USS Albany (SSN-753) Ship's Log 



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YearDateHistorical Events
1983Nov 29Contract awarded to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
1985Apr 22Keel laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
1987Jun 13Launched. Albany was the last US submarine built via the traditional "keel up" ship construction method. Thus, it was the last submarine to "launch" down the shipway.
1990Apr 7Commissioned with CDR. Daryl R. Anderson in command.
2004Jul 30Albany returned to Norfolk, VA., after a 6 month deployment that began in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, then proceeded to the Mediterranean Sea for a NATO exercise, Operation "MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle."
2008Sep 28Albany is homeported in Norfolk, VA. and is still on active duty.