Norfolk, Virginia, 1975. |
© Richard Leonhardt |
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Moored in Toulon, France, late 1970's |
Brian Kroenung |
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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.) |
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Albany (CG 10) and USS
Shenandoah (AD 26) at Gaeta, Italy, 1979.
US Navy photo
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Orlando Gallardo, Jr. |
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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 |
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Port bow view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard
after decommissioning, June 1981. |
Carl Musselman |
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Port bow view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval Shipyard
after decommissioning, June 1981. |
Carl Musselman |
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Forward port view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval
Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. |
Carl Musselman |
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Port midships - aft view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk
Naval Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. |
Carl Musselman |
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Starboard bow view of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval
Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. |
Carl Musselman |
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Port midships - aft of the Ex-Albany in Norfolk Naval
Shipyard after decommissioning, June 1981. |
Carl Musselman |
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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 |
| Eiler, Edward M., CAPT |
COMO |
05/51 - 03/52 |
| Hutchinson, Edward S., 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, Earl F., 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 G., 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)
