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USS Albany (II)
ex
 USS Contoocook (1864 - 1970)

Contoocook-class Screw Sloop of War:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N.H.
  • Launched, 3 December 1864
  • Commissioned USS Contoocook, 14 March 1868, CAPT. G. B. Balch in command
  • Her first Assignment was as flagship for the North Atlantic Squadron, where she patrolled the West Indies for the protection of American interests during 1868 and 1869
  • Name changed to USS Albany, 15 May 1869
  • Decommissioned, 7 January 1870
  • Albany served as a quarantine ship at New York until sold 12 December 1872
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,348 t.
    Length 296'
    Beam unknown
    Draft 9'9"
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    eight 9" guns
    one 60-pdrs
    four 24-pdrs
    one 12 pdr
    one 12-pdr Parrott rifle
    Propulsion steam
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    Contoocook
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    Namesake
    Contoocook - A village and census-designated place within the town of Hopkinton in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The village is named after the Contoocook River that runs through it. The name Contoocook comes from the Pennacook tribe of Native Americans and perhaps means "place of the river near pines." Other variations of the name include the Abenaki meaning "nut trees river" or Natick language meaning "small plantation at the river.
    Original covered railroad bridge (left) and covered highway bridge (right) in the village of Contoocook in the town of Hopkinton, New Hampshire.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Contoocook
    098683803    		 31k This flag flew over the USS Contoocook from 1864 to 1868. When the ship was renamed Albany in 1868 the Contoocook flag was replaced by the national ensign. Tommy Trampp
    Contoocook
    098683801    		 54k USS Albany at anchor, 1 January 1870, location unknown. (This photo is dated 1 January 1870 and labeled USS Contoocook. If the date is right then this is USS Albany. Contoocook was renamed Albany, 15 May 1869.)
    Photo from Wikipedia contributed by Steve Lux, Jr.    		 Tommy Trampp
    USS Contoocook
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