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1378:Oregon City
1212:Times Union
1127:Little Rock
766:West Indies
672:West Indies
616:of the new
598:Oregon City
560:RUR-5 ASROC
541:RIM-8 Talos
351:13,700 tons
337:Oregon City
270:Hull number
54: /
1679:1945 ships
1663:Categories
1611:Long Beach
1494:Des Moines
1441:Bridgeport
1301:Photos of
1144:References
993:Copenhagen
875:ship wheel
863:1:48 scale
720:served as
679:midshipmen
509:Complement
489:Propulsion
392:Complement
289:Honors and
79:Copenhagen
42:73°44′53″W
39:42°39′15″N
21:USS Albany
1609:USS
1594:Bremerton
1587:Rochester
1485:Baltimore
1434:Cambridge
1409:Rochester
1387:Completed
1243:0043-0374
1138:in 1976.
1125:USS
1103:USS
1076:USS
1065:HMS
976:in c1951.
939:lifecycle
778:2nd Fleet
699:6th Fleet
656:Casco Bay
634:, by the
614:lead ship
283:Assiduity
140:Laid down
1580:Columbus
1469:Scranton
1426:Canceled
1280:30881092
1266:30880411
1130:and USS
1112:in 1972.
1105:Columbus
1085:in 1971.
1078:Lawrence
1033:in 1959.
1014:in 1954.
856:New York
852:Altamont
789:flagship
787:was the
722:flagship
590:(CA-123)
562:launcher
528:Armament
519:flagship
494:turbines
400:Armament
308:Scrapped
272:: CA-123
234:Callsign
220:Stricken
148:Launched
116:Namesake
1573:Chicago
1462:Norfolk
930:Gallery
550:Mark 11
492:Geared
126:Builder
87:History
1566:Albany
1552:Albany
1402:Albany
1327:
1311:Albany
1303:Albany
1294:Albany
1278:
1264:
1241:
1193:
1164:
1132:Albany
1099:Albany
1072:Albany
1070:, USS
1067:London
1046:Albany
1027:Albany
1012:Cannes
1008:Albany
989:Albany
974:Albany
951:Albany
937:Albany
891:Awards
871:bridge
837:Albany
827:1990.
808:Albany
785:Albany
770:Albany
758:Albany
734:Albany
718:Albany
711:Brazil
707:Albany
683:Albany
664:Albany
625:Albany
619:Albany
600:-class
592:was a
588:Albany
465:Length
447:-class
445:Albany
356:Length
339:-class
297:Awards
291:awards
236:: NHRF
110:Albany
75:Albany
1621:class
1619:Leahy
1496:class
1487:class
1455:Tulsa
1083:Malta
840:'
797:Italy
793:Gaeta
746:CG-10
676:NROTC
660:Maine
610:CG-10
514:1,010
501:Speed
481:Draft
426:20 mm
424:20 ×
419:40 mm
417:40 ×
411:12 ×
385:knots
383:32.6
380:Speed
372:Draft
315:Badge
279:Motto
1340:here
1292:USS
1276:OCLC
1262:OCLC
1239:ISSN
1191:ISBN
1162:ISBN
1101:and
1097:USS
1074:and
970:HO3S
935:USS
879:bell
810:was
750:hull
586:USS
579:None
565:6 ×
548:2 ×
533:2 ×
473:Beam
428:guns
421:guns
405:9 ×
364:Beam
304:Fate
295:See
106:Name
1235:XIV
1108:at
1048:in
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991:at
953:at
844:bow
517:As
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854:,
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